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Carlyle Group’s credit arm has invested a combined $1.5 billion in the debt of two of the highest profile deals of the year so far, the buyout of Citrix Systems Inc and Nielsen Holdings Plc, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The report cites unnamed sources as revealing that Carlyle has invested around $750 million in the Citrix buyout, with roughly half of that amount being on the secured debt portion that banks syndicated at steep losses last month, and the other 50% or so on a preferred equity piece that was arranged at the start of the year.
The
CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM) has appointed Gioia Torresi and Pav Lamba as Directors in its European Direct Private Infrastructure team.
Reporting to the head of the European infrastructure investment practice, Lamba will be responsible for making European direct investments whilst Torresi will focus on the asset management of the European direct infrastructure portfolio and on sustainability and governance.
With 10 years of experience within the investment and advisory industries across London and Toronto, Lamba will source, execute and asset manage infrastructure investments as part of the team in London.
He joins from Boston Consulting Group, where he
Financial Services Capital (FSC), a private equity investor dedicated to the European financial services sector, has appointed Geraldine Kieren as Vice President, Investor Relations.
Kieren joins from Aksia, where she was a Portfolio Advisor on Private Markets, supporting the firm’s efforts for European institutional clients in private equity and private credit. Her appointment continues the development of FSC’s institutional-grade team, led by Managing Partners Matthew D Hansen and Miroslav Boublik. The team now comprises eight Investment Professionals and three Platform Professionals, supported by four Operating Partners and five Senior Advisors.
Prior to Aksia, Kieren worked for Hamilton Lane, where she
Shift Paradigm, a portfolio company of mid-market private equity firm Growth Catalyst Parthers, has acquired Ergo, an email marketing company based in New York City. The acquisition strengthens Shift Paradigm’s email and customer journey expertise.
Shift Paradigm and Ergo’s shared cultural values and commitment to driving client outcomes played a central role in bringing the companies together.
Following the acquisition, Ergo chief executive officer John Hendricks will remain involved in the business as a member of Shift Paradigm’s board of directors.
Global private equity firm OpenGate Capital, is combining Extol, which it acquired on 30 September, 2022, and Aluminium France Extrusion (AFE), which has been owned by OpenGate since June of 2013, to form Aluminium Solutions Group SAS (ASG).
The merger establishes France’s second and Europe’s sixth largest aluminium extruder with a clear sustainability roadmap. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
OpenGate is also examining options to enhance the ESG profile of ASG, including specific investments to facilitate recycled materials in the production process.
Extol is a specialty extruder and manufacturer of custom aluminium parts with facilities in Toledo,
Global private equity investor Advent International (Advent), and Wilbur-Ellis, one of the largest family-owned companies in the world, are to merge their life sciences and specialty chemicals solutions businesses, Caldic BV (Caldic) and Connell.
HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with over $50 billion of equity capital under management, has sold its portfolio company Salary.com to Accel-KKR. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Salary.com is a specialist in cloud-based compensation software and data solutions, serving more than 8,000 software subscribers and 60 million employees globally. The company’s software products and analytical capabilities enable enterprises, small businesses, and individuals to be on the cutting edge of compensation trends, best practices, and policies.
HIG acquired Salary.com from IBM Kenexa in December 2015. During HIG’s ownership, Salary.com relaunched its
An affiliate of technology and US government investment firm Veritas Capital (Veritas) is to acquire CAES Space Systems, an independent supplier of high-reliability electronic solutions for space, defence, healthcare and industrial applications, from CAES.
Mike Elias, Senior Vice President & Division General Manager, will continue to lead CAES Space Systems, alongside the rest of the leadership team.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Colorado Springs, CAES Space Systems provides radiation hardened components, mission processing, cabling, wave guides, antennas and power management solutions. The Company’s track record of innovation, rich intellectual property portfolio and best-in-class engineering
OpenGate Capital, a global private equity firm, has exited its investment in InRule Technology (InRule), an intelligence automation platform, through a sale to Pamlico Capital. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, InRule provides integrated decisioning, machine learning and process automation software that enables IT and business leaders to make better decisions faster, operationalise machine learning, and improve complex, mission-critical processes.
OpenGate’s initial investment came in 2019 and marked InRule’s first institutional capital raise. Over the past three years, OpenGate supported significant product and go-to-market investment while partnering with InRule’s management team on a
Global investment solutions provider Russell Investments has launched a new global unlisted infrastructure fund. The Luxembourg-domiciled open-ended private markets fund aims to invest in opportunities that address the need for new infrastructure solutions to meet evolving social and economic demands.
It is classified as Article 8 for SFDRi purposes, in line with the firm’s commitment to offering sustainable solutions to help achieve clients’ investment goals.
Currently only available to professional investors based in the UK, the Russell Investments Global Unlisted Infrastructure Fund gives exposure to a global infrastructure portfolio diversified across sectors, geographies, revenue structures and transaction types with a
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