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.

Partners Group and Perennius Capital Partners are to integrate all their investment and client service activities in Italy. Perennius Capital Partners has been Partners Group’s exclusive Italian partner since its foundation in 2007. Its Milan office will bring Partners Group’s total number of offices to 16 worldwide.

Partners Group has announced two planned additions to the board of directors of Partners Group Holding AG combined with changes in its chief executive office and executive board. The suggested changes remain subject to clearance by the regulatory authorities.

Partners Group has closed its 2011 vintage global value program with 680 million euros ($887.4 million) in commitments. The program is the third and largest in Partners Group’s Global Value series, following 2006 and 2008 vintage programs, which closed on over 400 million euros and over 530 million euros respectively.

Partners Group has invested in Softonic. The business is a multiplatform software guide which allows users to explore, download and manage software applications on multiple devices in more than ten different languages.

Partners Group has appointed Charles Dallara, currently managing director of the Institute of International Finance, as a partner, based in the United States. He will also assume the role of chairman of the Americas. In addition, the board of directors will propose Dallara as a new board member and vice chairman of the board of directors of Partners Group. Dallara has been the managing director of the IIF since 1993.

Global private markets manager Partners Group has closed Partners Group Secondary 2011, L.P. at its hard cap of 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion). The fund was oversubscribed and closed before the expiration of its fundraising period.

This week peHUB is highlighting a position at global investment management firm Partners Group. The firm is advertising on its website for a junior investment manager private equity based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Partners Group is to invest in SBF Group, a Brazilian sporting goods retailer. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close by year end.

Global private markets investment manager Partners Group is in discussions with its founding partners and largest shareholders, Dr. Marcel Erni, Alfred Gantner and Urs Wietlisbach, regarding a proposal by which they will seek to collectively invest CHF300 million ($318.2 million) in programs with direct investment content alongside the firm’s clients. The founding partners’ investments would be funded through a potential placement of a minority portion of their total shareholdings in the company, amounting to approximately 1.6 million shares.