Deals

The global investment manager has agreed with the London-listed private equity investor to acquire its portfolio by raising its previous offer by £24m.

BC Partners has bought 22 Priory Group hospitals from Acadia Healthcare Group for around £300 million in a deal spurred by a competition investigation.

As OpCapita celebrates its 10th anniversary by holding a ‘one-and-done’ on its new fund at more than three times the size of the previous vehicle, founder and managing partner Henry Jackson explains why Comet failed and GAME succeeded

Investment research provider Morningstar is purchasing private market data provider PitchBook, which currently serves about 180 private equity firms, as investors’ interest in private equity and venture capital grows.

The firm, which raised $1.3bn for its Africa funds last year, is betting on the increasing use of urea-based fertilisers around the world and Indorama’s expansion into African, US and European markets.

Whether they like it or not, LPs are going to have to get used to firms working together.

The two buyout firms have clubbed together before: on the acquisition of airline leasing business Avolon in 2010.

Hamilton Lane invested in and partnered with private equity data provider Bison to launch Cobalt, which offers separate tools for LPs and GPs.

The capital raised for EQT Mid Market US, which had an initial target of $1bn, includes a GP commitment of 2%.

The global buyout house used capital from both its Europe and its US fund to acquire the chemicals business for $3.2bn.