Sixth Street-led Consortium Acquires Select Portfolio Servicing

Sixth Street-Led Consortium Acquires GreenSky from Goldman Sachs

March 15, 2024

Payments & Fintech

A consortium of institutional investors led by Sixth Street — including KKR, Bayview Asset Management and CardWorks, with support from PIMCO and strategic financing from CPP Investments — acquired GreenSky and associated loan assets from Goldman Sachs. The transaction, which deepens GreenSky's partnership with Synovus Bank, closed in March 2024 and transfers control of the point-of-sale home improvement lending platform to the investor group.

Peak Utility Services Group Acquires Superior Pipeline Services

March 18, 2021

Industrial Services

Peak Utility Services Group, a Denver-based provider of infrastructure services, has acquired Superior Pipeline Services (SPS), a Fort Worth, Texas natural gas utility services contractor. The add-on expands Peak's presence in Texas and strengthens its capabilities for maintenance, repair and installation work in the natural gas utility market.

Bain & Company Acquires Sutton Place Strategies

December 21, 2020

Data & Analytics

Bain & Company has acquired Sutton Place Strategies (SPS), a deal origination tool and transaction database used by private equity firms, corporate M&A teams, and deal advisors. The acquisition adds SPS's proprietary transaction data and analytics to Bain's suite of data offerings to enhance deal sourcing, pipeline analytics, and M&A advisory capabilities.

TPG and Sixth Street Complete Agreement to Become Independent, Unaffiliated Businesses

May 1, 2020

Financial Services

TPG and Sixth Street Partners announced completion of an agreement to evolve their relationship and operate as independent, unaffiliated businesses. As part of the arrangement TPG will retain a reduced passive minority economic stake in Sixth Street and both firms agreed not to start new businesses in each other's core spaces through 2021 to avoid overlap and allow independent growth.

SPS Companies Acquires ESP Specialty Steel Products from Lone Star Investment Advisors

October 10, 2022

Industrial Services

Lone Star Investment Advisors has sold its portfolio company ESP Specialty Steel Products LLC, a Houston-based master distributor of stainless steel products, to SPS Companies, Inc. of Manhattan, Kansas. The acquisition marks SPS's first entry into stainless steel markets and distribution; Montrose Advisors advised on the transaction and legal counsel was provided to both parties.

HPS Investment Partners Acquires Majority Stake in SGS & Co

May 1, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

HPS Investment Partners has completed a transaction to acquire a majority equity stake in SGS & Co, a global provider of technology-enabled brand design, digital marketing, and packaging artwork services. The deal restructures SGS's capital structure with substantial debt reduction and positions the company to accelerate investments in technology, automation, and service expansion.