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A persistently muted deal landscape, resulting from skyrocketing debt costs and widespread macro-economic uncertainty, have steadily upped the pressure on private equity GPs over the past two years. Among the sources of pressure is the risk of clawbacks – LP claims on GPs’ carried interest in the event of losses. This report dives deeper into how these risks are playing out under current market conditions, and what firms are doing to adapt.
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Kohlberg & Company, a private equity firm specialising in middle market investing, has held the final closing of its 10th private equity fund, Kohlberg Investors X, with $4.3bn in capital commitments, plus an additional $1.0bn in commitments for dedicated co-investment vehicles.
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Private equity giant Apollo is making a push into the high-grade debt market, an area long controlled by traditional banks, steered by former UBS, Swiss Re, and the World Bank executive Jamshid Ehsani, who joined the firm in 2010, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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The winners of the Private Equity Wire US Credit Awards 2024, which recognise fund performance and service provider excellence across credit funds, were announced at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (12 September), at Covene, 101 Park Avenue, New York.
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North American private equity firm Atlas Partners is to make a $1bn investment in Sedgwick, a global provider of insurance claims management, loss adjusting and technology-enabled business solutions, in a deal that values the business at $13.2bn.
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Intermediate Capital Group Plc (ICG), the €101bn London-headquartered private equity firm, has secured €15.2bn ($16.8bn) for its latest European direct-lending fund, making it the largest fund of its kind in the region, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Bain Capital and Parthenon Capital are in discussions to sell a minority stake in healthcare technology company Zelis in a deal that could value the firm at around $17bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Swedish private investment firm EQT has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in GeBBS, a global provider of healthcare outsourcing solutions, from ChrysCapital. While financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed, reports suggest a purchase price of over $850m.
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The Aston Martin Formula One team is on the verge of a stake sale to two US-based private investment funds – venture capital firm Accel Partners and private credit manager HPS Investments Partners – in a deal that could value the team at between £1.5bn and £2bn, according to a report from Sky News.
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HPS Investment Partners, the private credit manager spun out of JPMorgan Chase & Co in 2016, has opened discussions with potential investors about an initial public offering at a valuation of over $10bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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