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Charlotte-based private equity firm Falfurrias Management Partners has closed its latest middle-market private equity fund, Falfurrias Capital Partners VI, at $1.35bn in investor commitments, surpassing its initial target.
A significant majority of GPs (79%) expect deal returns to increase this year – a marked rise from just 24% in 2024 – reflecting a broader industry rebound after a challenging few years for deal-making and fundraising, according to Investec Bank’s Private Equity Trends 2025 Report.
Goldman Sachs’s head of leveraged finance for EMEA, Dominic Ashcroft, is set to depart the investment bank to join Blackstone in one of the most significant moves from Wall Street to private credit to date, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Bain Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Namirial, a provider of Digital Transaction Management (DTM) software solutions, from Italian private equity firm Ambienta.
TOP STORY: Dollar Tree has agreed to sell its struggling Family Dollar business to a consortium of private equity investors led by Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management for approximately $1bn, concluding a nearly year-long search for a buyer, according to a report by Reuters.
Private credit is not experiencing a bubble, and an economic downturn will not lead to “massive losses” for lenders in the space, according to a report by the Financial Times citing Jim Zelter, president of Apollo Global Management.
Middle-market private equity firm Rockbridge Growth Equity has made a majority investment in Access Global Group, a Salesforce-focused solutions and services provider. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Middle-market private equity firm One Equity Partners has acquired CraftMark Bakery, an Indianapolis-based wholesale producer of frozen and fresh bakery products, serving quick-service restaurants and in-store retail bakeries across the US.
The American Investment Council, the premier lobbying group representing the US private equity industry, has thrown its support behind a contentious legislative overhaul of Delaware’s corporate governance laws, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Nicolas Lanel will join independent financial advisory groups Rothschild & Co to support the firm’s Private Capital business development throughout Europe with the origination and execution of GP-led transactions, particularly continuation vehicles.
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