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Private equity firm Crescent Capital Partners is considering selling Australia-based healthcare recruitment firm, Healthcare Australia Pty in a deal that could value the firm at about AUD700 million ($471 million), according to a report by Bloomberg.
Bloomberg sources have said that Crescent Capital is currently working with an adviser to identify potential buyers for the firm, which is one of the largest recruiters of healthcare workers in Australia.
Discussions are reportedly at an early stage though, and Crescent may yet decide against selling the business, which it acquired in 2018 from private equity firms Ares management and Toscafud Asset Management..
An affiliate of Turnspire Capital Partners has acquired USG Water Solutions, a provider of water asset management services for small and medium public water utilities in North America, from Veolia North America, the US holding company of Veolia Environnement.
Global investment firm Cambridge Associates has expanded its executive leadership team with the appointments of chief data officer Harinder Soin and head of corporate strategy Adam Lester.
Soin reports to Jason Roberts, chief technology officer and Lester reports to the firm’s chief executive officer, David Druley.
As chief data officer, Soin is focused on implementing and overseeing the firm’s data strategy, governance, and execution. He joined Cambridge Associates in 2016, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience in leading enterprise data architecture and designing IT applications and client reporting solutions in the investment management industry. He became the firm’s first chief
TOP STORY: Steve Schwarzman, the chief executive officer of private equity giant Blackstone earned around $1.26 billion in pay and dividends in 2022, according to a report by Reuters.
Increasing demand for data storage and cloud computing services prompted private equity firms to acquire data centres in near-record numbers last year, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Global private equity remains set for further strong, long-term growth even in the face of a sudden reversal in 2022, driven by economic turbulence and uncertainty amid rising inflation and interest rates, according to Bain & Company’s 14th annual Global Private Equity Report.
Global growth equity private investment firm General Atlantic, has appointed senior advisor Samir Assaf as chairman of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a newly created role, as the firm looks to sharpen its strategic focus on the Middle East.
IK Partners’ IK Small Cap III Fund is to invest in Responda Group, a provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) services to small and medium-sized enterprises in Sweden.
Spex Capital, an early-stage investor in healthtech solutions, is targeting €100 million for a new investment vehicle, the Spex Venture HealthTech Fund, which will invest globally in early-stage healthtech ventures, from seed to Series A, up to €5 million.
The fund is a designated Article 9 impact fund under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
Founded by serial healthtech entrepreneur, Claudio D’Angelo, Spex Capital has to date closed 10 investments in this space.
Through an exclusive two-year partnership with MedCity, the life sciences cluster organisation for London, Spex Capital benefits from connections to the NHS in England and extensive
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has acquired Kilwin’s Quality Confections, Inc and Kilwins Chocolates Franchise, Inc, a franchisor, retailer, manufacturer and distributor of premium quality chocolate, ice cream and confectionary products.
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