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Blackstone has held the final close of Blackstone Energy Transition Partners V at $8.7bn, more than 50% larger than its predecessor vehicle. The fund was significantly oversubscribed and reached its hard cap. BETP V began its investment period in June and has already funded three platform companies, Kindle, Fisterra and Viridon. They back management teams that develop and operate new power generation and electric transmission lines, and the fund has also made three acquisitions focused on energy efficiency and resiliency. Blackstone puts the strategy's net IRR at 34% since 1997, as of 30 June. Global head David Foley said the firm sees a generational opportunity for experienced energy-transition investors, given the challenges posed by growing demand for electricity.
Ravi Anand, formerly managing director at ThinCats, has launched Ignite Funding Partners and hopes to raise £500m of lending capital from institutional investors. Ignite will provide facilities of £1m to £25m for organic growth, acquisitions, ownership transition and refinancing, aimed at the larger end of the SME market. Underwriting will be relationship-led, using purpose-built AI agents to analyse company information, with human oversight and judgement applied to lending decisions. A number of former senior ThinCats colleagues are due to follow Anand, though a spokesperson declined to give more detail. ThinCats was acquired by Shawbrook Group in September 2025 and continues to lend under its own brand.
Goldman Sachs and Evercore, with Jefferies, Raymond James and Lazard, are reportedly discussing evergreen continuation vehicles with major private equity managers and investors, according to Bloomberg. The structures could hold assets for 10 to 15 years, against the five years plus two annual extensions typical of conventional continuation funds. They would also add unfunded capital for portfolio company growth. Continuation funds made up just under half of the $121bn of global secondaries completed in the first half of 2026, per Evercore.
Platinum Equity, which manages about $48bn, has agreed to buy a majority stake in Trime, with founder Andrea Fontanella, CEO Paolo Tacconi and other managers investing alongside it. Financial terms were not disclosed, and completion is expected by early 2027, subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals. Debt comes from a six-bank group including Intesa Sanpaolo, UniCredit and Deutsche Bank. The growth plan centres on U.S. rental customers, drawing on Platinum's past equipment-rental deals such as BlueLine Rental, sold to United Rentals for about $2.1bn.
The extended hours, which give firms longer to input and match transactions, are aimed in particular at APAC and other regions more adversely affected by time zones. Euroclear's T+1 business lead, Charlie Pugh, urged firms to start using them early, a year ahead of the 11 October 2027 switch in the UK, EU and Switzerland. Separately, the EU's new allocation and confirmation requirements for investment firms and their clients take effect on 7 December 2026.
Form ADV Schedule D disclosures through 2024-12-26 show CLARITAS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC., the filing adviser legal entity, repeating the auditor=LBMC, PC, custodian=PINNACLE stack across 100 of 100 historic funds with disclosed provider relationships. This is a historic disclosure, not a current award, win or change.
First Form D notices — new pooled funds, not amendments, up 16% on the month before. From the SEC quarterly datasets; the monthly formation flow is charted on our fund registrations page.
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