Track recorded fund announcements, transactions, leadership appointments and strategic developments from DataBane's published research.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, through Copenhagen Infrastructure V, issued notice to proceed with construction of the Summerfield battery in South Australia. The project is a four-hour 240 MW / 960 MWh system and was expected to begin operating in 2027. The announcement followed the investment decision taken in September 2024.
Hamilton Lane reported more than $615 million in commitments to its inaugural Venture Access Fund, exceeding a $500 million fundraising target.
Warburg Pincus announced its ADIA-anchored WPCS Founders Fund had deployed over US$1bn. Fund's August 2024 close was over US$4bn; these are aggregate fund metrics, not ADIA's LP commitment.
Lexington appoints two new partners. Official firm or parent-company announcement.
Wells Fargo confirmed that the Federal Reserve terminated two 2011 consent orders concerning legacy mortgage servicing and the former Wells Fargo Financial business. The February 4, 2025 announcement is a distinct historical event from the later termination of the 2018 Federal Reserve order.
London CIV announced a £100 million commitment through the LCIV UK Housing Fund to L&G's Affordable Housing Fund at its second close. The investing party was the managed housing vehicle, and the recipient was the L&G fund. The announcement placed the commitment within London CIV's pooled affordable-housing investment strategy. It does not establish a corporate balance-sheet investment or an ownership percentage.
Antares appointed Olga Kosters managing director and head of Credit Secondaries. The firm said its dedicated investment strategy would encompass GP-led and LP-led credit secondaries and leverage its private credit underwriting and structuring capabilities. Kosters was based in New York and reported to Benjamin Chapin, the newly appointed head of Liquidity Solutions. Antares noted it had completed multiple credit secondary transactions in 2024 and planned to expand activity. The release documents a senior investment-leadership hire and a strategy expansion, not an announced new standalone fund closing or a numeric capital allocation.
Entertainment 360 announced that it would receive its first external strategic investment from Carlyle. The Credit Opportunities team supported the transaction to fund the talent-management and production company’s growth. Its board and leadership would remain intact. The investment amount and instrument were not disclosed.
Wells Fargo announced that its 2022 CFPB consent order concerning automobile lending, consumer deposit accounts and mortgage lending had terminated. The company identified this as the seventh consent order closed by its regulators since 2019, as of January 28, 2025.
Your.World received €800 million of long-term partnership capital as preferred equity from Ares Management Credit funds and Carlyle. The European online-services provider uses a serial-acquisition growth strategy. The amount is the combined preferred-equity investment, not Carlyle’s individual contribution.
Brad McCarthy joined Carlyle as Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific for Global Wealth, based in Singapore. He also oversees the institutional wealth channel in Australia and New Zealand. Previously he led alternative-investment sales in Asia Pacific at Citi Private Bank and Global Wealth.
Ed Olebe became head of Cards and Merchant Services effective immediately, joining from JPMorgan Chase, where he was president of Branded Cards. He succeeded Ray Fischer following Fischer’s announced retirement. Olebe previously led Grasp Mobile Commerce and held roles at Mastercard and American Express.
Schroders Capital announced Minal Patel as its new Global Head of Infrastructure, covering investment activity under the Schroders Greencoat platform.
Thoma Bravo completed fundraising for Credit Fund III, bringing total available capital for its credit platform to US$3.6 billion.
Golub reported $27.8 billion in 2024 financing commitments, $15.5 billion of new investment capital, $14.9 billion in securitizations and European lending expansion. These different flow measures must not be recorded as AUM.
Reuters reported Turion launched October 2024 and earned 14.2% over its 2024 launch period. USD1.5B was a prospective fund size, not a verified final close.
Point72 Private Investments led; article says initial investment 2018 Series B, conflicting with directory 2021 Series C.
Franklin Templeton and Lexington launch FLEX fund. Official firm or parent-company announcement.
Oxford's Leveraged Lending Group reported approximately $1.2 billion in new capital commitments during 2024 and more than $1 billion deployed to new and existing borrowers. It completed 13 new platform transactions, seven credit-facility upsizes and 25 delayed-draw term-loan fundings. Financing supported acquisitions and organic growth in healthcare, life sciences, business services and technology.
Golub closed a $200 million non-voting minority equity investment in Nassau and a related long-term investment management agreement giving Nassau's insurance subsidiaries access to Golub direct lending strategies.
Fubo and Disney announced a combination of Fubo with Disney’s Hulu + Live TV business. Disney was to hold approximately 70% and existing Fubo holders approximately 30% of the combined company. Wells Fargo was lead financial adviser to Fubo. The announcement did not disclose an overall transaction value; separate loan commitments and litigation settlements are not substituted for that value.
Carlyle Global Credit provided NOK2.75 billion of strategic capital to Jordanes for a management buyout led by co-founders Jan Bodd and Stig Sunde, refinancing and growth. Carlyle Credit Opportunities led the investment. The package consolidates the co-founders’ ownership; no Carlyle ownership percentage was disclosed.
Wellington launched its first interval fund, Global Multi-Strategy Fund, managed by Roberto Isch, CFA, with a team of 11 senior investment leaders.
SNP and Carlyle-controlled Succession German Bidco signed an investment agreement and announced a €61-per-share voluntary takeover offer. The bidder also agreed to acquire Wolfgang Marguerre’s 65.19% stake and obtained undertakings for another 11.06%. The initial announcement was on 23 December 2024; Carlyle announced completion on 10 April 2025.
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.
Fund V final close €10.2bn against €10bn target; committed fund capital is not total firm AUM.
Carlyle agreed to sell aerospace and industrial forged-components manufacturer Forgital Group to Stonepeak. Carlyle had invested in Forgital in 2019. The December 2024 announcement anticipated closing in the second quarter of 2025, subject to customary conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Carlyle closed its third Credit Opportunities Fund with $7.1 billion of investable capital, including $5.7 billion of capital commitments and leverage. The commitments and leveraged investable-capital figures are distinct. The fund follows Carlyle’s global opportunistic credit strategy.
Carlyle AlpInvest and Mubadala established a partnership for senior fund finance backed by private-equity portfolios. The partners had completed an initial investment, whose identity and amount were not disclosed. The platform’s prospective financing activity does not establish a directional Carlyle-parent LP commitment.
Carlyle agreed to sell digital employee-experience software provider 1E to TeamViewer at $720 million enterprise value. Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV was the selling investment fund. The December 2024 announcement described closing as subject to approvals. Enterprise value is distinct from Carlyle’s proceeds.
