Private Equity Insights

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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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Insight Partners, Blackstone, and Clearlake Capital, the joint owners of Diligent Corporation, are considering strategic options for the corporate governance software provider, including a potential sale that could value the business at around $7bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Wynnchurch Capital , a private equity firm specializing in middle-market companies, invests in businesses with revenues between $50 million and $1 billion. Its expertise includes recapitalizations, growth capital, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs, and restructurings. Lazard Frres & Co.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Buyout firms have long relied on controversial loans backed by equity stakes to enhance fund returns, but growing investor criticism has triggered a slowdown, according to a report by Bloomberg UK. Many firms borrowed against their portfolio companies to sustain the private market boom while dealmaking dwindled.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 18, 2023

The report cites data from KBRA DLD as revealing that the financing, which comprises a $4.8bn unitranche, a blend of senior and subordinated debt, and a $500m revolver facility, is the biggest private credit loan ever in the US.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 22, 2023

EQT AB has secured $1.425bn in private debt from a group of private credit lenders led by Goldman Sachs group to help finance its acquisition of medical device firm Zeus Company Inc, according to a report by Bloomberg. Billion Private Loan for EQT’s Zeus Buyout appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Private equity firm Thomas H. based fund administrator at about $1.6bn, including debt, people familiar with the matter said. Private equity firms see fund administrators as attractive investments, given their predictable income streams and the ability to grow these companies through debt-fueled acquisitions.

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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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The Motley Fool

MAY 22, 2024

On top of layoffs, Peloton is working on a debt refinancing plan that will push maturities back and buy it more time. Rumors emerged earlier this month that private equity firms are considering a buyout. There's no growth story here, just one of survival. Inventory reductions can't go on forever.

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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 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 Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Private equity firm Carlyle Group is in exclusive discussions to purchase Baxter International’s kidney care spinoff, Vantive, in a deal valued at around $4bn including debt, according to reports by Reuters and the Wall Street Journal. says it has signed a deal to be acquired by U.S.

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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.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

billion) from the sale of a construction subsidiary to its major shareholder, in a buyout deal that would help it cut debt and pay a special dividend. That would make the deal Hong Kong’s largest since private equity firm EQT (EQTAB.ST) paid $7.4 It will use rest of the proceeds to repay debt.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

The company specializes in an instrument called venture debt -- or loans made at high interest rates. 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. Hercules Capital: 11.5% Horizon Technology Finance: 9.9%

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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

MAY 8, 2024

Shares in Peloton soared by as much as 18% on Tuesday after CNBC reported that several private equity firms are considering 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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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Separating from XPO, the argument went, would allow the company to focus on acquisitions that best serve its own goals and use debt and equity compensation to advance the business. The company was created as the world's largest independent, pure-play contract logistics company with close to 1,000 warehouses in North America and Europe.

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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

JUNE 7, 2024

Private credit investor Pemberton Asset Management is partnering with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to raise at least $1bn to provide net asset value loans to private equity firms, according to a report by Bloomberg. ADIA is set to anchor the strategy, which is expected to close in the coming weeks.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Buyout private equity firms are having difficulty offloading companies and returning cash to investors, with direct lenders including Blackstone, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and Neuberger Berman Group swooping in to provide cash, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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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. HPS Investment Partners and Oak Hill Advisors were in the pole position to provide debt financing for the Carlyle purchase.

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Private Equity Insights

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.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, has turned to direct lenders to help finance its $2.3bn acquisition of Rover Group, the world’s largest online marketplace for pet care, with the firm seeking about $250m of private debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

billion), a third person familiar with the matter said, with the two bidders now in direct competition following the withdrawal of private equity firms such as KKR. 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 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. 14, KKR and Veritas had already lined up more than enough buyers for the debt at a margin of around 3.5

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2023

South Korean buyout firm Hahn & Co. including a sale that could value the company at about $10bn including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. The buyout firm is seeking an equity value of more than $2bn for SK Shipping in a deal, according to the people. Hahn & Co. Hahn & Co.

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Private Equity Insights

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. Read more: Yahoo Movies Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

maker of sports uniforms and school yearbooks at more than $6bn, including debt, people familiar with the matter said. 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.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), is set to invest $150m in Apollo Global Management, the world’s second-largest private equity firm. According to industry sources on Sunday, KIC will allocate 200bn won to Apollo Global Management’s 10th buyout fund. stake in Indian cancer.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Private equity firm KKR & Co agreed to acquire Varsity Brands, a U.S. maker of sports uniforms and school yearbooks, from buyout firm Bain Capital for about $4.75 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2024

K2 Insurance Services has joined the growing list of companies looking to reduce borrowing costs by swapping private credit debt for leveraged loans by initiating $500m refinancing deal, according to a report by Bloomberg. In contrast, the current debt package carried a spread of 6.75 cents on the dollar. cents on the dollar.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The direct-lending funds, one in euros and the other in dollars, are targeting capital from institutional investors for a fixed term, said the people, who aren’t authorized to speak publicly on private matters. Blackstone Credit and other major private debt managers such as Ares Management Corp.

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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 read more EQT’s Skincare Firm Galderma Sets Terms for $2.6 billion Swiss-franc ($2.6.

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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

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

KKR has partnered with the Italian government on the deal, which could provide a lifeline for the debt-laden former phone monopoly. ADIA has backed some of the largest buyout deals in Europe this year, including EQT AB’s approximately £4.5 billion) take-private of UK veterinary drug maker Dechra Pharmaceuticals Plc. billion ($5.5

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