Curated news across firms, funds and deals — updated as our analysts add it.
Jul ’26 was the most active month with 32 tracked items. Deal leads this view (5 of 15).
Fortress funds completed the acquisition of Loungers PLC for £354.4M, acquiring the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital of the company.
Thoma Bravo completed fundraising for Credit Fund III, bringing total available capital for its credit platform to US$3.6 billion.
Nicolas Glauque became Managing Partner while Andrew Spokes became Executive Chair.
Farallon continued building its real-estate credit capability following its 2024 expansion of the strategy.
Alexandre Bretz joined in 2025 to support AustralianSuper's expansion into European private credit, bringing approximately 20 years of real assets debt experience.
Emma Halley was appointed in 2025 after joining from Aviva Investors, responsible for shaping asset allocation and risk-adjusted return strategies across the global portfolio.
Third Point entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Birch Grove, a diversified alternative credit manager with approximately $8 billion AUM, designed to complement Third Point's existing structured, corporate, distressed and private credit strategies.
Adams Street Partners closed Adams Street Leaders Fund II, a Primary Fund Investments strategy under Private Equity, with final size not publicly available. Final close date was 14 October 2024.
Adams Street Partners closed Venture Innovation Fund IV, a Fund of Funds, Growth & Secondaries strategy under Venture Capital, at $1.2 billion USD. Final close date was 14 October 2024.
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has officially approved a $75 million commercial loan to the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund for its portfolio expansion. The capital injection will allow GIIF to scale its investments in crucial national infrastructure projects across Ghana. This financing serves as a major validation of the fund's investment framework by a leading multilateral lender.
Paul Schroder has been CEO since 01 October 2021, responsible for leadership and strategic development of AustralianSuper. He joined the Fund in 2007 and previously held senior roles including Group Executive Membership, Product/Brand/Reputation and Chief Risk Officer.
Adams Street Partners partnered with GeoWealth to distribute its private market investment offerings to registered investment advisors through GeoWealth's digital wealth platform.
Adams Street Partners partnered with iCapital to expand access to its evergreen private market investment solutions for the global wealth management channel through iCapital's technology platform.
Summer Fridays (or “the Company”), a clean, premium skincare and hybrid makeup brand, today announced it has received a strategic growth investment from TSG Consumer Partners (“TSG”), a leading private equity firm. The two co-founders, Marianna Hewitt and Lauren Ireland, will retain a significant stake and continue to lead the Company along with the rest of the Summer Fridays management team. Prelude Growth Partners (“Prelude Growth”) will exit its investment in the Company as part of the transaction.
TSG Consumer Partners (“TSG”), a leading private equity firm, announced the successful final closing of its ninth fund, TSG9 L.P. (“TSG9”), with $6 billion of capital commitments. As with its predecessor fund, TSG9 was substantially oversubscribed, with demand well exceeding its initial $5 billion target. With the closing of TSG9, TSG now has approximately $20 billion in assets under management. TSG is a pioneer in focused sector investing and one of the first private equity funds to invest solely in consumer companies. With over 30 years of investment experience, TSG has a well-honed and proven strategy for driving growth at both well-established and earlier-stage consumer businesses. The fund will primarily invest in high-growth consumer companies with revenues between approximately $100 million and $1 billion.