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A group of Thames Water’s senior creditors, including PE firms Silver Point Capital and Apollo Global Management, have submitted a revised operational plan to UK regulator Ofwat as part of efforts to avert the collapse of the UK’s largest water utility, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Legence, the Blackstone-owned engineering and building services provider, has filed for a US initial public offering targeting a valuation of up to $2.95bn, as the post-summer pipeline of new listings begins to build momentum, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Benefit Street Partners, a credit-focused alternative asset manager with strategies spanning the credit spectrum, and Coller Capital, the world’s largest dedicated private markets secondaries manager, have closed a $2.3bn private credit continuation vehicle, BSP Debt Fund IV CV.
BGF has completed the sale of its stake in Monodraught, a British green tech specialist, to Genuit Group plc for £55.6m with the exit generating an 11x multiple of money invested and a 37.5% internal rate of return – one of the highest returns achieved by BGF.
3i Group has agreed the sale of its stake in MAIT, a leading IT services provider for mid-market clients in the DACH region, to DBAG Fund VIII, advised by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) in a deal expected to generate £143m in gross proceeds.
Vanguard has appointed Bill Stout, former Global Head of Client Group Strategy and Business Development at Nuveen, to lead its private markets strategy, marking a significant step in the firm’s expansion into alternatives, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Three Hills, a private markets investment firm specialised in providing bespoke capital solutions to entrepreneurs and management teams in Europe and North America, has invested in Sinewave, a UK-based provider of grid connection and maintenance services for EV charging, solar and battery storage, data centres, and other energy infrastructure applications.
Partners Group has appointed Tarak Mehta as Partner and Co-Head of its Private Equity Goods & Products vertical, underscoring its strategy of combining capital with deep operational expertise, according to a report by Private Equity Insights.
Apollo Global Management is preparing to launch a $5bn sports-focused investment vehicle, that will target both credit and equity opportunities in the sector according to a report by the Financial Times citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Finastra, the London-based financial software company owned by Vista Equity Partners, is preparing the sale of its Middle Eastern and Asian core banking division, in a deal that could be valued at over $1bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
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