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EQT AB has secured $1.425bn in private debt from a group of private credit lenders led by Goldman Sachs group to help finance its acquisition of medical device firm Zeus Company Inc, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A recent €4.5bn debt package to finance a buyout of online classified ad specialist Adevinta ASA by a private equity-consortium led by Permira and Blackstone Inc, saw direct lenders offer €2.5bn more than the amount needed, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Chemicals producer BASF SE has turned to the private debt market for a $1.5bn loan, while engineering firm Robert Bosch has secured $1.2bn of privately-placed debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund, a diversified interval fund focused on consistent income through corporate middle market direct lending, has closed its fifth privately-placed Senior Secured Notes offering, totalling $760m in principal amount.
Yellow Wood Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, is to acquire Elida Beauty, a portfolio of brands including Q-tips, Impulse, Caress, Tigi, Timotei, Monsavon, Brut, Moussel, Alberto Balsam, and VO5, from Unilever.
Private investment firm HIG Capital has shelved plans to launch new funds focused exclusively on investments in the technology sector and will instead deploy capital through other more diversified vehicles, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Eurazeo, along with its partners Ardian, Mérieux Equity Partners and Eximium, have sold their stakes in Humens, a producer of high-purity mineral-based specialty products, to Leto Partners, a French private equity firm focused on decarbonisation.
Global alternative asset management group Tikehau Capital is targeting assets under management of €800m for the newly launched second vintage of its flagship private equity strategy dedicated to the aerospace sector.
Growth capital investor BGF has appointed Ian Livingston (Lord Livingston of Parkhead), whose previous notable Chairmanships include the world’s largest listed hedge fund firm Man Group, and Curry’s plc, as its Non-Executive Chairman.
Calderwood, a Cayman Islands boutique fund governance firm, has expanded its senior team with two key appointments – Jason Perras and Rena Strecker – who both join as Independent Directors.
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