PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK , June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- FS KKR Capital Corp. II (FSKR), a leading business development company (BDC) focused on providing customized credit solutions to private middle market U.S. companies, announced today that
Germany-based payments service Heidelpay, a portfolio company of KKR, has acquired a stake in iPad-based contactless payment software company Tillhub.
Fulcrum Equity Partners has promoted Philip Lewis to partner. Mr. Lewis joined Fulcrum as an analyst in 2007. “We’re proud to announce Philip’s well-earned promotion to partner. Philip has grown tremendously both professionally and personally
Many small businesses around the UK are struggling because of Covid-19, but a new survey from investment firm Connection Capital suggests that high net worth individuals would love to help. Having polled 233 of its
Operationally focused middle market private equity firm the Sterling Group has closed its oversubscribed Sterling Group Partners V, LP fund at its $2bn hard cap. Most of the the money injected into Fund V was
Genstar Capital has exited its remaining stake in specialty property insurer Palomar Holdings, after helping it reach a $2bn in market capitalisation.
Limited partners are becoming more satisfied with the transparency in general partners (GPs), repairing from the frustration caused after the global financial crisis, a report from Coller Capital claims.
The coronavirus pandemic has validated moves to add operations expertise by private equity firms and may fuel such efforts in the future
By investing in private equity and credit, we expect to be able to achieve 7% returns.
Most investors believe the private equity industry fails to do enough to fight climate change, according to a new report from Coller Capital. The latest editions of its Global Private Equity Barometer found that most
Four fifths of LPs are currently satisfied with GP transparency, according to Coller Capital's biannual Global Private Equity Barometer, compared with 39% in the same period in 2012 and 40% in 2009.
Information and communications technology (ICT) business Impresoft, a portfolio company of Italian GP Xenon Private Equity, has acquired digital transformation specialist Progel.
GP-led transactions isolating assets hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis could appeal to adventurous secondaries players, but challenges abound. Alessia Argentieri reports
Protests in the US and globally have turned the spotlight on what companies can do to quicken the glacial pace of improving ethnic diversity at work
More than three-quarters of LPs based in Asia-Pacific, 65% of investors in Europe and 47% in North America hold this view
LYNX Franchising, a portfolio company of Incline Equity Partners, has acquired FRSTeam, a provider of disaster recovery services. FRSTeam (Fabric Restoration Service Team) specializes in the restoration of clothing and textiles damaged by smoke, fire,
Wellspring Capital has acquired Steele Solutions, a supplier of structural steel systems used in distribution, fulfillment, and sortation centers. Steele Solutions (SSI) designs and fabricates superstructures, mezzanines, elevated work platforms, equipment platforms, stair towers, catwalks,
TSG Consumer Partners (TSG) has promoted Erik Johnson and Ed Wong to managing director. Both Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wong are based in New York. “Erik and Ed have been an integral part of our
