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Cerberus Capital Management is looking to raise $2.5 billion for a new fund that will make investments in all stages of critical supply chain businesses and projects in the US, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The report cites a 34-page presentation document produced for potential investors as revealing that Cerberus expects a “global resurgence of great power competition that will drive geopolitical tensions”.
The fund will focus on industrial defence, public health, transportation, and energy and minerals, according to the document, the same areas President Joe Biden targeted in a recent executive order.
The report cites an unnamed source
Shell Asset Management Company has appointed LGT Capital Partners, an alternative investment manager headquartered in Switzerland, to manage the private equity and infrastructure assets for five of its pension fund clients, effective 1 June.
Oakley Capital has raised a continuation fund to acquire IU Group, a German university and specialist in education technology, alongside Oakley Capital Fund V, from Oakley Capital Fund III.
Global private equity platform Moonfare has held the final close of its second core portfolio, Moonfare Core Portfolio II (Core II), above its fundraising target, taking a proprietary Moonfare portfolio beyond the €100 million mark for the first time.
Moonfare says Core II is a central plank in its mission to bring private equity funds of top-tier managers within reach for individual investors. Designed to sit at the heart of an individual’s private investments portfolio, it offers access to buyout and buyout-related strategies, such as secondaries and co-investments.
Core II offers diversification by geography, fund manager, sub-investment strategy, and target
Entrepreneurial Equity Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on the food and consumer packaged goods industries, has made an investment in Furlani Foods in partnership with the Kawaja family.
Hazeltree, a provider of treasury and liquidity management solutions for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Jeremy Payne as the company’s new chief product officer to enhance the firm’s offering for both hedge fund private equity firms.
TPG Inc, a global alternative asset management firm, is to acquire Angelo Gordon, a $73 billion alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing, in a cash and equity transaction valued at approximately $2.7 billion, based on TPG Inc’s share price as of 12 May, 2023.
Swedish private investment firm EQT Partners has entered into discussions with lenders to raise £1.2 billion for a proposed deal to acquire veterinary drug company Dechra Pharmaceuticals Plc in what would be one of the UK’s largest take-private deals so far this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Funds advised by Apax Partners are to invest approximately $450 million to acquire a significant minority stake in IBS Software, a provider of Software-as-a-Service solutions to the global travel and logistics industry, from Blackstone.
Aquiline Capital Partners, a private investment firm based in New York and London, has lead a $95 million Series E funding round in Smart, a London-headquartered fintech focused on the retirement savings market.
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