BC Partners and Bain Capital have agreed to enter joint ownership for Italian specialty paper producer Fedrigoni. The post BC Partners joins Bain for Fedrigoni ownership at €2.7bn enterprise value first appeared on AltAssets Private
Global payment platform Global Processing Services has closed a $400m fundraising round led by Advent International and Viking Global Investors. The post Advent, Viking lead $400m round in payment platform Global Processing Services first appeared on
Private equity group GED Capital has invested in Comess Group S.L. through its fund GED VI Spain, becoming the company’s majority shareholder in the process. Founded in 1988, Comess Group is a restaurant group that
Middle-market private equity firm Gryphon Investors has acquired Right Time Heating and Air Conditioning from investor Clairvest Group. Right Time’s management will remain with the company and retain a significant equity stake. Financial terms of
Having only managed to source roughly a third of its $12bn fundraising goal, BlackRock has now set its sights significantly lower. The investment giant now plans to raise between $4bn and $6bn in total over
Aksia has hired investment veteran Chris Thorne as managing director for private equity and real assets research in its London office. Before stepping into his new role, Thorne has clocked up more than 15 years
Morgenthaler Private Equity has closed its oversubscribed third fund MPE Partners III at the hard cap of $420m. MPE Partners, which is a lower middle market private equity firm based in Cleveland, launched fundraising in
An affiliate of leading alternative investment firm H.I.G. Capital has made an equity investment in KM2 Solutions, a business process outsourcing provider with an extensive footprint throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Through the deal,
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association is planning to launch a request for proposal for a private equity consultant before the end of January. The news comes after the $60bn pension fund’s contract with Stepstone
Nordic investor NAXS has made an investment commitment of $2.3m to the private equity buyout fund Equip Capital Fund I LP. Equip is a new private equity manager established by an Oslo-based team with background
Private equity firm L Catterton has entered into a definitive agreement to sell pet food platform Inspired Pet Nutrition to CapVest Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Inspired Pet Nutrition is best known
Beech Tree Private Equity has reportedly set aside between £10m and £40m for an investment into an unnamed wealth management company. The deal will support the businesses growth across England and Scotland, according to FT
After it was revealed last week that Blackstone had offered to buy Signature Aviation for $4.3bn, the UK company has now accepted the deal. The deal means that Blackstone will pay $5.17 per share for
Finnish private equity firm Certior has announced the first close of its Certior Special Opportunities Fund (CSOF) on €35m. The fund is backed by a group LPs, including pension funds and family offices. The new
From: FinTech Global Investor Firstminute Capital has launched a $111m venture fund backed by a proverbial who’s-who list of tech entrepreneurs as it gears up to invest in more European tech startups Firstminute Capital raised
The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) has closed three private equity fund commitments totalling $750m. The three funds are New York-based Kohlberg & Compan’s Kohlberg Investors IX fund, Swedish-based Nordic Capital’s Nordic Capital X
While the search for the next chief investment officer for California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is still ongoing, it’s clear that the US’ largest public pension fund wants more investment into private equity. In
From: FinTech Global Syncapay has announced that it has bought Wirecard North America, marking another page in the story of the collapse of the scandal-ridden former FinTech giant. Wirecard imploded this summer after a suspected
UK-based estate agent chain Countrywide has been thrown a possible £90m lifeline from private equity firm Alchemy to get it out of its “critical” situation, but shareholder Catalist Partners aims to oppose the deal. Countrywide
US private equity firm Lone Star has reportedly made an offer to buy UK retirement house builder McCarthy & Stone in possible £630m deal. The deal would see the American company pay 115p per share
