Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Private capital is experiencing a surge in acquiring renewable energy developers, increasingly favoring equity-based take-private deals for leveraged buyouts due to high interest rates and rising electricity demand. The statistics underscore this movement. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.,

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 6, 2024

The company specializes in more complex transactions such as leveraged buyouts , for example. In September 2023, the company acquired three gas utilities from Dominion Energy. VZ Dividend Yield data by YCharts In September 2023, Verizon raised its dividend for the 17th consecutive year.

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American Investment Council

MAY 6, 2024

Since the end of 2021, private credit has funded more non-leveraged buyouts each quarter than syndicates. In 2023 alone, private credit managers raised $135.7 Continued Growth: Investors recognize the value of private credit and are continuing to commit capital to the asset class.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

” Private equity firms are preparing for a recovery in leveraged buyout volumes in 2025, supported by falling interest rates, a backlog of capital to deploy, and opportunities linked to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI). Earlier in 2023, it agreed to acquire Australian data centre operator AirTrunk for $16bn.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

However, year-to-date activity remained stable, showing a modest 1% increase compared to the same period in 2023. This shift reflects a resurgence in appetite from credit funds, which have regained confidence and a stronger foothold in the market following a challenging 2023.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For much of 2023, a handful of stocks powered indexes higher. With companies that rely on considerable leverage in their operations, the rise in interest rates is still working its way through income statements. Some of the largest energy companies in the world, including ExxonMobil and Shell , have P/Es at or below 10.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The report quotes David Gross, Co-Managing Partner at Bain Capital, as saying: “We’re already seeing large leveraged buyouts in Europe, and more are on the way. Funds added $49.44bn to their reserves in the six months since December 2023, marking a 1.7x increase over the previous 12-month period.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 25, 2023

But in 2023, reality bites. ( Prior to founding New Mountain Capital in 1999, he was co-founder of the Leverage Buyout Group of Goldman Sachs, where he did $3+ billion of transactions before joining Forstmann Little as a partner, where he oversaw $10+ billion in capital.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

According to the report, company filings reveal that Blackstone’s $2.3bn acquisition cost is about 10 times Rover’s expected 2023 revenue. The $250m loan sought by Blackstone is relatively small compared to other leveraged buyouts.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Any deal would be substantial, given DocuSign's market cap at just over $13 billion as of this writing, potentially making it one of the largest leveraged buyouts in recent years. Leading up to this news, DocuSign stock was roughly flat year to date in 2023. What's next for DocuSign stock?

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 21, 2023

Prior to founding New Mountain Capital in 1999, he was co-founder of the Leverage Buyout Group of Goldman Sachs, where he did $3+ billion of transactions before joining Forstmann Little as a partner, where he oversaw $10+ billion in capital.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Having begun life as a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts, Apollo has grown into a major player in debt underwriting, with its growth having been fuelled by its insurance subsidiary, Athene, which provides a steady source of low-cost capital for its deals and is currently holding $33bn in capital reserves.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

A&O Shearman private equity business advises nine of the 10 largest global private equity fund managers and 60% of the 25 largest global private equity fund managers, according to PEI 300 2023. Graham has particular experience advising sophisticated financial sponsors in complex international or cross-border transactions.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Our strategy leverages this digital shift to enhance trade transparency and reduce human bias, positioning us to exploit market inefficiencies more effectively. A: The digital transformation has indeed been a catalyst in the systematic credit domain. markets.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 24, 2024

from 2023 to 2030, reaching $43.1 Moreover, the company is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to summarize agreements, analyze business and legal contracts to assess risks and opportunities, and extract common key terms and clauses to simplify the document review process. That's an impressive improvement from $0.15

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 12, 2024

in the second half of 2023 to 11.1x Leveraged buyout volumes remained down from historical highs in Q2 2024, as did EBITDA purchase price multiples, which decreased from 11.5x in the second half of 2023 to 11.1x in the second half of 2023, which demonstrates how quickly a situation can take a turn for the worse.

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Udu

MAY 31, 2023

Let’s further break down the current state of private equity and identify the private equity trends 2023 may reveal. Current Trends in Private Equity 2023 In 2023, we see the challenges of 2022 continuing to impact the private equity industry. The post Expected 2023 Private Equity Investment Trends appeared first on udu, Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

Lately, much attention has been lavished on Ares Capital, the unit created in 2004 to provide financing for middle-market acquisitions, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyouts. It expects an increase in missed loan repayments by borrowers as the result of an economic slowdown in 2023, but thus far, delinquency has been minimal.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

Troutman Pepper adds to PE group Submitted 18/08/2023 - 11:49am Private equity debt financing partners Jonathan Homer and Bruce Stainers have joined Troutman Pepper's Corporate Practice Group in New York and San Francisco, respectively. Homer joins from Gibson Dunn and Steinert from Perkins Coie.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

Bain Capital Credit’s Private Credit Group invested in 30 businesses across 15 industries in H1 2023, supporting the refinancing, leveraged buyout, and add-on acquisition activity of both new and existing portfolio companies. Like this article?

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 13, 2023

The fund will target investments, primarily through secondary market purchases or other secondary transactions (through both LP and GP-led transactions), in private equity funds that generally focus on leveraged buyout, growth, or restructuring transactions. Like this article?

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

PE firm Roark closing in on $9.6bn Subway deal Submitted 22/08/2023 - 11:28am Roark Capital, a US private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in the franchise/multi-location, restaurant and food, health and wellness, and business services sectors, is closing in on a $9.6bn deal to acquire sandwich chain Subway, according to a report (..)

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 25, 2023

Private credit firms discussing $3.4bn Hyland loan package Submitted 25/08/2023 - 11:11am A group of private-credit lenders led by Golub Capital, Ares Management Corp, Blue Owl Capital, and Oak Hill Advisors, are in talks to extend a $3.25bn loan to Hyland Software Inc, so the company can refinance existing debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

PE firms adding hedge funds to approved lender lists Submitted 16/08/2023 - 11:22am Private equity firms, including buyout major KKR & Co, are beginning to add hedge funds to their 'white lists' of approved lenders used to arrange funding for leveraged buyout deals, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

CVC Capital Partners revives stock market listing plan Submitted 15/08/2023 - 11:03am CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe's largest buyout investment firms, is again looking at a multibillion-euro stock market listing that could happen before the end of this year, according to a report by the Financial Times. Like this article?

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

CVC agrees €1bn deal for Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners Submitted 05/09/2023 - 11:29am European private equity firm CVC has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners in a deal worth around €1bn in cash and shares, with a commitment to acquire the remaining shares "over time".

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

CVC to pay €1bn for Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners Submitted 05/09/2023 - 11:29am European private equity firm CVC has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners in a deal worth around €1bn in cash and shares, with a commitment to acquire the remaining shares "over time".

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 23, 2023

The Guernsey-based tax exile and karaoke enthusiast has been one of the most visible faces in European private equity, whose career in the buyout industry has spanned some three decades. In 2002, he spun the unit out of Nomura to form his own firm, Terra Firma Capital Partners, which raised €2.1 billion for its debut fund.

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JMI Equity

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Earlier, Suken worked as an investment banker in the financial sponsors group at Morgan Stanley, where he advised software, information technology and other companies on leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings including the sale of DoubleClick to Google.

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Blackstone

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With slower bank and leveraged loan growth, demand for partners in private credit is high. Private credit provided 65% of loans for the leveraged buyout (LBO) market in 2021 and 86% for the market as of year to date 2023. First, a low fund leverage profile increases fund liquidity and/or capital available for investment.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

Credit crusaders fill the wall street void Submitted 27/06/2023 - 1:54pm This article first appeared in the March 2023 T ech Buyouts Insights Report Private credit funds could become a more permanent fixture in tech’s leveraged buyout market thanks to their speed of execution and reliability, especially in challenging macroeconomic conditions.

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Oakhill

MAY 4, 2023

Menlo Park, CA and Birmingham, AL – May 4, 2023 – Oak Hill Capital (“Oak Hill”) has committed $150 million in primary capital to Lit Communities (“Lit”) to further fund and accelerate the construction of Lit’s fiber-based network in unserved and underserved communities across the United States. Stephens Inc.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 1, 2024

billion, and accounted for about 13 per cent of the pension fund’s total assets as of March 31, 2023. Aren't leveraged buyouts in the doldrums? In 2023, 38 per cent fewer buyout funds closed, and deal values have fallen by 60 per cent over the past two years. BCI’s private equity portfolio was worth $28.3-billion,

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 20, 2023

Bloomberg ) • It’s 2023, where are the sex robots? Prior to founding New Mountain Capital in 1999, he was co-founder of the Leverage Buyout Group of Goldman Sachs, where he did $3+ billion of transactions before joining Forstmann Little as a partner, where he oversaw $10+ billion in capital.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

“It gets back to the ability to grow the operating performance of the companies and making sure that returns” come from that rather than from “financial leverage,” he tells Bloomberg. trillion at the end of June 2023. CVC Capital Partners came up with a novel use of extra leverage during its March IPO of Douglas AG.

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Axial

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Select the images below to review the lists for Independent Sponsors and Family Offices from 2023. million in EBITDA seeking a growth-oriented partner and distressed businesses that are over leveraged and/or operate in out-of-favor sectors. Today we are featuring the 25 Most Active Private Equity Firms on the Axial platform.

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