GMT’s sale of Finland’s largest credit information company to Investcorp provides the first exit for the communications specialist’s €350 million fund raised last year.
The buyout fund could set a European record, as a parallel fundraising from employees nears completion. Rival CVC Capital Partners is also hard on the heels of record holder Permira.
TPG co-founder David Bonderman will rejoin the troubled Seattle-based savings and loan.
TPG's $800m pure equity stake in the country's biggest pharmaceutical distributor should allow the global buyout firm to tap into the fast-growing Russian market.
The transaction also gives DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners - the private equity real estate arm of Credit Suisse - a seat on Anthracite’s board of directors.
The global buyout firm has closed a distressed credit vehicle on more than double its target, while it raises more than $9.6bn for five other funds.
The buyout firm looks set to lead the latest private equity rescue of a beleaguered financial giant.
In line with one of its sector focuses, the firm is opening a Californian office so its its telecoms, media and technology executives have a base in the heart of the US technology centre.
The global mid-market buyout firm attracted interest nearly double its planned €5bn target, but it scaled back the fund giving existing limited partners priority.
The infrastructure-focussed private equity firm has invested R400 million in a clean energy service company, its third such investment in the last six months.