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Eagle Acquires Sam the Concrete Man

Private Equity Professional

Eagle Merchant Partners (EMP), an Atlanta-based private equity firm specializing in franchise and multi-unit businesses, has acquired a majority stake in Sam the Concrete Man (SamCo), the largest residential concrete services franchisor in the United States.

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3 Reliable Dividend Stocks With Yields Above 9% You Can Buy With Less Than $100 Right Now

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Most American shareholders see their quarterly payments fluctuate with currency exchange rates but the payout has grown every year, in British pounds, since 2007. There are 505 companies in Ares Capital's portfolio and nearly all are backed by private equity sponsors. At recent prices, it offers a 9.8% last year from 11.6%

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EQT to acquire real estate platform PropertyGuru in $1.1bn deal

Private Equity Insights

PropertyGuru – which went public in 2022 – will be acquired by EQT Private Capital Asia, the Swedish private equity firm’s Asia-focused buyout fund. PropertyGuru was established in 2007 and provides online real estate search services in countries including Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore.

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KKR provides $2bn debt facility to MB2 Dental

Private Equity Insights

Global investment firm KKR has closed a $2.34bn unitranche debt facility with US dental partnership organisation MB2 Dental, which will go towards funding upcoming acquisitions and future growth for the company. Deal Australian investment firm HMC Capital has acquired North American digital infrastructure investor.

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Carlyle Explores $400m Sale of Men’s Grooming Brand Every Man Jack

Private Equity Insights

Carlyle, a private-equity firm, has been interviewing investment banks to hire a financial advisor that will run a sale process for Every Man Jack, the sources said, cautioning that no deal is certain. Carlyle told its staff last month it would not make new investments in U.S.

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IBM to acquire software co Apptio from Vista Equity Partners for $4.6 billion to bolster cloud offerings

Private Equity Insights

Seattle-based Apptio, which was founded in 2007, helps companies manage and understand their spending on cloud services and offers functionalities such as IT budgeting, forecasting and financial analyses. read more The post IBM to acquire software co Apptio from Vista Equity Partners for $4.6 Source: REUTERS Can’t stop reading?

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Albion Capital completes Egress sale

Private Equity Wire

KnowBe4, a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has completed the acquisition of cyber security specialist Egress, the portfolio company of private equity firm Albion.