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Exit activity will pick up as financing conditions ease and dealmakers turn increasingly bullish in 2025, private equity provider Moonfare predicts, with company’s analysts having identified ten key trends to look out for next year.
Global private equity firm Advent International is exploring the creation of a dedicated investment vehicle to target mid-sized deals, as it looks to expand its footprint in the private equity market without venturing into unrelated sectors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A consortium led by private equity firms Starwood Capital Group and Warburg Pincus has made a HKD55.19bn ($7.09bn) bid to take Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm ESR Group private, according to a report by Reuters citing a company announcement on Wednesday.
Carlyle Group, along with co-investors King Street Capital Management and Davidson Kempner Capital Management, is reportedly considering a renewed sale of Trans Maldivian Airways Pvt (TMA), the world’s largest seaplane operator, according to a report by Bloomberg.
UK mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has made an investment in Kindred Education Limited (Kindred), a provider of early years education for children aged 0-5 years, through its Enterprise 3 Fund.
ICV Partners, a private equity investment firm focused on middle-market companies, has appointed Lloyd Metz and Zeena Rao as Managing Partners. Rao joined ICV in 2001, while Metz has been with the business since 2002.
Private equity giant Carlyle Group is pursuing at least AUD500m ($324m) in debt financing to support its acquisition of Waste Services Group, an Australian waste management firm, from Livingbridge EP, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hillhouse Investment has recruited Tomohiro Kikuta, a former partner at Bain Capital, to lead its expansion in Japan amid a surge in deal-making activities, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Private equity giant TPG is exploring the sale of Crunch Fitness, a gym chain that could be valued at over $1.5bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters citing sources familiar with the matter.
Blue Earth Capital (BlueEarth), a specialist global impact investor, has held the first closing of its first evergreen, semi-liquid impact private credit strategy fund with capital commitments totalling €113m from a ‘select group’ of anchor investors.
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