Weekly Recap | 8.3.25

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Please see below for this week's headlines:

• AMG acquires minority stake in Montefiore Investment

• Elanor Investors Group acquires 100% of Firmus Capital Pte Ltd

• [GP Stakes News special] We released an interview with Joseph Schwartz, Investment Funds and Private Equity partner at Sidley Austin LLP

• Vinci Compass may acquire Verde Asset Management

• Harrison Street Asset Management (Colliers' investment management division) acquires 60% majority stake in RoundShield Partners (Azimut sold its GP Stake in RoundShield)

• KKR acquires majority stake in HealthCare Royalty Partners (HCRx)

• SuperReturn Asia this year will be hosting some GP Stakes professionals on September 17-18th

• Axar Capital makes strategic investment in ACRES Capital

• AMG reports Q2 2025 earnings, with emphasis on its growth in Private Markets

• Forest Partners acquires UTC Investment Co., Ltd.

• WisdomTree Asset Management to acquire Ceres Partners, LLC for $500 million total consideration

• Kennedy Lewis Investment Management LLC acquires 4.9% stake in Great Elm Group, Inc.

• Ray Dalio sells his remaining stake in Bridgewater Associates back to the hedge fund, and concurrently, Brunei's sovereign fund acquired a ~20% minority stake in Bridgewater

• Private Funds CFO's Victoria Robson writes interesting article on the role of fund finance in GP Stakes, with input from Fried Frank's Ariel Zell

• Blue Owl Capital's Q2 earnings release gives updates on its GP Strategic Capital platform ("GPSC")

• Barclays Investment Bank is hiring a FIG Associate in NYC

• Norwegian government-owned asset manager Argentum Asset Management may be up for sale

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- Max

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