AnaCap Financial Partners has sold Cabot Credit Management to funds managed and advised by J.C. Flowers & Co. CCM was formed after the merger in April 2011 of two businesses, Apex Credit Management and Cabot Financial, purchased by funds advised by AnaCap and its co-investors, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners and Partners Group.

Whatever happened to the Ascensus auction? Now we know: J.C. Flowers & Co. pulled the sale of the former Bisys Retirement Services, two sources tell peHUB. Earlier this year, J.C. Flowers hired Morgan Stanley to run a process for Ascensus, peHUB has reported.

Manulife Financial Corp and Metlife are among the companies that have submitted first round bids for ING‘s entire Asia life insurance business, sources said on Saturday, in what could be the largest Asia M&A insurance deal ever, writes Reuters. US private equity fund J.C. Flowers & Co, TPG and Carlyle Group are among the buyout [...]

International private equity group J.C. Flowers & Co is acquiring Belgian insurance brand Fidea from KBC. Financial details of the transaction were undisclosed. PRESS RELEASE Today, 30 March 2012, KBC closed the previously announced transaction with affiliates of J.C. Flowers & Co. for the sale of its subsidiary Fidea, having received the necessary regulatory approvals. [...]

Bain, Advent and the Blackstone Group emerge as the most active U.S. buyout shops in Europe.