Commentary

Carlyle-backed HireVue buys VC-funded AllyO, Aquiline to merge CodeBlue and MADSKY, CalSTRS commits $1bn to Owl Rock partnership

Access Capital and Shamrock hire partners and Aquiline is merging CodeBlue and MADSKY.

HPS wraps up $9bn mezzanine fund, Arsenal’s TractManager readies for sale, Blackstone acquires skincare brand ZO

Arsenal Capital mulls the sale of TractManager while Blackstone Group acquired a majority stake in ZO Skin Health.

Thoma Bravo drills into InsurTech opportunities following Majesco's take-private, CC Capital, Motive Partners to acquire Wilshire Associates, Ex-Symantec CEO's shop Crosspoint collects ~$250m for debut fund

Crosspoint Capital raises around $250 million for its debut fund and CC Capital and Motive Partners agree to acquire Wilshire Associates.

AEA-Bridges Impact Corp raises $400m for IPO, The long-hold trend in private equity takes a major leap forward, Altimeter SPAC goes public

AEA-Bridges Impact Corp raises $400 million for its IPO and behind the trend in private equity to take the "long term."

Investing behind social determinants of care: Providence unites with OEP's Simplura; SPACs take 2020 by storm; JLL buys Thoma's MedeAnalytics

Windjammer Capital agrees to sell Advanced Instruments to Investor AB's Patricia Industries and GTCR hires advisers to explore the sale Transaction Data Systems.

SPACs take 2020 by storm and change the IPO game for the long haul, Providence CEO Jonathan Nelson to move into executive chairman role, New Jersey eyes fee savings in separate accounts with BlackRock, Neuberger Berman and Asia Alts

It's raining SPACS and Providence CEO Nelson will transition to exec chairman.

Ardian buys stake in interior construction company Acousti, GTCR’s Transaction Data Systems gears up for potential sale, Hellman & Friedman eyes cross-fund secondary to move older assets out of 2009 pool

Mubadala is investing $2 billion in Silver Lake and TA Associate's Orion and Genstar's Brinker Capital.

Dynamic planning when uncertainty is the new normal

Value creation needs to be dynamic – not a plan, but a planning exercise. COVID has put the exclamation point on that perspective. Uncertainty is the new normal.

Centerbridge, Vistria team up in $1.4bn deal for Wellspring's Help at Home, Peak Rock buys Halo Foods, Oaktree prices SPAC

Centerbridge and Vistria partner up in a deal for Wellspring's Help at Home and Oaktree prices SPAC.

Ares, Lindsay Goldberg break the PPM lull with women's healthcare assets; Momtazee's new firm unveils SPAC; Outset Medical proves winning investment for Warburg

Ares Management’s Unified Women's Healthcare, kicks off its sale process and a blank check company sponsored by Patient Square Capital, has filed for a $500 million IPO.