Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Banks are at risk of losing out on significant underwriting fees from two of Europe’s largest buyout deals, as private-equity firms are adjusting debt terms mid-process, affecting their ability to generate revenue, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Private credit lenders and banks are vying to offer debt financing for a potential acquisition of US education software provider PowerSchool Holdings, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people with knowledge of the matter. The financing could include a $2.4bn funded term loan, a $500m delayed-draw term loan and a $300m revolver.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

Ultra-rich individuals and families worth more than $150bn are helping drive a resurgence in private equity buyouts, providing capital for some of the year’s biggest acquisitions to overcome a tough dealmaking environment. The shift is catching the eye of major investment banks.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg. Lending limits have also increased.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Carlyle Group has secured private credit financing to acquire a majority stake in Australian waste management company Waste Services Group (WSG), according to a report by Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter. The funds will support Carlyles purchase of the stake from Livingbridge, the anonymous source said.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2023

is leading a €950m ($1bn) loan package to back Permira’s buyout of Gossler, Gobert & Wolters, people with knowledge of the matter said. trillion private credit market is increasingly winning out over bank syndicates that had traditionally financed large buyouts with leveraged loans. Blackstone Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 10, 2023

US private equity firm Francisco Partners has agreed to buy financial data provider Macrobond for almost €700mn, the latest deal in a sector that has attracted billions of dollars from investors in recent years. The US-based firm beat out competition from other private equity groups and strategic buyers.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 20, 2023

A $3bn “whole-business securitisation” is being considered as a funding option by private equity firms vying to acquire sandwich chain Subway, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has finalized a deal to acquire Sogo Medical Group, Japan’s fifth-largest pharmacy chain, from Polaris Capital Group for approximately $1.2bn. Read more LDC Exits Cakesmiths with 3x Return LDC, the private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has agreed to exit its.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The fund has already started committing capital to biotech and healthcare-focused VC, growth and buyout funds and will dedicate a substantial allocation to co-investments. Pictet has now raised a total of $950m across its thematic private equity franchise, from a mixture of high-net-worth and institutional investors.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has shunned the private credit markets in favour of loans from investment banks to finance two of its latest buyouts – restaurant group La Piadineria and vitamin manufacturer Sunday Natural – according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cinven has picked Bank of America Corp. 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. Representatives for Cinven, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs declined to comment.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 10, 2023

Three private equity groups are reportedly all set to make their binding bids for Gautam Adani’s six-year-old shadow bank, Adani Capital. The funds are reportedly looking at a 100 per cent buyout Adani Capital has $40bn of assets under management and $8bn in book value. The group is expecting 2-2.5

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 3, 2023

Private equity firm Palatine is reinvesting in a global pure-play sustainability advisory and services provider after the company agreed a secondary buyout with Carlyle. read more The post Carlyle and Palatine to Reinvest in Sustainability Firm’s Secondary Buyout appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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AltAssets

MARCH 15, 2024

Global investment bank Cambridge Wilkinson has established a new control-focused private equity firm BCB Equity Partners. The post Cambridge Wilkinson founders launch spinoff buyout firm first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

WH Equity Partners, a US private equity firm focused on growth investments and buyouts in the small and mid-cap sectors, has been launched by Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer Peter Weinbach and Senior Managing Director Grant Harshbarger.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

Generally speaking, during the early days of a start-up , founders will raise money from venture capital or private equity firms in exchange for equity. The company specializes in an instrument called venture debt -- or loans made at high interest rates.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Private equity firm KKR & Co. 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. read more KKR Poised to Take Half of Cotiviti, Valued at $11bn Private equity firm KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Permira Holdings’ deal to acquire Ergomed is being funded with support from Blackstone’s credit unit in the latest sign that that private lending firms are taking buyout business from traditional lenders including banks, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Private-equity firm Bain Capital will buy Envestnet, in a $4.5bn deal, adding to its portfolio a financial software vendor that counts 16 of the 20 biggest U.S. banks among its customers. Read more South Korea’s Hahn & Co raises $3.4bn for new buyout fund Aircraft landing gear maker Héroux-Devtek Inc.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Private equity firms including Advent International and Blackstone are approaching both banks and private lenders over debt packages of around €7.5bn ($8.16bn) to help finance a potential acquisition of Sanofi’s consumer health division, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 8, 2023

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (DC&R) is close to raising $23 billion for its new flagship buyout fund, overshooting its initial target by $3bn to defy an industry-wide slump in fundraising, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. CD&R asked its investors if it could raise the fund’s so-called hard cap from $23 billion to $23.5

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Private Equity Insights

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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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A roughly $5 billion debt deal for the buyout of health-care tech company Cotiviti Inc. was poised to become the largest such financing ever provided by private credit firms when first contemplated last year. The about-turn in the closely watched financing is the result of a tie-up between private equity firms KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

buyout fund Bain Capital is in final talks to buy French IT services firm Inetum in a deal worth about $2.27 The deal will see Inetum – formerly known as Gfi Informatique – returning into private equity hands after being sold to Qatar’s group Mannai Corp in 2016, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 19, 2023

Subway suitors to fund buyout with $3bn securitisation Submitted 19/06/2023 - 11:43am A $3 billion "whole-business securitisation" is being considered as a funding option by private equity firms vying to acquire sandwich chain Subway, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

trillion private credit market, which has burgeoned into a competitive funding tool for private equity firms, are coming thick and fast. This week alone, Bloomberg News reported on direct-lending firms working on plans for potential multi-billion dollar buyouts of Adevinta, Kereis and Iris Software.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 10, 2023

The private equity owner of Intermedia Cloud Communications is exploring options including a sale that could value the communications services provider at more than $1bn, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Buyout firm Madison Dearborn Partners is working with investment bank Evercore (EVR.N)

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The private equity firm is interviewing banks as it considers a potential sale or listing of the Develier, Switzerland-based business, the people said. Read more Apollo Set to Make $6.26bn Bid for UK’s Pension Insurance Corporation Private equity firm Apollo Global (APO.N) Carlyle Group Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 30, 2023

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. Every Man Jack generates more than $100m in annual revenue, the sources added.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 23, 2023

BPEA EQT and ChrysCapital are to acquire a 90% stake in HDFC Credila, Housing Development Finance Corporation’s (HDFC) education finance arm, for $1.11bn, in what will be India’s largest-ever financial services sector private equity buyout, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 15, 2024

Nordic Capital is weighing a sale of German regulatory software firm Regnology, in a deal which could value the business at up to 3 billion euros ($3.27 billion pounds, while Blackstone acquired UK-based software firm Civica for $2.5 billion.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Private equity firm Advent International is exploring a sale of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. , Investment bank Morgan Stanley is advising CCC on its talks with potential acquirers, which include other buyout firms, the sources said, adding that no deal is certain.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

billion) for a credit fund for Australia and New Zealand, as it seeks to capitalize on opportunities created by banks retreating from leveraged lending. The Ares Asia Direct Lending fund, the company’s first leveraged buyout vehicle for the region, has deployed over A$1.04 as it was delisted by private equity firm TPG Inc.;

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 12, 2023

Nasdaq is acquiring financial risk software company Adenza for $10.5bn in its largest-ever such deal, from private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Adenza, which is owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, is expected to generate $590mn in revenue and $300mn in cash flow this year, Nasdaq said. times EBITDA.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 10, 2023

Mid-market private equity firm Next Capital has locked in $375m for its latest fund, which saw domestic investors account for more than half of commitments and a final close ruled off last week. Dicembre most recently drove the buyout shop’s investment in budget campervan and car hire group Jucy Rentals, alongside Elliott.

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AltAssets

MARCH 11, 2025

Neo bank Zolve has reportedly reached an $800m valuation thanks to a new equity and debt round led by Indian private equity firm Creaegis. The post Deal Roundup: Zolve said to hit $800m valuation through new funding round, Archimed buys BioVendor Group appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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