A trio of private equity majors have moved a step closer to taking over listed Spanish telecoms operator MasMovil after the owners of more than half its shares gave the green light to the buyout.
The $434bn-managing Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has named Edwin Cass as its first dedicated chief investment officer.
Boston-based buyout house Berkshire Partners has teamed with veteran food business executive Javier Vélez-Bautista to launch Latin food and drink-focused El Dorado Foods.
Ares Management-backed Volery Capital Partners has completed a growth equity investment in clean energy and project development asset manager Sustainable Development Capital.
Baring Private Equity Asia has agreed a buyout of digital engineering and IT specialist Virtusa in a deal which values the business at about $2bn.
Chicago-based private equity house ParkerGale has bought a majority stake in workload automation software business SMA Technologies.
European alternatives funds have reached €2tn of assets under management for the first time despite a dampening of activity amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Yotta Capital Partners, a French private equity house dedicated to the next generation of industrial innovations, has beaten its target for its Smart Industry Fund through a €101m first close.
Eurazeo has accelerated its plan to buy up the entirety of private equity firm Idinvest Partners.
Apax Partners has agreed to sell its stake in southern European online real estate platform idealista to fellow private equity player EQT at a €1.3bn valuation.
Antin Infrastructure Partners has bought a majority stake in Portugal's biggest private water operator from Bridgepoint after just over 18 months in the latter's portfolio.
Stellex Capital Management has soared to a impressive final close for its sophomore fundraise, beating its initial $1.25bn target by more than $500m.
Wynnchurch Capital has bought refuse collection vehicle and parts specialist Labrie Environmental Group as the debut deal from its new $2.27bn fund.
Singapore-based FinTech startup Thunes has secured $60m in a Series B funding round led by Helios Investment Partners.
A hefty Hellman & Friedman investment in customer experience management platform Sprinklr has seen the business reach a $2.7bn valuation.
Warburg Pincus has made a "significant" investment in Vista Equity Partners portfolio business Infoblox.
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has bought Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a franchisor of fast casual cafes with more than 870 units across 44 US states.
Another coronavirus-period fundraising success has seen B2B software investment specialist Dawn Capital close its biggest fund to date on its €333m hard cap.
Germany's DPE Deutsche Private Equity has joined the €1bn fundraising club through the hard cap final close of its fourth flagship investment vehicle.
InsurTech BIMA has raised a $30m round with the goal of using the money to drive mass adoption of digital health and InsurTech solutions in emerging markets.
