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The UK’s House of Lords has sharply criticised the Treasury for its “limited grasp” of risks in private capital markets and called on the Bank of England to accelerate stress testing of the sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Buyout firm Advent International is exploring a consortium deal with InPost SA’s founder and CEO Rafal Brzoska and Czech investment firm PPF Group to take the Amsterdam-listed logistics company private, according to a report by Bloomberg.
KKR has closed its second Asia-focused private credit fund at $2.5bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. The final close took place in late December, marking a step up from the firm’s inaugural $1.1bn regional vehicle raised in 2022.
Private equity firm TPG is closing in on a £1bn-plus deal to acquire Optum UK, the supplier of electronic patient record systems used by the majority of NHS GPs, from US healthcare group UnitedHealth, according to a report by Sky News.
CVC DIF, the infrastructure division of leading global private equity manager CVC Capital Partners, has agreed to acquire iPark, a large-scale Iberian parking infrastructure platform operating across Spain and Portugal, from Elliott Investment Management. The investment will be made through DIF Infrastructure VIII.
Revere Capital, a Dallas-based institutional private credit manager, has appointed Clarisa Lindenmeyer as chief operating officer. Before joining Revere, she served as chief of staff and chief brand officer at Gig Wage, a venture-backed fintech platform focused on modernising payments for the 1099 workforce. There, she helped drive the company’s goal of democratising financial access and creating a safety net for underbanked workers.
Global healthcare private equity reached a record $190bn in deal value in 2025, driven by a sharp increase in transactions valued at more than $1bn, according to Bain & Company’s Healthcare Private Equity Report 2026. The total surpassed the previous peak set in 2021, despite a second-quarter slowdown linked to tariff-related uncertainty in North America and Asia-Pacific.
LoneTree Capital, a New York-based growth capital firm, has expanded its leadership team in support of the firm’s next phase of growth. As part of this expansion, Gerald Castaldo has joined the firm as partner. Castaldo has spent over a decade investing in and advising high-growth technology businesses and joins LoneTree from HIG Capital.
TPG Capital is in discussions to acquire a minority stake of up to 20% in Indian securities firm IIFL Capital Services which due diligence currently taking place, according to a report by Reuters citing people familiar with the matter.
Warburg Pincus has raised $3bn for its third fund targeting financial services investments, exceeding the vehicle’s initial $2.5bn target and marking the firm’s largest fund dedicated to the sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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