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Blackstone Private Equity
TOP STORY: The world’s largest private equity firm Blackstone has reported a 1% year-on-year increase in first-quarter distributable earnings – the cash used to pay dividends to shareholders – to $1.27bn from $1.25bn in Q1 2024, according to a report by Reuters.
Shares of Esprit increased by 24% to HKD0.26 ($0.03) on Thursday morning, marking a 39% gain since the company announced its discussions with a potential investor last week, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. 
Unigestion, an independent asset manager specialising in mid-market private equity transactions, has appointed Jordan Dimmock as Senior Vice President within its global secondaries team. He will be based in London.
Alter Domus, a provider of tech-enabled fund administration, private debt and corporate services for the alternative investment industry, has gone live on Temenos’ automated Multifonds fund management platform.
Private investment house Ardian has partially exited its investment in Planisware, a B2B SaaS software provider to the project economy industry, following the company’s IPO. Planisware’s Co-Founders have retained a majority stake in the business.
Independent investment management firm DTCP has closed its Digital Infrastructure Vehicle II (DIV II) and its associated vehicles at approximately €1.6bn, reaching its fundraising target and closing at almost eight times larger than its predecessor fund.
One Equity Partners (OEP) has completed the sale of Walki Group Oy, a European supplier of packaging and engineered materials solutions, to Japanese paper products technology company Oji Group.
Software-focused private equity firm Sunstone Partners has invested in Accuhealth, a healthcare technology company providing remote patient monitoring and chronic care management solutions.
Pan-European private capital fund All Seas Capital has made a significant minority investment in Reducate EdTech Group, an online continuing professional education platform.
Apollo Global Management
Apollo Global Management has agreed to help finance the acquisition of British song investor Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $1.4bn by Nashville-based music company Concord, through the provision of debt and a minority indirect equity interest in the deal, according to a report by Reuters.

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