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Black Lion Capital Advisors has submitted a $8bn all-cash bid for PDV Holding, the US-based parent of Citgo Petroleum, as part of a court-supervised auction aimed at repaying creditors tied to Venezuela’s sovereign defaults and expropriations, according to a report by Reuters.
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Bridgepoint Group is preparing to distribute approximately €2bn to investors in its Europe VI buyout fund within weeks, following recent exits from investments in Dorna Sports and Kereis, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Bain Capital is flying high after Virgin Australia’s successful IPO, which saw shares surge 8.3% on debut, landing the private equity giant with a roughly 40% internal rate of return on its initial investment, according to a report by Reuters.
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Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to acquire UK-based Spectris, a maker of high-precision scientific instruments, in a deal worth £4.4bn ($5.9bn), the largest takeover in Britain so far this year, according to a report by Reuters.
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CVC Capital has launched CVC Catalyst, a new sector-agnostic private equity strategy dedicated to high-quality, faster-growing mid-market businesses across Europe. The focus will be on on equity investments of under €250m in companies with strong growth potential.
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Private equity firms are sitting on roughly $1tn of unsold assets – tying up capital that would normally have been returned to investors by now – as global M&A activity falters under the weight of high financing costs, tariff uncertainty, and geopolitical risks, according to a report by Reuters.
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KKR and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have emerged as the leading contenders to acquire a majority stake in the proposed joint venture combining Orange and MásMóvil’s Spanish telecom operations, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the process.
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In Alternative Views, Private Equity Wire goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on private markets. In this episode, we sat down with Karin Hyland (pictured), Partner and Deputy Head of Co-Investments at Patria Investments.Â
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Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to sell Ultra Precision Control Systems (Ultra PCS), a UK provider of high-margin aerospace and defence technologies, to Eaton Corporation for $1.55bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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UK-based industrial technology group Spectris has rejected a second takeover proposal from global private equity firm KKR, opting instead to back a rival $5bn offer from Advent International, marking one of the largest UK public-to-private deals so far in 2025, according to a report by Reuters.
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