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Private equity heavyweights CVC Capital Partners and KKR are reportedly showing interest in acquiring a stake in the UK arm of Grant Thornton, the sixth-largest accounting firm in Britain, according to a report by the Financial Times.
HarbourVest Partners has raised a record $18.5bn in its latest private equity secondaries fundraising – $15.1bn for the oversubscribed main Dover Street XI fund, and an additional $3.4bn for Secondary Overflow Fund V, dedicated to secondary co-investment opportunities.
Mid-market private equity firm MidOcean Partners has acquired SI Solutions, a provider of engineering, testing, inspection, compliance and maintenance services for power and critical infrastructure end markets.
Golub Capital is ramping up its trading operations for private credit deals, signalling growing interest among some industry participants in developing a secondary market for direct loans, according to a report by Bloomberg.
EQT Private Equity is to acquire a majority stake in AMCS, a provider of cloud-based and AI-enabled planning, performance, safety and sustainability-focused software for waste management, recycling and other resource-intensive industries.
IK Partners’ IK Small Cap II Fund has completed the sale of Carspect Group, a provider of vehicle inspection services in Sweden, Estonia and Latvia, to TÜV SÜD.
Atlanta-based private equity firm Resurgens Technology Partners has completed fundraising for its Fund III with $800m in commitments, exceeding those of its two previous funds, RTP I and RTP II, which raised $200m and $500m respectively.
Francisco Partners, a San Francisco-based investment firm that focuses on technology and healthcare businesses, is to sell portfolio company QGenda to Hearst. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The NFL held a series of meetings with major private equity firms including Arctos Partners, Carlyle, Blackstone, and CVC at its headquarters on Thursday as the league moves forward with plans to potentially allow institutional investments, according to a report by Sportico.
Dwight Scott, the executive who played a pivotal role in growing Blackstone Inc’s credit division into a $330bn powerhouse, is retiring from the firm after 16 years, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an internal memo.
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