Leveraged Buyouts, Leveraging and Stakes

Carlyle secures private credit loan for WSG deal

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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Diligent’s PE owners mull $7bn sale

Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The potential move comes as private equity firms look to exit older investments after a period of slowed deal-making, largely due to high interest rates that have increased the cost of financing leveraged buyouts. Clearlake Capital and Blackstone acquired minority stakes in 2018 and 2020, respectively.

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Squire Patton Boggs adds leveraged finance Partner

Private Equity Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Hastings, who joins from Eversheds Sutherland, is a finance lawyer focused on leveraged and acquisition financing. His experience covers complex domestic and international transactions in support of M&A activity, leveraged buyouts, refinancing and distressed or opportunistic investments.

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Leverage levels in private credit to increase, says Moody’s

Private Equity Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Leverage levels in private credit will increase as alternative asset managers’ rapid capital deployment in turn increases their share of the private credit market, according to a private credit research report by Moody’s Investor Services.

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Clearlake to buy majority stake in ModMed that values it at $5.3bn

Financial Times M&A

MARCH 2, 2025

Deal for health software company would be most valuable leveraged buyout in the healthcare sector this year

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Ares Raises $1.7 Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund

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 billion) divestment of stakes in. has raised A$2.6

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Bain, Hellman & Friedman vying to acquire DocuSign -sources

Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 12, 2024

The two private equity firms are among the final bidders in the auction for DocuSign, which is set to be one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of 2024, the sources said. A spike in financing costs in the last two years made financing leveraged buyouts more expensive and big deals hard to clinch. Revenue rose 8.5%

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Clearlake and Insight close to $2bn private credit deal for Alteryx LBO

Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

billion) divestment of stakes in. percentage points above the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and at a discounted price of 98 cents on the dollar. Read more Ares Raises $1.7 Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund Ares Management Corp. has raised A$2.6 billion ($1.7 billion) for a credit fund for Australia and. billion (EUR 2.8

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After failed $100bn EY offer, TPG buys Crowe’s healthcare consulting unit

Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

In the aftermath of a rejected offer for EY’s consulting business, US private equity firm TPG has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Crowe’s healthcare consulting unit. Crowe will retain a minority stake. The firm was founded in 1992 and manages assets and investments totaling $139bn.

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Arctos nears $1.3bn Hayfin buyout

Private Equity Wire

JULY 29, 2024

Arctos Partners, known for its investments in high-profile sports teams including Paris Saint-Germain and the Boston Red Sox, is in advanced discussions to acquire a majority stake in private credit firm Hayfin Capital Management.

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Paul Weiss adds PE partner in London

Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

He has extensive experience advising international private equity houses, financial sponsors and public companies on a wide range of transformational transactions, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and disposals, GP-led M&A, secondaries transactions, takeovers, mergers, joint ventures, IPOs, restructurings and refinancings.

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1 Fantastic Growth Stock Down 80% Investors Can Buy Hand Over Fist in 2024

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 24, 2024

Moreover, the company is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to summarize agreements, analyze business and legal contracts to assess risks and opportunities, and extract common key terms and clauses to simplify the document review process. The company has an impressive balance sheet with nearly $1.6 Is DocuSign a buy?

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CVC Capital Partners revives stock market listing plan

Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

The report cites unnamed sources as saying that a recent rebound in markets and the firm's closing of a record €26bn buyout fund means the company now considers conditions for a listing to be more favourable, although no final decision has been made and the firm may still choose not to follow through on the plan. Like this article?

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CVC agrees €1bn deal for Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners

Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

CVC agrees €1bn deal for Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners Submitted 05/09/2023 - 11:29am European private equity firm CVC has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners in a deal worth around €1bn in cash and shares, with a commitment to acquire the remaining shares "over time".

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CVC to pay €1bn for Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners

Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

CVC to pay €1bn for Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners Submitted 05/09/2023 - 11:29am European private equity firm CVC has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners in a deal worth around €1bn in cash and shares, with a commitment to acquire the remaining shares "over time".

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Are Alternative Investments the Key to Diversifying Your Portfolio?

Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. Leveraged Buyouts In contrast, there are leveraged buyouts (LBOs) that involve acquiring established companies with the aim of restructuring or improving their operations to enhance profitability.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. Leveraged Buyouts In contrast, there are leveraged buyouts (LBOs) that involve acquiring established companies with the aim of restructuring or improving their operations to enhance profitability.

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BCI Sells $1-Billion of Private Equity Holdings to Ardian

Pension Pulse

MAY 1, 2024

pension fund manager sells $1-billion of private equity holdings to French buyout firm Ardian: British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is selling more than US$1-billion of stakes in private equity funds to French buyout firm Ardian SAS, tapping the secondaries market for private assets to free up cash for new investments.

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KKR, CPPIB plan €4bn debt raise to split Axel Springer operations

Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that the proposed financing will tap the leveraged loan market and private credit funds. The first tranche of the financing — a €1.95bn ($2.1bn) leveraged loan — was launched on 19 November and will part fund the spin-out of jobs platform The Stepstone Group.

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AlbaCore eyes €2bn in senior lending initiative

Private Equity Wire

JULY 23, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that the new fund will provide senior secured loans to finance European leveraged buyouts. Last year, First Sentier Investors acquired a majority stake in the firm.

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CPP Investments Aims to Double Credit Holdings Over Next Five Years

Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

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Private Equity's Creative Wizardry Posing Systemic Risk?

Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

“It gets back to the ability to grow the operating performance of the companies and making sure that returns” come from that rather than from “financial leverage,” he tells Bloomberg. And the use of PIK and other forms of so-called “back leverage” makes it even more difficult to get a clear picture on the state of privately owned companies.

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OTPP and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Acquire Compass Datacenters

Pension Pulse

JUNE 22, 2023

And when did Brookfield acquire its controlling stake? This is making the deal easier to complete at a time when high interest rates and market volatility have made debt for leveraged buyouts scarcer and more expensive. We are pleased to close this transaction and increase our ownership stake in Connexa.

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Update: Sycamore Partners nears finish line in $10bn Walgreens takeover

Private Equity Insights

MARCH 5, 2025

Stefano Pessina, Walgreens chairman and a key architect of its 2014 merger with Alliance Boots, is expected to roll over his stake as part of the deal. explored a leveraged buyout of the company, but the deal ultimately collapsed. This isnt the first time Walgreens has considered going private. In 2019, KKR & Co.

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MENA private equity hits $27.6bn as Saudi Arabia leads growth

Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

While global private equity rebounded in 2024, MENA investors remained cautious, prioritizing strategic growth investments over leveraged buyouts. Buyouts, which accounted for 56 percent of deals in 2020, dropped to 29 percent in 2024, while private equity growth deals rose to 71 percent. Investment strategies also shifted.

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Carlyle seeks $324m in debt financing for Australian waste firm deal

Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Australia has seen an uptick in leveraged buyout activity as private equity firms deploy capital in acquisitions and some investors seek to exit their positions. This trend is creating opportunities for financiers eager to participate in such transactions.

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Transcript: David Roux, BayPine, Silver Lake Partners

The Big Picture

DECEMBER 10, 2024

They come in, they take a stake in a company. Sometimes it’s a minority stake, sometimes it’s a larger stake, and they help affect this massive change with great results. And they’re not, again, they’re not just consultants. They, they’re one of the few companies that specialize in this.

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This Week in Pensions & Investments: 10-11-2023

Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Invested £93 million in a debt facility to Vårgrønn, owner of a 20% stake in Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which is an offshore wind farm currently under construction, located off the coast of the U.K. Sold our 45% stake in a portfolio of medical office buildings in Southern California. Our original investments were made between 2015-2017.

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Brookfield Trumps Buyout Titans With $50bn Deal Spree

Private Equity Insights

JUNE 30, 2023

Chief Executive Officer Bruce Flatt is building on a busy 2022, when Brookfield was involved in leveraged buyouts of television-ratings firm Nielsen Holdings Plc and software provider CDK Global Inc. read more US private equity firm Silver Lake acquires majority stake in Software AG at €2.4

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Transcript: William Cohan

The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. I mean, you know, I probably shouldn’t have been doing it because I had been a journalist covering public schools and knew nothing about leveraged buyouts. And I actually started out of business school.

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Private Equity Central

Carlyle secures private credit loan for WSG deal

Diligent’s PE owners mull $7bn sale

Trending Sources

Squire Patton Boggs adds leveraged finance Partner

Leverage levels in private credit to increase, says Moody’s

Clearlake to buy majority stake in ModMed that values it at $5.3bn

Ares Raises $1.7 Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund

Bain, Hellman & Friedman vying to acquire DocuSign -sources

Clearlake and Insight close to $2bn private credit deal for Alteryx LBO

After failed $100bn EY offer, TPG buys Crowe’s healthcare consulting unit

Arctos nears $1.3bn Hayfin buyout

Paul Weiss adds PE partner in London

1 Fantastic Growth Stock Down 80% Investors Can Buy Hand Over Fist in 2024

CVC Capital Partners revives stock market listing plan

CVC agrees €1bn deal for Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners

CVC to pay €1bn for Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners

Are Alternative Investments the Key to Diversifying Your Portfolio?

Are Alternative Investments the Key to Diversifying Your Portfolio?

BCI Sells $1-Billion of Private Equity Holdings to Ardian

KKR, CPPIB plan €4bn debt raise to split Axel Springer operations

AlbaCore eyes €2bn in senior lending initiative

CPP Investments Aims to Double Credit Holdings Over Next Five Years

Private Equity's Creative Wizardry Posing Systemic Risk?

OTPP and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Acquire Compass Datacenters

Update: Sycamore Partners nears finish line in $10bn Walgreens takeover

MENA private equity hits $27.6bn as Saudi Arabia leads growth

Carlyle seeks $324m in debt financing for Australian waste firm deal

Transcript: David Roux, BayPine, Silver Lake Partners

This Week in Pensions & Investments: 10-11-2023

Brookfield Trumps Buyout Titans With $50bn Deal Spree

Transcript: William Cohan

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