Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Shares of YES Bank Ltd will be in focus on Friday morning after bulk deals data showed a Carlyle Group entity sold equity stake worth Rs 1,056.90 The entity CA Basque Investments sold 3,90,000,000 YES Bank shares, or 1.35 per cent stake, at an average price of Rs 27.10 per cent stake, as of December 31.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, aims to strike a deal by end-March for the sale of its 24% stake worth 184.2 Japanese lender Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and Dubai-based Emirates NBD (ENBD.DU) are in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Yes Bank, two of these sources said. billion rupees ($2.2

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

L Catterton, the private equity firm backed by luxury French fashion house LVMH, is looking to sell its stake in Saudi Arabian gourmet food producer and restaurant chain Bateel, according to people familiar with the matter. as much as $5 billion to invest in the Middle East and build a Riyadh-based investment team.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm specialising in metals and materials, has sold an 8% minority interest in Sweetwater Royalties, a private industrial minerals royalty company, to a Canadian pension fund for $100m.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Global private equity firm KKR has acquired a 35% stake in Japan-based software developer Fuji Soft after completing the first stage of its two-part buyout tender offer, Fuji Soft announced on Wednesday, according to a report by Reuters. Major investors 3D Investment Partners and Farallon Capital, who together hold a 32.7%

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

BC Partners, a private investment firm with €40bn in AUM across private equity, private debt, and real estate strategies, has agreed to sell the majority of its stake in Garda World Security Corporation (GardaWorld) in a deal that values the business at CAD13.5bn ($9.73bn).

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 21, 2024

Pan-European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital will sell its minority stake in OneStock, a European order management system SaaS provider, to private investment firm Summit Partners. Silverfleet invested in the business in 2021, marking the last investment from its lower mid-market European Development Fund.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Goldman Sachs’ private equity investment firm, Petershill Partners, has sold an 18% stake in hedge fund LMR Partners for up to $258m in a move aimed at addressing investor concerns about the accuracy of the firm’s asset valuations, according to a report by The Times. On Wednesday, Petershill’s shares closed 3.5p

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Private equity firm PAI Partners is to acquire sport and wellness platform Nutripure from global private investment firm Ardian, through its PAI Mid-Market Fund. Upon completion, PAI will be the majority shareholder with a controlling stake, alongside the founders and Bpifrance.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Luxembourg-based private investment firm CVC Capital Partners is in discussions to acquire one of the eight franchises in The Hundred, marking what would be the first private equity investment in English cricket, according to a report by the Guardian. CVC’s cricket investments have been successful in the past.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Singapore’s state investment firm, Temasek Holdings Pte, is close to finalising a deal to acquire a significant minority stake in VFS Global, a visa outsourcing and technology services company controlled by US-based Blackstone Inc, according to a report by Bloomberg. Both parties declined to comment on the potential deal.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Software focused private investment firm Thoma Bravo is aiming to raise up to $2.74bn by selling approximately half of its current shareholding in Nasdaq Inc as it looks to reduce its stake in the business acquired during a transaction last year, according to a report by Bloomberg. However, it has agreed to buy back 1.2

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 29, 2024

A consortium led by US private investment firm KKR and Singapore Telecommunications is leading the race to acquire a $1bn minority stake in Asian data centre provider ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Verlinvest, a global family-backed consumer-focused evergreen investment firm, has acquired a majority stake in The Climbing Hangar, one of the UK’s leading bouldering gym operators, investing alongside the founder and existing management team.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 10, 2024

Specialist growth investment firm Verdane has acquired a majority equity stake in Corlytics, a provider of regulatory intelligence and policy compliance technology. The investment will support the Corlytics’s continued growth. Verdane invested in Corlytics via its newly raised €1.1bn Edda III Fund.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 31, 2024

Private investment firm Arctos Partners has acquired British Columbia Investment Management Corporation’s majority stake in Europe-focused private credit firm Hayfin Capital Management. BCI first acquired a majority stake of Hayfin in 2017.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

European investment firm Armen, which focuses on buying stake in private equity firms, has made its first foray into the alternative credit space with the acquisition of a 16% stake in Chorus Capital, provider of default protection for loan portfolios, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Bain Capital has acquired an 80% stake in private investment firm Aquila Group’s data centre subsidiary Aquila Compute, to accelerate plans to develop and operate sustainable data centres for hyperscale and AI customers across Europe.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Global growth equity investment firm General Atlantic has made a minority investment in global outsourced investment office Partners Capital Investment Group through the acquisition of a portion of the stake held by longstanding external shareholders and some of the founding generation partners.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Apheon, a European investment firm, has acquired a majority stake in Salpa, a European producer of high quality food ingredients for the industrial ice cream, dairy and confectionary sectors, from the Cherubini family and Equinox, an Italian private equity investor.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 19, 2024

Global private equity investment firm CVC will acquire a majority stake in World of Talents, an international platform of human resources companies specialising in bottleneck professions and talent management, from Belgian private equity firm Baltisse.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Permira Growth Opportunities II, a fund advised by global investment firm Permira, has agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in French premium outdoor clothing brand, K-Way, from the Boglione family-led BasicNet.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Private investment firm AnaCap is to acquire a majority stake in Yard Reaas, an independent platform providing investment, property management and valuation services for institutional investors and banks.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) has agreed a deal to acquire a stake in Australian environmental markets platform GreenCollar currently held by global private investment firm KKR and other shareholders. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

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KKR

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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KKR

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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Blackstone News

MAY 3, 2023

NEW YORK – May 3, 2023 – FTV Capital (“FTV”) and Blackstone announced today that funds managed by Blackstone GP Stakes have made a minority investment in FTV. The firm’s most recent fund, FTV VII, closed in early 2022 with $2.35 billion, invested over $4.8 billion since the firm was founded in 1998.

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KKR

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (..)

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