by Sebastian | Feb 7, 2022 | News
KBC Bank Ireland – which is in the process of exiting the banking market in the Republic – has completed the sale of a roughly €1.1bn portfolio of non-performing mortgage loans to US private equity house CarVal. The transaction agreement was first agreed at the end of...
by Sebastian | Feb 7, 2022 | News
Apollo announced that funds within its Hybrid Value strategy have committed to invest $125m in Hero FinCorp Limited, one of the largest privately owned non-banking financial companies in India with a $3.7bn loan book. The commitment is part of a $267m fundraise by the...
by Sebastian | Feb 7, 2022 | News
EQT and Verdane are pleased to announce that the EQT Mid Market US fund, together with the Verdane Capital IX fund have agreed to sell Forsta to Press Ganey, a leader in patient, member, employee and consumer experience across the healthcare ecosystem. Headquartered...
by Sebastian | Feb 7, 2022 | News
In the second half of October, KKR – via its new Chord Music venture – acquired a large portfolio of rights from Kobalt for $1.1bn. Now, KKR is indeed securitizing that catalog into bonds, and seeking a nice rating for them. According to Bloomberg, KKR Credit Advisors...
by Sebastian | Feb 7, 2022 | News
Sports leagues invited private equity firms to join in 2021 and firms invested nearly $2bn in team stakes, according to PitchBook. Investors flocked to the NBA to provide growth capital to teams and more deals are projected in 2022. U.S. stocks made a ton of money for...
by Sebastian | Feb 7, 2022 | News
Investment in financial tech firms in the UK grew sevenfold last year to $37.3bn (£27.5bn), according to KPMG, with London attracting more fintech funding than the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) put together. The investment total was boosted by 601...
