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Alpine Investors, a Certified B-Corp private equity firm focused on investments in software and services companies, has completed fundraising for Alpine Investors IX at the fund’s hard cap of $4.5bn in limited partner capital commitments.

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Tim Franks, the head of KKR & Co’s private equity business in the UK and Ireland, has decided to quit just months after the firm closed it latest European buyout fund with $8bn in capital commitments, according to report by Bloomberg.

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Audax Private Equity has closed two new funds – Audax Private Equity Fund VII and Audax Private Equity Origins Fund I in excess of their respective fundraising targets with $5.25bn and $774m in commitments, respectively.

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Global buyout firm KKR & Co is considering options for its majority stake in commercial lighting manufacturer NVC Lighting’s China-based business, including a sale of the 70% holding, which could fetch about $1bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Global buyout firms including Blackstone and TPG are said to be among a number of businesses working on rival bids to acquire US fund administrator Standish Management, in a deal that could value the company at up to $1.7bn, according to a report by Reuters.

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The Raine Group, a global strategic advisory and investment firm, has held the final close of of Raine Partners IV, the newest fund in its flagship growth equity strategy, with over $760m in total capital commitments.

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Canadian private investment firm Brookfield has agreed to acquire the 80% stake it doesn’t already own in annuities provider American Equity Investment Life Holding (AEL) in a deal that values the business at $4.3bn.

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Private equity firm GTCR is closing in on the acquisition of a majority stake in the merchant business of payment processing company Fidelity National Information Services Inc in a leveraged deal valuing the division at between $15bn and $20bn, according to a report by Reuters.

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US private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners has a made a AUD1.4 billion ($934.50 billion) bid to acquire the remaining shares it doesn’t already hold in Australian horticultural specialist Costa Group Holdings, according to a report by Reuters.

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Global investment firm Carlyle has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Anthesis, a global pure-play sustainability advisory and solutions firm. Carlyle is investing alongside Anthesis’s employee shareholders, with existing shareholder, Palatine, reinvesting for a minority stake. 

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