Blackstone buys Toronto rental development company in a US$3.5-billion deal

New York-based Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, says it will pay about US$11.25 per common share for Tricon Residential Inc. which equates to a US$3.5 billion equity transaction. Blackstone will take the Toronto-based rental development company private. Tricon is an owner, operator and developer of about 38,000 single-family rental homes in the U.S. […]

Kaman to be Acquired by Arcline for $1.8 Billion

Arcline acquires KAMAN, in an all-cash transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $1.8 billion. KAMAN will become a a private held company, upon completion of the transaction. Arcline is a growth-oriented private equity firm with deep experience investing in technology-driven, meaningful-to-the-world industrial businesses. “Following robust engagement with Arcline and careful evaluation of other […]

Blackstone makes first investment in Japan’s fintech sector

Blackstone is seizing this opportunity by acquiring a majority stake in Sony Payments Services (SPSV) from Sony Bank, a subsidiary of Sony Group. The deal was announced in December. It marks the private equity firm’s first investment in the financial technology sector in Japan. Sony Bank, which established the payment service business in 1995 and […]

Carlyle-backed battery storage developes NineDOT racks up $225m

NineDot Energy, a New York City-based developes of community-scale battery energy storage systems, has secured $225 million in funding from Manulife Investment Management and Carlyle, NineDot’s existing institutional equity investor. With this investment, Manulife Investment Management has acquired an equity stake in NineDot. Christopher McKenzie, a Managing Director on Manulife Investment Management’s infrastructure team, will […]

BlackRock bets on infrastructure in $12.5bn deal

BlackRock has agreed to acquire Global Infrastructure Partners, a New York City-based infrastructure fund manager, in a $12.5 billion cash-and-stock deal. The GIP management team, led by Bayo Ogunlesi and four of its founding partners, will lead the combined infrastructure platform. BlackRock has also agreed to appoint Bayo Ogunlesi, GIP founding partner, chairman and CEO […]

Goldman Sachs Asset Management raises $650 mln for life sciences fund

Goldman Sachs Asset Management said on Wednesday it had raised $650 million for a new fund that will invest in startups related to the life sciences sector. The fund, West Street Life Sciences I, will specifically target early to mid-stage therapeutic companies with multi-asset portfolios as well as tools and diagnostics firms. “Life sciences represents […]

Blackstone pays $2.4bn for minority stake in NiSource unit

Blackstone’s infrastructure unit has agreed to invest $2.41bn in Northern Indiana Public Service Company, a unit of NiSource. NiSource said an affiliate of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners will pay $2.16bn for a 19.9% indirect non-controlling equity interest in Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Blackstone also made an additional equity commitment of $250m to fund ongoing capital […]

Cinven raises $14.5 billion for the Eighth Cinven Fund

International private equity firm Cinven announces the final close of its latest flagship fund, the Eighth Cinven Fund (‘Fund 8’), having raised $14.5 billion (€13.2 billion) and reached the hard cap. Fund 8 is nearly 30% larger than its 2019 vintage predecessor fund, Fund 7, for which Cinven also reached the hard cap. Stuart McAlpine, […]

Warburg Pincus surpasses target to close $17bn private equity fund

The US private equity group Warburg Pincus has raised $17.3bn for the largest fund in its 57-year history, joining a handful of peers in that have beat their targets as others struggle to bring in cash. The firm began soliciting investments for the new fund about two years ago with a $16bn target. The fund […]

Brookfield banks $12B for its largest PE fund

Brookfield Asset Management has closed its largest-ever flagship private equity fund, with a sizable check written by the firm itself. Brookfield announced it nabbed $12 billion for Brookfield Capital Partners VI. The fund is larger than its predecessor vehicle, which closed in 2019 on $9 billion. PE fund managers have been putting greater amounts of […]