Canadian investment firm CDPQ has named Martin Longchamps as its new executive vice-president and head of private equity. The post CDPQ names new executive vice president and head of private equity first appeared on AltAssets
Chicago Public School Teachers' Pension & Retirement Fund has reportedly made two new investments, which total $60m. The post Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund commits $60m to pair of funds first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity
Trinity Hunt Partners, a mid-market private equity firm, has closed its first Continuation Fund on $618m, to support its existing portfolio companies. The post Trinity Hunt Partners closes $618m fund to support existing portfolio first
Warburg Pincus has made one of the largest investment in HRTech in LatAm by leading a $100m series B round in Brazilian human resources startup Solides. Solides provides human resources management software and corporate education
abrdn, formerly known as Aberdeen Standard Investments, has held a first close for its third core/core+ infrastructure fund on €326m with LPs from the UK, continental Europe, Japan and North America. The post abrdn holds
BlackRock Real Assets has closed its fourth private equity infrastructure equity fund, Global Infrastructure Solutions 4, on €1.4bn. The post BlackRock Real Assets hits €1.4bn final close for fourth infrastructure fund first appeared on AltAssets
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
UK-based investment firm Maven Equity exited SME technology consultancy Intec Business Solutions at 2x investment multiple. The post Maven Equity exits technology consultancy Intec Business at 2x multiple first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
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
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
Veritas Capital, a private equity firm focused on technology-enabled companies, has held the final close of its first Credit Opportunities Fund.
Global investment firm Pantheon has named Matt Cashion as an investment partner in its private equity co-investment team.
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
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
From: RegTech Analyst British Patient Capital has committed to adding $35m The Evolution Technology Fund II, which is aiming for a final $250m close to support cybersecurity and enterprise software startups. The fund is the
Middle-market growth equity firm Riordan Lewis & Haden Equity Partners (RLH) has made three promotions, which includes a new managing director.
Non-profit trade association The Healthcare Private Equity Association (HCPEA) has named Granite Growth Health Partners co-founder and managing partner Diane Daych as its new chair.
I Squared Capital is back in the fundraising market and is looking to raise its third infrastructure fund, just two years after closing the predecessor.
Private equity firm Blackstone Group is reportedly about to acquire genealogy provider Ancestry.com in a $4.7bn deal. The deal will include debt and would mark the first acquisition made from Blackstone’s Blackstone Capital Partners VIII
Middle-market private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners has closed its Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II after crushing its $500m target by receiving LP commitments in excess of its $700m hard cap. The new round is
