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  • TDR Capital’s EG Group, formerly known as Euro Garages, started marketing high yield bonds in dollars and euros this week to part-fund its takeover of US peer Cumberland Farm, its largest acquisition during a two year spree that has left investors holding billions of the group’s debt. The Cumberland purchase has pushed EG’s bonds issued in May around five points lower.
  • For Canadian pension fund CDPQ, direct investments in private equity have become a crucial part of portfolio management. As the political debate around PE firms heats up globally, the Quebec pensioners are enjoying the fruits of CDPQ’s foray into the risky, demanding asset class that is off-limits for many smaller pension funds.
  • Jesus Rio Cortes, a managing director at Bank of America Merilll Lynch in the EMEA securitization group, has joined Apollo Global Management.
  • Cirsa, a Latin America-focused gambling company owned by Blackstone, raised new PIK toggle debt this week to pay a dividend, thereby derisking its initial investment — by selling bondholders what looks like a top-of-the-market trade. But the company generates plenty of cash, and investors showed up in force, allowing it to boost the size of the bond and associated payout.
  • Shares in EQT, the Swedish private equity firm, popped 25% on day one after its IPO was priced on the Nasdaq Stockholm on Tuesday — after what sources called a “targeted” IPO process.
  • Tikehau Capital, the French alternative investment manager, has raised €300m after a private capital raising led by Morgan Stanley.