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Advent International has raised $20bn for its latest flagship buyout fund, putting the firm on course for one of the largest private equity pools currently in the market despite a muted fundraising backdrop, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blackstone is exploring a secondary market deal that could release cash from its 2014 GP Stakes fund, as the firm looks to generate liquidity from long-held positions in rival private markets managers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private investment firm Netley Capital has launched Netley Capital Tertiaries with $315m in committed, deployable capital, which it says is the industry’s first pool of capital dedicated to buying secondaries stakes in secondaries funds.
Apollo Global Management and Silver Point Capital have led a $900m direct lending package for Vantage Specialty Chemicals, providing fresh financing to replace the Illinois-based company’s existing bank-arranged debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Vista Equity-backed Jamf is exploring a potential sale as pressure from its struggling share price attracts takeover interest, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
US private equity firm TPG is to acquire GE Vernova’s Proficy industrial software business in a $600m deal, with GE Vernova planning to use proceeds to strengthen its grid software operations, according to a report by Reuters.
Blackstone is in advanced talks to provide more than $800m in private credit financing to Justrite Safety Group, after the Audax Private Equity-owned company abandoned a leveraged loan sale, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
London-listed financial services firm JTC Plc has entered into discussions with rival private equity groups Warburg Pincus and Permira, after turning down a series of earlier buyout approaches from both firms, according to a report by Reuters.
Los Angeles-based Aurora Capital Partners has closed its seventh middle-market private equity fund, Aurora Equity Partners VII, with $2.1bn in total capital commitments, its largest fund to date, exceeding its initial fundraising target.
Legence, a San Jose-based engineering and maintenance services provider backed by Blackstone, has raised $728m in its US initial public offering, pricing 26 million shares at $28 each, according to a report by Reuters.
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