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Private equity heavyweights KKR and Stonepeak have raised their takeover bid for UK-listed healthcare real estate firm Assura to nearly £1.7bn ($2.3bn), in what they describe as their “best and final” offer, according to a report by Reuters.
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Private equity giant Advent International is one step closer to sealing its largest UK deal this year after Spectris, the British precision instrumentation and software company, said it would back a formal £3.73bn ($5.06bn) offer – if Advent proceeds, according to a report by Reuters.
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The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) posted an 11.3% time-weighted return on its private equity portfolio in 2024, as the $544bn pension giant continues an aggressive push to reshape its exposure to the asset class, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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Neuberger Berman has raised over $4bn for its latest GP-led secondaries vehicle, NB Strategic Capital Fund II, marking one of the largest fundraises to date in the rapidly expanding market for sponsor-backed continuation vehicles.
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Yale University is close to finalising a major secondary sale of private equity and venture capital interests valued at up to $2.5bn, marking one of the largest GP-led secondary processes seen in recent months, according to a report by Bloomberg News.
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Thoma Bravo has raised more than $34.4bn across three private equity funds, marking one of the largest software-focused fundraising efforts in recent years and underscoring sustained investor appetite for the firm’s high-conviction buyout strategy.
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Roark Capital, the Atlanta-based private equity firm known for its dominant presence in the restaurant sector, has acquired a majority stake in Dave’s Hot Chicken, one of the fastest-growing concepts in the US fast-casual space, according to a report by CNBC.
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German chemical giant BASF SE has officially kicked off the sale process for its coatings business, with the unit expected to fetch up to €6bn ($6.8bn), drawing attention from a growing roster of global buyout firms including Carlyle Group, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Private equity giant Thoma Bravo is exploring a potential sale of Apryse, a high-growth document processing software company, in a deal that could value the business at over $3bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter.
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STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION | In March, the INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund exited InMedica Group – Lithuania’s largest private healthcare network – to Mehiläinen, an international digital healthcare company with Finnish origins. InMedica represented two milestones for the closed-end private equity fund, which launched in 2019 with €165m: it was both the fund’s first investment and its first exit.
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