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Jefferies Credit Partners is seeking to raise around $1.16bn (€1bn) for a new fund that will trade private credit loans in the secondary market, according to Bloomberg sources.
Charlesbank Capital Partners is in advanced talks to acquire a stake in Wood Smith Henning & Berman (WSHB), a US law firm, in a transaction worth about $700m, according to a report by the FT.
CVC is taking a majority stake in OpenRent, the UK's largest direct-to-landlord rental platform.
Asian private equity firm Boyu Capital and an asset management arm of UBS are among the investors in talks to become cornerstone backers of Shein's Hong Kong IPO, according to a Bloomberg report.
BlackRock's private credit arm HPS and Oaktree Capital seized control of MBS Group, a supplier of lighting rigs and production equipment to film studios including Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery.
CVC pushed further into insurance asset management, agreeing a joint venture with Standard Life to build a new pension risk transfer (PRT) platform aimed at the UK's largest corporate pension schemes.
EQT is considering a sale of its two English-language education businesses in Vietnam, in a potential exit that could value the assets at about $500m, according to sources cited by Bloomberg.
CVC agreed to take an approximately 9% stake in Silicon2, the global distributor at the centre of K-beauty's export boom, in a deal that values the South Korean company at about $2.1bn.
Sophos, the cybersecurity firm owned by Thoma Bravo, is focusing on its existing lenders to refinance or extend more than $2bn of loans, after attempts to secure private credit backing fell through.
KKR has agreed to acquire a minority stake in BookMyShow, one of India's leading ticketing and live entertainment platforms.
EQT has bought a majority stake in the Melbourne Storm, one of Australia's top rugby league clubs, in a transaction that values the club at A$150m ($106m), according to the Financial Times.
The University of California system has offloaded $1bn of private equity fund stakes to HarbourVest Partners, Bloomberg reported.
KKR has offered to acquire UGI, the US natural gas and electricity distributor, for $9bn, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Warburg Pincus is exiting Certified Group, the North American laboratory testing business it has backed, through a sale to food safety specialist Mérieux NutriSciences.
Ardian is weighing a sale of Swissbit, the Swiss maker of industrial data storage and security hardware, Bloomberg reported.
GenNx360 Capital Partners has made the first acquisition on its NVI platform, buying Gulf Coast inspection specialist Barracuda Specialty Services.
