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Blackstone, HIG Capital and Nordic Capital are among the PE firms investing in the oncology drug market.

The Dallas-based private equity firm has been working with Citi and Jefferies on a yet unlaunched sale process.

Permira and CPPIB are selling Informatica to Salesforce in a deal that values the data management software provider at $8bn.

Warburg declined to comment on returns, but sources familiar with the deal said the PE firm tripled its money over its five-year holding period of Sundyne.

'Many Japanese conglomerates are looking to streamline operations and focus on core businesses, leading to divestitures and carve-outs,' says Clifford Chance's Michihiro Nishi.

'At the small end of the market, a large proportion of dealflow has always been driven by the changing personal circumstances of private individual business owners, as opposed to institutional fund dynamics,' David Jolly says.

Astorg, Brookfield Asset Management and NMS Capital are among the PE firms investing in laboratory equipment manufacturers and distributors.

‘Hexion is looking at ways to disrupt the building products materials market,’ CEO Michael Lefenfeld said.

The Raine Group’s Erik Hodge: ‘We look at content investing pretty broadly, and don’t necessarily define it as limited to film and TV.’

'Investors want to deploy capital and they see an attractive asset class,' says the Raine Group's Colin Neville.