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HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets investment specialist, has held the final close of its sixth co-investment fund, HarbourVest Partners Co-Investment Fund VI, which closed above its $3.5 billion target at $4.2 billion, including the General Partner commitment.
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Silver Lake, a global private equity firm focused on technology investments, is to sell ServiceMax to PTC, a SaaS provider for the manufacturing sector, for approximately $1.46 billion in cash on a debt-free, cash-free basis.
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Secondaries are now the number two long-term strategic preference of LPs, after mid-market buyouts, but ahead of other more established strategies including growth capital and large buyouts, according to Montana Capital Partners’ 10th Annual Investor Survey.
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Private equity firms Centerbridge Partners and Bridgeport Partners, have completed their acquisition of Computer Services, Inc, a provider of end-to-end fintech and regtech solutions, for $1.6 billion.
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Bain Capital has agreed a JPY100 billion deal to acquire Japanese apparel maker Mash Holdings in one of the largest private equity deals in the country’s fashion industry, according to a report by Nikkei.
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Three private equity investors – Apax Partners, TA Associates and Carlyle – have made the shortlist to acquire a significant minority stake in Singapore-based engineering outsourcing firm Quest Global in a $1 billion deal that could value the business at around $2.5 billion.
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CalPERS made commitments of up to $15.2 billion to new and existing alternative investment strategies in Q3 2022, including a $1.5 billion commitment to Tower Bridge Infrastructure Partners, a private equity infrastructure fund managed by Global Infrastructure Partners, according to a report by Pension & Investments Online.
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Venture capital giant Sequoia Capital is to write down its $214 million investment in struggling cryptocurrency exchange FTX to zero, according to a report by Fortune. The report cites a note sent to investors as saying that the investment would be written off completely after a liquidity crunch “created a solvency risk for FTV”.
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Private equity GPs remain cautiously optimistic about dealmaking, fundraising and performance, according to Investec’s 12th annual GP Trends Report.
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The use of WhatsApp and other messaging apps by some of the world’s biggest private equity firms is being investigated by the US Securities & Exchange Commission, according to a report by Pensions & Investments online.
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