Tracked deals
7
7 tracked deals across 2021-2026.
Operating Company
Financial Services
Barings
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Barings is a global alternative asset manager and flexible capital provider for institutional, insurance, and wealth clients. The firm invests across credit, real assets, capital solutions, and emerging markets as a subsidiary of MassMutual (with a minority investment from MS&AD).
- Focus Areas
- Asset management, Alternative assets, Private credit
- Website
- barings.com
Recent pace
3
3 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Recapitalization
3 recapitalization · 2 buyout · 1 divestiture
Barings Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 4 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- Flexpoint Ford, LLC, Lexington Partners, Barings, Round2 Investment Partners
- Target
- SageSure LLC
- Industry
- Insurance
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Flexpoint Ford has closed a $460 million single-asset continuation vehicle for SageSure LLC, a managing general underwriter focused on catastrophe-exposed property insurance markets. The transaction extends Flexpoint’s ownership while giving existing investors the option to realize liquidity or roll over, and brings Lexington Partners as the lead investor along with participation from Barings and Round2 Investment Partners.
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- Buyer
- Align Capital Partners, Apogem Capital, RCP Advisors, Churchill Asset Management, Barings, Audax
- Target
- Proceed
- Industry
- Legal Services
- Type
- Recapitalization
Align Capital Partners (“ACP”) announced it successfully closed a single-asset continuation fund (CP EV Fund I, LP) with approximately $405 million in commitments to support the next phase of growth for its tech-enabled legal services platform Proceed. ACP acquired Counsel Press in October 2023 and rebranded the company as Proceed after executing multiple add-on acquisitions, and the new capital will fund further strategic add-ons and technology investments across the litigation lifecycle.
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February 12, 2026
- Buyer
- Barings
- Target
- Credit Key
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Credit Key, a B2B “buy now, pay later” payments provider focused on small and medium-sized enterprises, secured a $90 million investment from Barings. The new capital is intended to accelerate the development and adoption of Credit Key’s B2B payment solutions across the United States.
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February 18, 2025
- Buyer
- Barings
- Target
- Artemis Real Estate Partners
- Industry
- Real Estate
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Barings has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Artemis Real Estate Partners, a U.S. real estate investment manager. The deal will integrate Artemis' team and capabilities into Barings' U.S. real estate equity platform to expand Barings' investment capabilities and accelerate growth; terms were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to close in Q1 2025.
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November 6, 2023
- Buyer
- Cathay Capital, Barings
- Target
- Parkview Dental Partners
- Seller
- Parkstone Growth Partners
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Florida, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Cathay Capital has made a strategic investment in Sarasota-based dental service organization Parkview Dental Partners, marking Cathay’s inaugural North American investment from its Growth Private Equity Fund (Small Cap IV). The transaction is a recapitalization that includes equity co-investment from Barings, a unitranche facility from Live Oak Banking Company and Barings, material rollover by Parkview management and prior owner Parkstone Growth Partners, and will fund Parkview’s buy-and-build expansion across Florida.
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June 1, 2023
- Buyer
- Kian Capital Partners, LNC Partners, Barings, Everside Capital Partners, MSouth Capital
- Target
- Team Air Distributing
- Industry
- Logistics & Distribution
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Kian Capital Partners completed a platform investment in Team Air Distributing, a leading HVAC wholesale distributor headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, in partnership with management and co-investors including LNC Partners, Barings, Everside Capital Partners and MSouth Capital. The investment will support a buy-and-build growth strategy focused on geographic and product-line expansion while retaining Jeff Wallace as President and CEO with a significant equity stake.
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- Buyer
- Meridian Capital Group, Barings, Stone Point Capital (investment funds)
- Target
- Barings Multifamily Capital, LLC
- Seller
- Barings Multifamily Capital, LLC
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Divestiture
Meridian Capital Group and Barings have formed a joint venture to acquire the assets and liabilities of Barings Multifamily Capital (BMC) and create a standalone agency lending platform led by David Brickman. Meridian will hold majority control of the new platform, and Stone Point Capital has entered a strategic partnership with Meridian to support the firm's growth; the deal is subject to regulatory approvals.
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