Track recorded fund announcements, transactions, leadership appointments and strategic developments from DataBane's published research.
Golub appointed Pascal Steiner director in its Abu Dhabi office to expand Middle East private wealth coverage and investor relationships.
The Hartford and Wellington agreed a Hartford Funds acquisition with an estimated US$1.9B transaction NPV, $300M closing cash and variable cash-sharing payments over seven years. Expected Q1 2027 completion subject to regulatory and fund approvals. No completed acquisition asserted.
Petershill at Goldman Sachs Alternatives announced the sale of its non-control stake in ArcLight Capital Partners. Consideration undisclosed; Goldman said the exit occurred at a premium to Petershill net asset value.
Crescent closed its fourth U.S. direct-lending fund, its largest fund to date, with more than $5.5B of equity commitments and $10.8B of total investable capital including leverage and SMAs.
Vista and Cambium launched Vector Core Compute (VC2), an enterprise AI inference cloud platform designed to accelerate AI deployment for enterprise software companies. The initiative expands Vista's AI infrastructure capabilities and supports portfolio companies developing agentic AI applications.
Customers Bank announced a strategic collaboration with ElevenLabs to deploy voice and AI agents across customer service and internal operations. Planned applications include customer support, assistance for relationship managers and conversational account opening.
CalSTRS announced that its Teachers’ Retirement Board reelected Denise Bradford as chair and elected Sharon Hendricks as vice chair at the May 2026 meeting. The board elects these leadership roles annually. The announcement date is June 2; the release does not give the exact election day.
PGGM appointed Ernst Jansen as Chief Transformation Officer of PGGM Vermogensbeheer, with a 1 September 2026 start and membership of its statutory management board. He succeeds Erik van de Brake, whose tenure ended on 1 May 2026. Jansen joins from Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management, where he had been COO since 2020.
Firefly filed confirmation that its follow-on public offering closed June 1, 2026. The offering had priced May 28 at USD 48 per share, comprising four million issuer shares and eight million selling-holder shares. Wells Fargo Securities was an underwriting representative. June 2 is the public filing date, distinct from completion. The further selling-holder option is not assumed exercised.
CPP Investments and BlueCove formed a KRW500 billion hospitality investment venture in South Korea, with 95% venture ownership for CPP Investments and a CPP seed commitment of up to KRW119 billion.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise appointed Elliott partner Christopher Hsu to its board with immediate effect. Hsu was also appointed to the Strategy and Finance & Investment committees. HPE linked the appointment to its cooperation agreement with Elliott. The board role is at HPE; Hsu's Elliott position remains a separate employment record.
Elliott published its Northern Star Rising presentation, outlining proposals for a strategic review, a chief-executive search, operating improvements and additional board perspectives at Northern Star Resources. Elliott said it intended to engage constructively with the company. The presentation's proposals were not announced as completed actions.
Aviva expanded its ChatGPT app to provide initial life-insurance quotes, following its earlier home-insurance launch. The company described the development as the next stage of its collaboration with OpenAI. Customers who choose to proceed complete their application and purchase on Aviva’s website.
Sapiens announced that a wholly owned ADIA subsidiary had invested in the company and become a significant minority shareholder. The investment followed Advent's earlier acquisition and accompanied Sapiens' expansion of its AI strategy for insurers. Neither the investment amount nor ADIA's ownership percentage was disclosed.
Carlyle appointed Kate Heinzelman as general counsel effective 29 June 2026, reporting to Harvey Schwartz and overseeing legal and compliance. Jeffrey Ferguson transitions to senior adviser on the same date. Heinzelman previously served as the CIA’s general counsel.
Goldman Sachs Alternatives announced the first close of West Street Infrastructure Partners V at over USD 3bn against its USD 4bn target. Around 80% of commitments were from earlier-fund investors. Strategies include energy transition and digital infrastructure.
Australian Retirement Trust announced investments across six local funds. These included Westfield Sydney with QIC and the LIV Mirvac Fund, increased holdings in Dexus Wholesale Property Fund and Mirvac Wholesale Office Fund, and additional capital allocated to M.H. Carnegie Catalyst Healthcare REIT.
Starwood temporarily suspended redemptions in the US$22B Starwood Real Estate Income Trust (SREIT) to preserve liquidity amid elevated redemption requests.
Old National Bank appointed Shane Print President of Commercial & Industrial Banking, reporting to Commercial Banking President Chris Doyle. The announcement says he succeeds Kevin Anderson, whose retirement is planned for year-end 2026; it does not establish that Anderson has already left.
ICONIQ co-led Anthropic's Series H financing, alongside other institutional investors. The issuer announced the financing on May 28, 2026. ICONIQ's individual investment amount was not disclosed.
Firefly priced a follow-on public offering at USD 48 per share, comprising four million issuer shares and eight million shares from selling stockholders. Wells Fargo Securities was a lead bookrunning manager. The selling holders granted an option for another 1.8 million shares. The scheduled June 1 closing was subsequently confirmed in a June 2 SEC filing.
CAA joined the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and strengthened biodiversity commitment into its investment strategy.
Fourth Strategic Capital vintage closed above its €2.5–€3 B target. Total commitments across four vintages reached €8.3 B.
LaSalle sought additional capital for its evergreen U.S. Real Estate Debt Strategy after raising approximately US$700 million in commitments. Strengthens real estate debt platform and lending capacity.
BCI announced a new Capital Solutions Group within its private equity platform on May 28, 2026. The strategy aims to provide flexible capital beyond conventional leveraged buyouts, including preferred equity, structured equity, continuation vehicles, recapitalizations and minority investments. The group seeks to generate equity-like returns while addressing capital and liquidity needs of sponsors and underlying companies. BCI described a network spanning over 1,000 companies directly or indirectly through managers, institutional relationships and portfolio investments. The initiative expands the toolkit available to BCI's private equity program and institutional clients.
Axight announced its participation as Stonepeak's consortium partner in the proposed acquisition of Estia Health from Bain Capital. Axight would hold a minority stake. Closing was expected in late 2026, subject to approvals; transaction consideration and ownership percentage were undisclosed.
Sixth Street acquired the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa in Colorado from Braemar Hotels & Resorts in partnership with Riller Capital. The $176 million purchase price is the total transaction consideration; the individual partners' contributions were not disclosed. Starwood Property Trust financed the transaction.
Feldberg announced that its joint venture with TRS Texas completed its first investment: a development site in Wedel near Hamburg. The partners plan a six-unit logistics property, with completion scheduled for mid-2027. The acquisition price and TRS contribution were undisclosed.
Carlyle AlpInvest led Littlejohn’s continuation transaction for Valcourt Group. The completed vehicle offered liquidity to existing fund investors while allowing Littlejohn to extend its investment and support further growth. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Stonepeak announced a definitive agreement on 27 May 2026 to acquire a majority stake in Estia Health from Bain Capital. Axight Capital is the consortium partner and will hold a minority interest. This is the second investment for Volarae Living, Stonepeak's Australian and New Zealand social-infrastructure platform, following Aura Holdings. Estia operates more than 90 residential aged-care homes across four Australian states and cares for approximately 9,000 residents. The announced plan emphasizes continuity for residents and staff while investing in systems and workforce capability. Closing was expected late in 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. Purchase price and exact buyer ownership percentages were not disclosed.
