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Jefferies Credit Partners is targeting around €1bn ($1.16bn) for a new vehicle designed to give investors exposure to private credit secondaries while providing the lender with additional capital to originate loans, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan’s global private equity chief Lori Hall-Kimm is leaving the Canadian pension fund to pursue a new opportunity, according to a report by Bloomberg.
EQT is exploring a potential sale of two English language education businesses in Vietnam that could together command a valuation of about $500m, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
Private equity firms could be on the verge of joining the global M&A resurgence, with buyout groups sitting on around $1.5tn of capital that could increasingly be deployed into acquisitions, according to a report by Bloomberg citing comments from a senior Goldman Sachs executive.
Eagle Point Credit Management is providing about $1.3bn of private credit financing for a major artificial intelligence data centre in Texas that is set to be anchored by Anthropic, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The founder of international schools operator Global Schools Group is launching a new private equity firm Academic Capital Partners targeting up to $300m for a debut fund focused on education assets across Asia and the Middle East, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The University of California’s investment office has sold around $1bn of private equity interests to secondaries specialist HarbourVest Partners, providing another sizeable transaction for a market that has seen discounts widen amid renewed pressure on private assets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Thoma Bravo-backed cybersecurity company Sophos is turning to its existing leveraged-loan lenders as it seeks to refinance or extend more than $2bn of debt, after attempts to secure private credit financing failed to gain traction, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Asia-focused investment firm PAG is preparing to raise around $4bn for a new buyout fund, according a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the plans, as it seeks to broaden its investment footprint beyond its historically strong exposure to China.
KKR has made a roughly $9bn offer to acquire UGI, the Pennsylvania-based natural gas and electricity distributor, in a move that could give the private equity firm exposure to rising demand for reliable power from artificial intelligence data centres, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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