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Wells Fargo & Co has agreed to divest the assets of its rail equipment leasing business to a newly formed joint venture between Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and GATX Corporation, marking a significant step in the bank’s ongoing strategic realignment towards core banking operations, according to a report by Bloomberg.
IK Partners, through its Small Cap III Fund, has signed an agreement to invest in Kestrel Capital, a Dublin-based independent wealth management firm. The investment, made from IK’s dedicated Development Capital pool, marks the private equity firm’s first platform deal in Ireland.
EQT AB, the Stockholm-headquartered private equity firm, has secured a loan of approximately $162m to finance a shareholder distribution from Indira IVF, India’s largest fertility services provider, in which it holds a controlling interest, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources with the matter.
Coller Capital is in the process of structuring a $1bn collateralised fund obligation (CFO) backed by interests in several of its private capital secondary portfolios, marking the firm’s second such transaction this year, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter.
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo is exploring a potential sale of Apryse, a high-growth document processing software company, in a deal that could value the business at over $3bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter.
Apollo Global Management has formed partnerships with a group of major US banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup, as it accelerates efforts to bring greater scale and liquidity to the fast-growing private credit market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
FountainVest Partners is seeking to divest approximately half of its holdings in Amer Sports, aiming to raise up to $1.32bn through a secondary share sale, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Warburg Pincus is in advanced discussions with KPS Capital Partners to jointly pursue a potential acquisition of Gerresheimer AG, the German-listed specialist in pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
BP’s lubricants business, Castrol, has emerged as a potential multibillion-dollar acquisition target, drawing early-stage interest from a mix of strategic and financial bidders, including Reliance Industries, Apollo Global Management, and Lone Star Funds, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter.
RCP Advisors, a private equity investment firm that provides access to North American small buyout fund managers through primary funds, secondary funds, and co-investment funds, as well as customised solutions and research services, has held the final close of its latest primary fund-of-funds, RCP Fund XIX, with approximately $314m in capital commitments.
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