Nathan Williams
Nasdaq Private Market has launched a platform to let HNWIs trade stakes in private equity feeder funds.
The $1.7bn investment in satellite operator Intelsat will see majority owner BC Partners retain a stake alongside fellow PE house Silver Lake.
The deal for the UK's largest family law firm is the lower mid-market firm's first in the legal sector.
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The Canadian firm is gearing up for fundraising after a year in which it distributed more than $362m to investors.
The stakes include buyout, credit, secondaries and real estate fund interests.
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The firm has acquired Epic Health Services from Webster Capital, a sale which saw Webster reap a 10x multiple on its original $42m acquisition.
The sale to Swedish pulp and paper company SCA netted EQT a near €1bn profit on its 2012 acquisition.
KKR is close to selling capsule maker Capsugel to Swiss drug maker Lonza for more than $5bn.
The firm has invested capital from Apax IX, the $9 billion vehicle it is raising, to buy out Apax France and majority owner Nordic Capital.
The fund will be led by Adam Koppel, who rejoined the firm this year from biotechnology company Biogen, and Jeff Schwartz, who moves over from Bain’s private equity team.