Coller Capital, a leading global investor in private equity secondaries, closed Coller International Partners VIII (CIP VIII) on 18 January 2021, with committed capital (including co-investment vehicles) of just over $9 billion. Like its seven predecessor funds, CIP...
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising lower mid-market companies, is to sell Pet Supplies Plus (PSP), the third largest pet specialty chain in the US, to Franchise Group. The deal is valued at USD700 million. Founded in 1988 and...
Private equity investor Nordic Capital on Wednesday offered to buy Advanz Pharma, valuing the drugmaker at $846 million as part of a move to invest in accelerating the company’s pipeline of innovative specialty pharmaceutical products. Under the offer, shareholders...
Investment fund Oakley Capital has agreed to invest 175 million euros ($212 million) in a minority stake in Spanish property portal Idealista, just four months after Sweden’s EQT bought the platform for $1.58 billion. Idealista, which operates in Spain, Portugal and...
Blackstone Group Inc. agreed to buy a life business from Allstate Corp. for $2.8 billion as the private equity firm expands its foothold in the insurance industry. Entities managed by Blackstone will purchase Allstate Life Insurance Co., the insurer said Tuesday in a... 