BPEA EQT and ChrysCapital are to acquire a 90% stake in HDFC Credila, Housing Development Finance Corporation’s education finance arm for $1.11 billion, in what will be India’s largest-ever financial services sector private equity buyout, according to a report by Reuters.
A $3 billion “whole-business securitisation” is being considered as a funding option by private equity firms vying to acquire sandwich chain Subway, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter.
New Carlyle Group chief executive officer Harvey Schwartz wants the private equity giant to expand its capital markets arm, which acts as an in-house investment bank and secures loans for portfolio companies, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Mayfair Equity Partners has sold the Snowfox Group, a multi-channel and international Japanese food business, whose UK and US brands include YO! Sushi, Snowfox, Bento, and Taiko, to Zensho Holdings – a Japanese food service company – in a deal valued at $621 million.
GrowthCurve Capital has held the final close of its inaugural private equity fund, GrowthCurve Capital Partners I, with total capital commitments of $1.4 billion for the fund and related co-investment vehicles.
A hunt for higher returns has prompted CalPERS, the biggest public pension scheme in the US with $442 billion in assets, to make a multibillion-dollar push into international venture capital following what it has dubbed a “lost decade” of returns, according to a report by The Financial Times.
Nasdaq, a technology company serving the global financial system, is to acquire Adenza, a provider of risk management and regulatory software to the financial services industry, from software investment firm Thoma Bravo for $10.5 billion in cash and shares of common stock.
KKR and a rival consortium led by Italian sovereign wealth fund CDP and Australian investor Macquarie are planning to submit improved offers for Telecom Italia’s (TIM) network ahead of a 9 June deadline, according to a report by Reuters.
Bain Capital has made an offer to take Chinese data centre operator Chindata Group private in a deal valuing the business at $2.93 billion, with the company’s shares jumping by 14% as result, according to a report by Reuters.
Sequoia, the giant global venture capital firm known for early investment in a host of now leading tech companies including Google, Instagram, Airbnb, WhatsApp, Zoom, ByteDance and GoTo, is breaking itself up into three distinct firms, according to a report by Bloomberg.