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Comvest Partners Completes Majority Sale of Comvest Credit Partners to Manulife, Establishes Comvest Private Equity as Independent Firm
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., November 03, 2025--Comvest Partners ("Comvest"), a leading private investment firm, today announced the completion of a previously announced strategic partnership involving the sale of a 75%1 interest in Comvest Credit Partners,2 its direct lending investment platform, to Manulife Financial Corporation (TSX: MFC), through its more than US$900 billion Global Wealth and Asset Management ("Global WAM") segment. Comvest Private Equity, Comvest’s private equity platform, is not
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