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KKR has announced the appointment of Dane E. Holmes as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), effective December 29, 2023. As CAO, he will join the firm’s leadership team and oversee and work with the existing leaders of a number of key functions, including KKR’s Human Capital, Communications, Marketing, Sustainability, and Citizenship teams.
Vistara Growth (Vistara), announced an initial closing at over $150 million for Vistara Technology Growth Fund V LP ( towards its target of $400m. The closing was completed in 4 weeks from launch and was anchored by increased commitments from existing Vistara limited partners.
Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (Oaktree) has announced the final close of its third Special Situations fund, Special Situations Fund III and its related vehicles, with total capital commitments of approximately $3bn.
Apollo Global Management Inc. hired BlackRock Inc. veterans in wealth and insurance as the alternative asset manager expands its team in key growth areas, according to a report by Bloomberg.
AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest superannuation fund, today announced it has increased the program size of its partnership with Churchill Asset Management, an investment specialist affiliate of Nuveen, to $1.5 billion.The investment program targets senior and unitranche loans to private equity-backed U.S. middle market companies and builds on the partnership established in December 2022.
Next Round Capital, a leading venture capital and secondaries advisory firm is pleased to announce that Wyan Yarbrough, CFA, has joined the firm as Director of Research. Yarbrough brings more than a decade of TMT (technology, media, telecom) investment experience and a successful track record of identifying and leading investments in high-growth and disruptive technology companies and pre-IPO startups.
Ara Partners, a private equity and infrastructure firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has announced the successful closing of over $3 billion in new capital commitments, including $2.8bn of limited partner commitments for Ara Fund III, alongside dedicated LP co-investment vehicles.
Epassi Group, a digital employee benefit payments platform in the Nordics, UK and Italy, has completed its strategic acquisition of Exercite, a provider of corporate health and wellness benefit solutions in Germany and the Netherlands. The transaction follows the simultaneous completion of a majority investment in Epassi from TA Associates and Warburg Pincus LLC.
Harvest Partners, LP has completed the acquisition of Road Safety Services, Inc from Parallel49 Equity. Road Safety Services, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is an infrastructure services platform dedicated to enhancing road safety across the United States.
Cathay Capital announced the appointment of Caroline Folleas as Partner for its private equity practice in Paris, with dual expertise in the healthcare and consumer sectors. This new recruitment follows that of Bruno Delahaye as Partner of Cathay Innovation (based in Paris) focused on the consumer and retail sector, and the return of Li Zhang (based in Shanghai) to lead the Cathay Smart Energy fund.
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