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New York-based private equity firm Harvest Partners (Harvest), has closed it latest buyout fund, Harvest Partners IX and its parallel funds with $5.34bn in capital commitments, ahead of its $5.25bn target.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has completed the sale of a diversified portfolio of 20 limited partnership private equity fund interests in mostly North American and European buyout funds to private investment firm Ardian for around CAD2.1bn.
Big name private equity firms including KKR and Carlyle are increasingly pivoting from their traditional buyout strategies to the private credit sector as they look to combat a prolonged slump in dealmaking, according to a report by Bloomberg.
MidOcean Partners, a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market PE and alternative credit investments, has acquired Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, a B2B workplace safety training platform from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.
SWEN Capital, a European private equity firm with over €7.7bn in AUM, has held the final close of the second vintage of its European infrastructure fund, SWIFT 2, an impact fund dedicated to renewable gas investments at €580m.
Granite Creek Capital Partners, a private investment firm based in Chicago, has held the oversubscribed closing of its third investment fund, Granite Creek FlexCap III, a $300m vehicle focused on providing flexible capital to growing lower middle market companies.
Quantum Capital Group, a provider of private credit investment capital to the global energy and energy transition industry, has appointed David Altshuler as Partner and Co-Head of Client Solutions.
Funds managed by CapVest, a private equity firm focused on companies supplying essential goods and services, have acquired Ricochet, a portfolio company of HIG Capital, with HIG set to remain as a minority investor in the vompany.
India-based AK Alternative Asset Managers Pvt is planning to raise as much as INR4bn ($48 million) for its latest private credit fund, the AK Securitization and Credit Opportunities Fund, which is expected hold its first close later this month, according to a report by Bloomberg.
PSG Equity, a growth equity firm partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies in Europe, North America and Israel to help accelerate their growth, has held the final close of PSG Europe II, the firm’s second Europe-focused fund, with more than €2.6 billion in commitments.
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