HPS Investment Partners Acquires Majority Stake in SGS & Co

BlackRock Acquires HPS Investment Partners

July 1, 2025

Financial Services

BlackRock has completed its acquisition of HPS Investment Partners and is creating a combined Private Financing Solutions (PFS) platform that integrates BlackRock’s public fixed income capabilities with HPS’s private credit, GP/LP, and CLO businesses. The combined PFS franchise will manage approximately $190 billion in client assets for private credit and maintain HPS branding as “HPS, a part of BlackRock,” with HPS CEO Scott Kapnick joining as an observer to the BlackRock board.

BlackRock Acquires HPS Investment Partners

October 14, 2025

Financial Services

BlackRock completed the acquisition of HPS Investment Partners in a transaction reported at about $12 billion, expanding BlackRock’s private credit and alternative asset capabilities. The deal brings HPS’s sizable private markets platform (reported as roughly $157–165 billion of AUM in sources) into BlackRock’s platform and bolsters its private markets and private credit scale.

MSQ Acquires New York Creative Agency SPCSHP

October 2, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

London-based MSQ has acquired New York-based creative agency SPCSHP (formerly Big Spaceship), adding roughly 140 employees and more than doubling MSQ's U.S. presence and North American revenues to $100 million. The deal, backed by private equity partners One Equity Partners and LDC, expands MSQ's capabilities and scale in North America and integrates SPCSHP into MSQ's global network of creative, media and technology agencies.

Providence Strategic Growth Acquires Majority Stake in Sympa

August 25, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners, completed a majority investment in Sympa, a Nordic cloud-based human capital management (HCM) software provider. Alfvén & Didrikson will retain a minority stake alongside Sympa's founding team; proceeds will support product innovation, strategic M&A and international expansion across Europe.

SGS Acquires Aster Global Environmental Solutions

January 8, 2025

Environmental Services

SGS has acquired Aster Global Environmental Solutions, Inc., a provider of greenhouse gas (GHG) validation and verification, forestry and ecosystem services, and sustainability assurance. The acquisition adds roughly 25 employees and expands SGS’s Impact Now for sustainability platform and GHG service capabilities in North America and globally.

Aurora Capital Partners Acquires Petroleum Service Corporation from SGS

June 24, 2019

Industrial Services

Aurora Capital Partners has acquired Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC) from SGS in a transaction reportedly valued at approximately $335 million. PSC is a North American leader in product handling and site logistics for petrochemical, refining, midstream and marine transportation end markets, with 3,500+ employees operating across the U.S. and Canada; Aurora said it will provide capital to accelerate PSC’s growth as part of its Equity Partners V fund.