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EQT is exploring a potential sale of two English language education businesses in Vietnam that could together command a valuation of about $500m, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
Private equity firms could be on the verge of joining the global M&A resurgence, with buyout groups sitting on around $1.5tn of capital that could increasingly be deployed into acquisitions, according to a report by Bloomberg citing comments from a senior Goldman Sachs executive.
Eagle Point Credit Management is providing about $1.3bn of private credit financing for a major artificial intelligence data centre in Texas that is set to be anchored by Anthropic, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The founder of international schools operator Global Schools Group is launching a new private equity firm Academic Capital Partners targeting up to $300m for a debut fund focused on education assets across Asia and the Middle East, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The University of California’s investment office has sold around $1bn of private equity interests to secondaries specialist HarbourVest Partners, providing another sizeable transaction for a market that has seen discounts widen amid renewed pressure on private assets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Thoma Bravo-backed cybersecurity company Sophos is turning to its existing leveraged-loan lenders as it seeks to refinance or extend more than $2bn of debt, after attempts to secure private credit financing failed to gain traction, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Asia-focused investment firm PAG is preparing to raise around $4bn for a new buyout fund, according a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the plans, as it seeks to broaden its investment footprint beyond its historically strong exposure to China.
KKR has made a roughly $9bn offer to acquire UGI, the Pennsylvania-based natural gas and electricity distributor, in a move that could give the private equity firm exposure to rising demand for reliable power from artificial intelligence data centres, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Private credit investors HPS Investment Partners and Oaktree Capital Management have taken control of MBS Group after the production equipment supplier defaulted on its debt, highlighting the mounting pressure on businesses tied to Hollywood’s prolonged slowdown, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Canadian financial institutions and investment funds have built up around CAD500bn ($360bn) of private credit exposure, with the majority of those investments linked to borrowers and funds outside Canada, according to a report by Bloomberg citing new research from the Bank of Canada.
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