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Boeing is evaluating a potential sale of its Jeppesen navigation unit, which could be valued at around $6bn, with private equity firms, as well as strategic buyers, among the potential suitors for the business, according to a report by Bloomberg News.
The San Francisco City & County Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS) has announced one additional hedge fund investment and a new VC allocation ahead of its upcoming board meeting on 13 November, according to a report by Pensions & Investments Online.
Skypointer Capital, whose GP is Proaltus Asset Management USA, a subsidiary of Proaltus Group, has closed its first venture capital fund, Skypointer Ventures Fund I, with $30m in capital commitments to invest in the global technology sector.
Ahead of the Private Equity Wire European Emerging Managers Summit, Joe Briggs (pictured), Founder & Managing Partner at Briggs Capital Formation, provides insight for new and emerging managers on the topic of differentiation. Joe will be moderating a panel and roundtable on this topic at the Summit on 14 November.
Private equity firm Partners Group is considering selling a stake in the International Schools Partnership (ISP), a UK-based global network of private schools valued at up to €5bn ($5.38bn), according to a report by Reuters.
First Reserve, the private equity firm that owns Refuel, is exploring strategic options, including a potential sale that could value the US convenience-store operator at over $1.5bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.
Global pension funds have continued to ramp up their private equity investments in 2024, with the 20 largest funds globally allocating a combined $707.6bn to the asset class so far this year, according to a report by Banking Exchange.
Churchill Asset Management and Arcmont Asset Management, the US and European asset management companies of Nuveen Private Capital (NPC), have appointed Katherine Elmore-Jones as a Partner and Head of Private Equity Business Development in Europe.
Blackstone has promoted Chris James, a founding member and Chief Operating Officer of its tactical opportunities platform, to Global Head of Tactical Opportunities as part of a broader leadership reshuffle, according to a report by Alternative Credit Investor.
Pan-European private equity firm Astorg is to acquire a majority stake in data management specialist Redslim from Founders Eric Bensimon, Alberto Alcaniz, Soren Altmann, and Patric Mezei, who will re-invest significantly in the business.
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