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Middle market PE firm Blue Wolf Capital Partners has partnered with Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specialising in infrastructure and real investments, to acquire Canada-based marine cargo services provider LOGISTEC Corporation for CAD1.2bn (£723m).
Patria Investments, a Nasdaq-listed private markets investment management fund with over $2bn in AUM, is acquiring abrdn Private Equity, the $7.5bn European-headquartered private equity business of abrdn plc.
NexPhase Capital, LP, a thematically driven and operationally focused private equity firm, has closed its NexPhase Capital Fund with over $795m of capital commitments, exceeding the fund’s target of $750m and representing a more than 45% increase in size from its predecessor fund.
Graycliff Partners has held the first and final closing of the firm’s fifth lower middle market private equity fund, Graycliff Private Equity Partners V, which was oversubscribed, at its hard cap of $600m, in limited partner commitments.
As part of a Chief Executive Officer Kentaro Okuda’s strategy to expand beyond traditional asset markets, Nomiura Holdings is planning to launch a new buy-out find aimed at wealth Japanese investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
MiddleGround Capital, an operationally focused private equity firm that makes control investments in lower middle market industrial B2B and specialty distribution companies in North America and Europe, has named Christopher Speight as a Partner.
Fidelity International, an asset management group which oversees about $750bn, has launched its first direct lending fund with a loan to Dutch dental services company Clinias Dental Group, according to a report by Bloomberg.
JTL-Software, an ERP software provider specialising in e-commerce enablement solutions for small and medium-sized businesses across Germany, has secured additional investment from Hg, a private investor in European and transatlantic software and services businesses.
PATRIZIA, a private investment firm focused on real assets investments has entered into a binding agreement for a transaction of over €140m in an EV charging rollout programme in Germany, through its flagship European Infrastructure Fund series.
A dramatic increase in private credit investments by life insurers is creating systemic risk for investors, according to a report by the Financial Times quoting concerns aired by private equity investor J Christopher Flowers, the founder of JC Flowers & Co.
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