Quadrivio Group acquires majority stake in Les Secrets de Loly through Made in Italy Fund II Quadrivio Group has acquired a majority stake in French hair care brand Les Secrets de Loly through its…

Warburg Pincus explores sale or partnership for Southeast Asian insurer Oona Warburg Pincus is reviewing strategic options for Oona Insurance, a Southeast Asian digital general insurer, following…

I Squared Capital nears $10bn for flagship infrastructure fund amid sector boom I Squared Capital is approaching $10bn in commitments for its next flagship infrastructure fund, highlighting strong…

Irth Capital launches $1.5bn bid for Papa John’s with Brookfield backing Qatari-backed investment firm Irth Capital has offered $47 per share to acquire Papa John’s International in a transaction…

Deutsche Bank discloses $30bn private credit exposure while planning expansion Deutsche Bank has disclosed a €26bn private credit exposure, equivalent to about $30bn, as scrutiny around the asset…

Partners Group chair warns private credit defaults could rise as AI reshapes markets Partners Group chair Steffen Meister has warned that private credit default rates could rise sharply in the…

Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman explore AI joint venture with Anthropic Anthropic is in discussions with private equity firms including Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman about forming a…

EQT leads $5.5bn Galderma share sale in record Swiss secondary exit EQT and its co-investors have exited their remaining stake in Galderma through a record-breaking secondary share sale valued at…

CVC reports record performance as €205bn private markets platform expands CVC Capital Partners reported record financial performance for 2025 as the firm continued to expand its global private…

Brookfield explores $1.3bn acquisition of EQT and PAI-backed World Freight Company Brookfield Asset Management is in talks to acquire World Freight Company from its private equity owners EQT and PAI…

Carlyle agrees sale of Colombian oil producer SierraCol to Prime Infrastructure Carlyle has agreed to sell SierraCol Energy to Prime Infrastructure Capital, marking the private equity firm’s exit…

Blackstone and Blue Owl back $16bn private equity platform Atlas Blackstone and Blue Owl Capital have acquired a minority stake in Atlas Holdings, expanding their exposure to the growing GP stakes…

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners secures €1.3bn first close for flagship green credit fund Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has raised €1.3bn, approximately $1.4bn, at first close for its…

Ontario Teachers’ reports 6.7% return as assets reach $279.4bn Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan reported a 6.7% total-fund net return for 2025 as net assets grew to $279.4bn, underscoring the scale…

BNP Paribas gathers €540m for GP stakes strategy targeting private capital managers BNP Paribas Asset Management has raised €540m, approximately $626m, for its first GP stakes strategy, Prime…

Carlyle plans structured financing to seed flagship Carlyle Partners IX fund Carlyle is exploring a multibillion-dollar structured financing designed to support the launch of its next flagship…

CVC secures €3.7bn financing for Global Sport Group backed by KKR and Pimco CVC Capital Partners has secured approximately €3.7bn, about $4bn, in financing for its sports investment platform Global…

Bain Capital secures $12.5bn across Asia and Japan buyout funds Bain Capital has raised $12.5bn across its latest Asia and Japan buyout vehicles, underscoring continued investor appetite for…

EQT eyes $6bn divestment of Linux developer SUSE EQT is exploring a potential sale of SUSE that could value the open-source software developer at up to $6bn, according to sources cited by Reuters….

Ardian and ADIA target $20bn real estate secondaries opportunity Ardian has partnered with a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to launch a dedicated real estate secondaries investment…

Top private equity news of the week Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT have agreed to acquire AES Corp. in an all-cash transaction valuing the equity at $10.7bn and the enterprise at…

Advent considers $4bn divestment of naval defense business Ultra Maritime Advent International is exploring a potential sale of Ultra Maritime that could value the business at more than £3bn, or…

EQT backs launch of UK tax challenger WTS to rival Big Four EQT is backing the launch of WTS UK, a new tax advisory platform led by former EY executive Jeff Soar, as private capital expands its…

GIC-backed renewable developer Greenko lines up potential $1bn IPO Greenko Energies, backed by sovereign wealth funds GIC and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, is weighing a potential initial public…

Tencent weighs new funding for $110bn Paramount–Warner Bros. deal backed by RedBird Tencent Holdings is considering a fresh investment of several hundred million dollars in Paramount Skydance’s…

Blackstone taps Citi for potential $1bn ShyaHsin Packaging sale Blackstone is preparing a potential sale of ShyaHsin Packaging and has engaged Citigroup to advise on the process, Bloomberg reported….

KKR explores $3bn sale of AI data centre cooling platform CoolIT KKR is exploring a potential sale of CoolIT Systems that could value the business at more than $3bn, according to a report by the…

EQT acquires 42% stake in Yorkshire Water parent Kelda Holdings EQT has agreed to acquire a 42% stake in Kelda Holdings, the parent company of Yorkshire Water, through its Active Core Infrastructure…

Fund Friday: Top fundraising news in private equity EQT, Eurazeo, Atomico, Vitruvian Partners, and Northzone have been shortlisted to manage the European Union’s planned €5bn technology investment…

Private equity investor Brydell backs £75m bulk home purchases from Vistry Brydell Partners acquired more than 200 homes from Vistry Group in a series of discounted bulk transactions that generated…

Mutares exits €100m logistics platform inTime Group to Tawin Holdings Mutares has agreed to sell inTime Group, a European provider of time-critical logistics services, to Tawin Holdings Group. The…

KKR taps banks for $500m financing to back $1.3bn XCL deal KKR is seeking a $500m loan to support its acquisition of a majority stake in XCL Education, according to a Bloomberg report. The proposed…

Amundi, KKR and Temasek unit compete for UOB asset management arm Amundi, KKR, and Seviora are among bidders for UOB Asset Management, the investment management subsidiary of United Overseas Bank,…

KKR takes 43.5% stake in SK Eternix with $235m climate investment KKR has agreed to acquire a 348bn won stake, equivalent to approximately $235m, in SK Eternix, expanding its exposure to climate and…

Blackstone and Ares deploy $5bn private credit for Thoma Bravo logistics deal Blackstone and Ares Management have provided roughly $5bn in private credit financing to support Thoma Bravo’s…

Investcorp secures $1.25bn for second GP-stakes vehicle Investcorp has raised $1.25bn for its second GP-stakes fund, underscoring sustained investor appetite for minority investments in private…

Blue Owl attracts heavy trading activity as investors focus on private credit outlook Blue Owl Capital has seen heightened trading activity as investors closely assess the outlook for private credit…

Centurium Capital nears deal for Nestlé’s Blue Bottle Coffee Centurium Capital Partners is in advanced talks to acquire Blue Bottle Coffee from Nestlé, as the private equity firm explores expansion…

Banks prepare $15bn debt sale for $55bn Electronic Arts buyout Banks are preparing to syndicate more than $15bn of debt backing the $55bn leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts, Bloomberg reports. The…