Software

Advisory and business services firms expanded through acquisitions, partnerships and new offerings this week, with activity spanning M&A, due diligence, investment research and outsourced financial services.

LSEG agreed to buy credit intelligence firm Octus from Permira for $3.5 billion, citing confidential credit data that AI models cannot obtain.

Ohio SERS committed $175 million to three real estate and distressed debt funds and reviewed the performance of its $2.85 billion private equity portfolio.

Foundation Credit closed its second infrastructure debt fund above target, while Stonepeak bought a big-city parking meter operator from a consortium that included a sovereign wealth fund. Barings and PGIM extended nine-figure loans on industrial and multifamily properties, and Sequoia ...

Inspired Capital and Monomoy each closed niche funds — one aimed at early-stage tech and the other at family-owned businesses. Nuveen extended a half-billion-dollar facility to a solar developer, a Florida small-business lender launched a loan-management program for institutional investors ...

Charlesbank Capital Partners and New Private Equity are putting capital to work in two specialized services businesses, one supporting law firms and the other serving investment managers. Here are the details on these deals, plus other VC, PE, credit and ...

Virginia Retirement System commited $1.3 billion across private equity, asset-based credit and public market strategies at its October board meeting, adding six investment mandates.

GTCR and Elliott agreed to take CCC Intelligent Solutions private for $6.1 billion, following stints under several private equity firms over the past 20 years.

Digital infrastructure and contech highlight today’s deal flow, with Bain Capital completing a fiber investment and BlackRock joining a venture financing. Elsewhere, investors are pursuing exits, raising capital and financing projects across private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure.

The $26 billion Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) will hold its annual planning and educational session next week in Overland Park, with AI and data centers among the topics on the agenda.