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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Aston Martin F1 team sells stake to private equity firm at $1bn valuation. Earlier this year, Alpine sold a 24% stake in its F1 team to a consortium – which included actors and Wrexham AFC owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney – that equated to the Enstone operation being worth £725m.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

A consortium of private credit funds, including Antares Capital, Blue Owl Capital, KKR, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has agreed to take control of Alacrity. BlackRock had previously acquired a controlling stake in the business from private equity firm Kohlberg & Company in February 2023.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

private equity firm General Atlantic is weighing joining co-shareholder Hg in selling its stake in Argus Media, which could lead to 50% of the oil pricing data business being sold, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. private equity firm General Atlantic is weighing joining co-shareholder Hg in selling its.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Café bar chain Joe & the Juice has secured an agreement with private equity firm General Atlantic which will see the firm hold a majority stake in the company. The US private equity firm is thought to value the business at $600m (£489.1m), including debt.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

South Korean buyout firm Hahn & Co. is reviewing strategic options for its majority stake in SK Shipping Co., is working with financial advisers as it weighs a potential partial or full sale of its stake, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. Hahn & Co. Hahn & Co.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Investcorp, the Middle East’s biggest alternative asset manager, acquired a 50% stake in New York-based private equity firm Corsair Capital’s $4.8bn infrastructure business. Investcorp Corsair Infrastructure Partners will include the infrastructure business’ existing funds, investments and team.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The New York-based investment manager is planning to raise funds through collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) secured by the loans held by its flagship $52bn private credit fund, the report added, citing documents viewed by the newspaper. Blackstone did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Essity has put its stake in Vinda under strategic review, the Swedish personal care product maker said in April. Its stake in Vinda is valued at about HK$9.8bil (US$1.3bil), based on the current stock price.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The insurer will continue to operate under the Global Atlantic brand and retain its management team, which is expected to exchange a majority of its equity interests for KKR stock. The insurer’s assets under management have swelled to $158bn from $72bn in 2020, according to the statement.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Landmark Management has sold a 40% stake to Rosemont to help the firm’s founder execute an internal succession plan. Private equity firm Rosemont Investment Group has acquired a 40% stake in Landmark Management, a New York-based multi-family office that oversees about $4.5bn in non-discretionary client assets.

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MARCH 22, 2024

KKR & Co is considering a sale of its controlling stake in Indian pre-school and early-learning provider EuroKids International for around $1bn, as well as other options for the business. Read more Oakley Capital acquires Horizons Optical Oakley Capital, a pan-European middle-market private equity investor, has announced that Oakley.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Marco Patuano, Cellnex CEO, commented: “The early closing of the sale of a minority stake in our Nordic business marks another significant step forward in our goal to attain investment grade ratings.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Private asset manager Bridgepoint has exited its majority investment in sports nutrition company Vitamin Well with a sale to international private equity firm Cinven, which is now the company’s largest shareholder and lead investor. The transaction is expected to complete in H2 2024.

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MAY 10, 2024

Shares in Peloton soared by as much as 18% on Tuesday after CNBC reported that several private equity firms are cons idering a buyout of the connected fitness company, which is looking to refinance its debt and return to growth after 13 consecutive quarters of losses.

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JUNE 3, 2024

French private equity firm Eurazeo has sold its 25% stake in MCH Private Equity, an asset manager specialising in small-cap private equity investments in Spain.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Allfunds Group Plc has started gauging takeover interest from private equity firms as the European fund distribution platform considers a possible sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. read more Brookfield Asset Management’s affiliate Closes $1.1bn Argo Acquisition Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Private equity firms TA Associates and Warburg Pincus are exploring a sale of portfolio company Procare Solutions, a provider of child-care management software, that could value the business at nearly $2bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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MARCH 22, 2024

Oakley Capital, a pan-European middle-market private equity investor, has announced that Oakley Capital Origin Fund I has acquired a majority stake in Horizons Optical, a provider of medical software used to manufacture premium ophthalmic lenses.

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APRIL 12, 2024

EQT has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Spain’s Universidad Europea from private equity firm Permira, in a deal that sources said valued the higher education group at more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) including debt. The buyout groups announced the deal on Monday. billion euros.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blue Owl Capital has responded to the challenges of the current fundraising environment by offering a special deal to investors who make an early commitment to its sixth fund aimed at investing in private equity firms, according to a report by Bloomberg. It has backed firms including Robert F.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The private equity backer of Six Nations Rugby is drawing up plans for a £1.5bn bid for Audiotonix, the British-based manufacturer of equipment used by bands such as Coldplay. Sky News has learnt that CVC Capital Partners is among the private equity firms examining offers for the Chessington-based company.

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MAY 10, 2024

Pub giant Marston’s has been approached by a US private equity firm over a potential takeover. Shares in the Wolverhampton-based company surged by more than a fifth immediately after it confirmed the proposal regarding a potential cash offer by Platinum Equity Advisors.

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JUNE 17, 2024

US private equity firm Advent International and a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority will acquire a $2.5bn to $3bn minority stake in money management firm Fisher Investments, valuing FI at $12.75bn. Mr Fisher will retain a majority of beneficial ownership and of voting shares exceeding 70%.

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MAY 10, 2024

Toshiba Corp is considering a $20 billion offer from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to take it private, a person familiar with the matter said, as the Japanese industrial conglomerate faces pressure from activist shareholders to improve governance. Other deals by the private equity firm include the $1.5

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The asset manager said the fund, with cornerstone commitments from European institutional investors like Intesa Sanpaolo and Inarcassa, plans to allocate 50-60% of its total portfolio to Western Europe. read more Brookfield Asset Management’s affiliate Closes $1.1bn Argo Acquisition Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

He and the New York-based Arougheti are both founders of private equity firms, the Carlyle Group and Ares Management Corp., Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up According to Puck, the group will start off owning roughly a 40 percent stake in the club.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

The private equity firm is in the early stages of exploring a sale of the Hungary-based pet food manufacturer, which could be valued at more than €2bn ($2.2bn), according to one of the people. Apollo Global Management Inc. last month agreed to buy a minority stake in North American pet retailer PetSmart from BC Partners.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

GTCR, a leading private equity firm, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cloudbreak Health, LLC (“Cloudbreak” or “the Company”), a leading provider of tech-enabled, healthcare-focused language interpretation services, in a corporate carve-out transaction from UpHealth, Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

New York-based private equity firm Behrman Capital has acquired Vista Apex, a US manufacturer of consumable dental products for preventative oral hygiene, endodontics and restorative dentistry, from Philadelphia-based private equity firm Inverness Graham.

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APRIL 26, 2024

The US asset manager will sell a 71.25% stake in drug wholesaler Geo-Young, the corporate value of which is around $1.4 Private equity giant Blackstone Inc. is set to mark its first exit from South Korea by selling a 71.25% stake in the holding firm of Geo-Young Corp., according to sources.

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MARCH 22, 2024

French private equity firm PAI Partners, through its PAI Mid-Market Fund, is to acquire a majority stake in global professional haircare platform Beautynova from BlueGem Capital Partners, a pan-European PE firm focused on non-discretionary consumer staples. The investment will support the company’s growth strategy.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Blackstone is closing in on a deal with L’Occitane International owner Reinold Geiger to take the global skincare company private, with the world’s largest alternative asset manager potentially providing debt financing for the buyout.

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MAY 10, 2024

Bain Capital is picking up a minority stake worth $250 million in business services firm Sikich, which is planning to deploy the investment to finance its expansion plans, the companies said on Thursday. The private equity firm is the first outside investor at Chicago-based Sikich, which was founded in 1982.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Thoma Bravo beat out several rival private equity firms in a sale process that EQS started this summer, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more Arctos Partners Drives into F1 with Aston Martin Stake, Valued at $1bn Aston Martin F1 team sells stake to private equity firm at $1bn valuation.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Bain has been interviewing investment banks to hire financial advisers that will help the private equity firm come up with a plan to cash out on its majority stake in Varsity Brands, the sources said. Varsity kept the yearbooks business when it sold Herff Jones to private equity firm Atlas Holdings earlier this year.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Private equity firm KKR & Co. is said to be nearing a deal to buy a stake in Cotiviti Inc. from Veritas Capital, reviving a battle between Wall Street banks and private credit lenders to provide financing for one of the year’s biggest buyouts. is said to be nearing a deal to buy a stake in Cotiviti Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

bank Lazard, said on Wednesday that its board had approved a potential sale of its full stake in Inetum, without mentioning the buyer. The move comes as Bain Capital is looking to build scale in Europe’s fragmented IT services industry where the private equity firm bought Italy’s Engineering Group in 2020.

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