Private Markets Digest
Private Markets Digest covers private equity, venture capital, private credit, and real assets, with particular attention to capital flows, transactions, valuations, and changing market conditions. Its reporting examines developments across private markets and their relationship to the broader economic and financial landscape.
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- The Lenders Report This Week. So Does Inflation.
- Buyers Named Their Prices This Week. Several Came In Below the Ask.
- Lumentum Says It's Sold Out Into 2029, While an AI Loan Is Shopped at 11%
- SilverTree Has Walked Away From Tribal Group. That Leaves a 105-Pence Asset Sale and a 111-Pence Possible Bid From Its Largest Shareholder.
- A $5 Billion AI Loan Is Being Marketed at About 11%. Two U.S. Pensions Are Holding Off on New Data-Center Funds.
- GTCR Has Sold $14.2 Billion of Its New Buyout Fund. Spectrum Equity Closed Its Largest Ever in One Round.
- PAG Is in Exclusive Talks to Buy Control of Evergrande's Property-Services Arm. Liquidators Have Sold Only About $255 Million of Assets So Far.
- Firmus Had Built 46 of Its 912 Planned Megawatts. Now It Wants $2 Billion to $3 Billion Privately Instead of $5 Billion in Public.
- SpaceX Agreed to Buy a Private Firm's Airwaves | Waymo Borrowed $5B | Gilts Hit a 2007 High
- DCC's Tech Unit Fetched $725 Million. That Sets Shareholders' Extra Payout From the Takeover at About a Third of the Maximum.
- Waymo's First Debt Is a $5 Billion Term Loan. Its Lenders Are Mostly Private-Credit and Bond Managers.
- Firmus Walked Away From an A$11-a-Share Listing. Its August Private Round Valued It at About a Third as Much.
- An AI IPO Fell Short of Its Ask | TalkTalk's Bondholders Got Nothing | The 30-Year Sold at 5.62%
- Three Smaller Buyout Funds Closed Above Target in Two Days. Two of Them Focus on Health Care.
- A Canadian Family Is Buying Boots From Sycamore for $8.9 Billion. Two Banks Are Funding It, and Sycamore Keeps Mexico and Germany.
- A $4.5 Billion Private Exit Reported Its Demand, Not Its Price | Americans Expect 3.9% Inflation | Moody's Rated a Stablecoin Below Investment Grade
- AirTrunk and Samsung Commit $1 Billion Each to AI Infrastructure
- Apollo’s $35 Billion Trading Push Tests Private Credit Liquidity
- BT Buys TalkTalk Debt-Free as Creditors Take Losses
- Firmus IPO Faces Repricing as Public Investors Push Back
- Buyers Took the 10-Year at 5.3% | Private-Credit Investors Line Up to Exit | Small Caps Near a Correction
- The Fed's Minutes Named AI Borrowing as a Bond-Market Factor. SpaceX Is Seeking $40 Billion, With Apollo in the Lead.
- Apollo Joined the Bidding for Uniper. Germany Would Keep at Least a Quarter of It.
- Shareholders Voted 99.89% to Wind Down Partners Group's Listed Private Equity Fund. Cash Starts Coming Back in March 2027.
- Meridiam Rolled 15 Infrastructure Assets Into a $4.5 Billion Vehicle With a 45-Year Life. More Than Half Is New Money.
- Blackstone Is Selling Clarion Events to Informa for £2.24 Billion. Informa Is Raising About 42% of That From New Shareholders.
- Barings Private Credit Redemptions Exceed Quarterly Limits
- Supreme Court Case Could Shape Private Equity Access to 401(k)s
- Option Care Deal Sets Buyer Termination Fee at $292 Million
- CVC Raises Final Recordati Offer and Expands Routes to Delisting