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Chipmaker Broadcom sells remote-access unit to KKR in $4 billion deal

Private Equity Insights

“KKR has traditionally been a very active investor in the enterprise software industry, and we have a differentiated point of view and playbooks that we can apply to help businesses (like Broadcom’s EUC unit) grow. In 2018, KKR purchased U.S. business software company BMC for $8.5

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Blackstone, JPMorgan, Marlin, and New Mountain Back $3bn Merger of Virgin Pulse & HealthComp

Private Equity Insights

Marlin originally acquired Virgin Pulse in 2018 and merged the business with another benefits platform, RedBrick. Marlin and New Mountain are both active investors in healthcare. -based Virgin Pulse’s tech platform includes digital health integrations like wearables in a bid to help health plan sponsors control costs.

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How Do Active Managers Invest Their Own Money?

The Big Picture

As Warren Buffett, one of the greatest active investors of all time noted long ago, “A low-cost index fund is the most sensible equity investment for the great majority of investors.” ” It’s is worth your time to delve into the entire discussion.

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Here's Why Black Hills Corporation Is a No-Brainer Dividend Stock

The Motley Fool

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Dividend 1.48 Not perfect, but not bad One of the reasons why Black Hills' yield is so high right now is that 2023 is going to be a year of debt reduction, which will mean less capital investment activity. Investors aren't so happy with that. 2.41 % Change 1.4%

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Japan bucks downward trend as Asia Pacific deals and fundraising plummet

Private Equity Wire

The volume of deals was 30% lower than the 2018-2022 average. Tough market conditions pushed some investors to the sidelines in 2023. Consistent with the industry globally, the region’s deal value slid 35% from the previous five-year average to the lowest annual level since 2014.

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Aswath Damodaran on the Difference Between Pricing a Company and Valuing One, and More

The Motley Fool

I bought Nvidia in 2018. Market mistakes become bigger than active investors come in again. You don't need very many active investors to keep markets on their toes so much as that argument has merit, I think that the truth is that David Einhorn, the Bill Ackman's, the Carl Icahn's have a place in this process.

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Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

Neoen is a business that we have closely monitored since their IPO in 2018. Similar to what we've said in previous quarters is it's a little bit of a unique market right now in that -- well, we tend to always be both active investors as well as recyclers of capital.