Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

With AI-driven portfolio monitoring, automated data collection, and performance tracking, private equity firms and other alternative asset managers can enhance efficiency, reduce manual workflows, and make data-driven investment decisions.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Brookfield Asset Management is targeting at least $7bn for its fourth infrastructure debt fund, expanding one of the largest strategies in the sector. The fund focuses on real estate secondaries, acquiring stakes in mature funds, providing liquidity to limited partners, and recapitalising existing assets. Read more here.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 23, 2023

Dallas-based private equity firm Merit Energy Co has set aside $1bn, including $485m in a just-closed fund, in dry powder through a strategy that targets mature oil-and-gas fields, the Wall Street Journal reports in an exclusive article. Indeed, the company currently has no assets in some of the most popular U.S.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The deal adds 645 rooms to the private equity real estate firm’s growing hospitality portfolio, reinforcing its presence in key European markets. The hotels, built between 2000 and 2011, are located in Paris Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris Montreuil, Paris Saint-Denis, Lille, and Cannes.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 25, 2024

, the global learning and engagement platform company, today announced the delisting from Oslo Børs, in a successful acquisition process led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Last July, Kangaroo BidCo AS announced a recommended voluntary offer from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, with co-investors General Atlantic FT B.V.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Enlightenment Capital, a private equity firm specialising in Aerospace, Defence, Government, and Technology (ADG&T), has held the final close of its fifth investment fund, which was oversubscribed, with $825m in capital commitments. The capital raised marks a 50% increase from its previous fund.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Grifols shares tumbled 10% on Wednesday after sources revealed that Canadian private investment giant Brookfield Asset Management is planning to abandon its takeover bid for the Spanish pharmaceutical company, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Currently managing over $80bn, General Atlantic is expected to reach around $100bn in assets upon finalising its acquisition of UK-based private equity firm Actis. Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, which collectively manage more than $4tn, are increasingly driving global investment trends.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 17, 2023

The discussions were said to centre around 777 raising debt and equity with a view to expanding the ambitions of PCP to acquire stakes in more football clubs to create a multi-club portfolio, something that has grown in popularity in recent years as ownership groups look to find synergies, both financially and competitively, across their assets.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

UK merchant banking group Close Brothers Group has officially announced the sale of its wealth management and financial planning division, Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM), to US private equity firm Oaktree for up to £200m, According to a market announcement, the deal consists of an upfront payment of £172m, consisting of £146m from Oaktree and (..)

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The London-based private equity firm expects to launch fundraising in the second quarter of 2025 and targets a first close by year-end. Investor preferences have shifted toward larger asset managers with diversified strategies or niche specialists, making fundraising more competitive.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Blue Owl and Hayfin Capital Management are also expanding their presence in the region. In June, Pemberton Asset Management, one of Europes largest private-credit investors, raised over $1bn in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to support private equity firms.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A consortium led by Mubadala Capital-backed private equity firm Fortress Investment Group and BlackRock is among several parties evaluating bids for Viridium Group, a German life insurance consolidator, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

Private equity firms increased their activity in Europe last year, capitalising on the continent’s economic difficulties to acquire large companies at lower valuations, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

KKR, which made the investment through its private credit funds and accounts, said the deal aligns with its asset-based finance strategy. Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up In late June, asset manager Ares Management also inked a deal with PacWest Bancorp for a $3.54

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 31, 2025

The reports cites LSEG data as revealing that the worlds largest alternative asset manager posted a 56% surge in distributable earnings, reaching $2.2bn, or $1.69 per share, surpassing analyst expectations of $1.46. Blackstones fourth-quarter inflows totalled $57.5bn, bringing full-year inflows to $171.5bn.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Keyhaven Capital Partners (Keyhaven), a specialist private equity firm dedicated to the European lower mid-market through co-underwriting transactions with local sponsors, has strengthened its Investor Relations team with two new hires.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Goldman Sachs’ asset management arm said two funds have closed, raising more than $15bn for funds that enable investors to make secondary investments in existing private equity deals. read more Toshiba says $13.5bn takeover bid by JIP succeeds, set to go private Private equity fund Japan Industrial Partners Inc.’s

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Mubadala Investment Company , Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investment arm, has formed a strategic partnership with New York-based alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital as it seeks to co-invest in private credit opportunities amid a tightening monetary environment around the world.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2023

‘The special structure of this cross-asset fund makes private markets also available to new investor groups within our professional investor client group.’ Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up AllianzGI manages around €90bn in private market assets.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Surprisingly, private equity firms are at the forefront of this trend, investing heavily in solar, wind, biomass, and other renewables. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., Peter Zhu, managing director at Macquarie Group Ltd.’s Key investors such as KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The New York-based investment manager is planning to raise funds through collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) secured by the loans held by its flagship $52bn private credit fund, the report added, citing documents viewed by the newspaper. Blackstone did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

The London arm of Kuwait Investment Authority, which manages the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has $250bn of assets under management, KIA Chairman Saad Al Barrak said. The London office has been a prolific investor, and participated in the US listing of private equity firm TPG. The London arm of.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 17, 2023

Aware Super, with A$160 billion ($102 billion) in assets, will set up in the district of St. James, popular with hedge funds and private equity firms, and plans to have a team of 14 by year end, according to Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of International Damien Webb, who will relocate to London in October.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Private equity firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman are jockeying to buy the electronic signature platform, but the discussions are still ongoing and could change, the people added. Investment banks are also ahead of their private credit rivals to provide a €3 billion ($3.25 Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

Shares in Peloton soared by as much as 18% on Tuesday after CNBC reported that several private equity firms are cons idering a buyout of the connected fitness company, which is looking to refinance its debt and return to growth after 13 consecutive quarters of losses.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 7, 2024

Private credit investor Pemberton Asset Management is partnering with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to raise at least $1bn to provide net asset value loans to private equity firms, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 7, 2024

French private equity firm Eurazeo has sold its 25% stake in MCH Private Equity, an asset manager specialising in small-cap private equity investments in Spain.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Surprisingly, private equity firms are at the forefront of this trend, investing heavily in solar, wind, biomass, and other renewables. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., Peter Zhu, managing director at Macquarie Group Ltd.’s Key investors such as KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

Toshiba Corp is considering a $20 billion offer from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to take it private, a person familiar with the matter said, as the Japanese industrial conglomerate faces pressure from activist shareholders to improve governance. Other deals by the private equity firm include the $1.5

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Allfunds Group Plc has started gauging takeover interest from private equity firms as the European fund distribution platform considers a possible sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. trillion of assets under administration. Allfunds is working with advisers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

Generally speaking, during the early days of a start-up , founders will raise money from venture capital or private equity firms in exchange for equity. In fact, even Warren Buffett owns a position in Ares through Berkshire Hathaway 's subsidiary New England Asset Management. The company's 9.6%

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

Private equity firms TDR Capital and Sycamore Partners are reportedly considering joining forces in a bid to buy global sandwich chain Subway. JPMorgan Chase & Co, the investment bank advising Subway, has given the private equity firms interested in buying the company a $5 billion acquisition financing plan.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Alternative investment giant Brookfield Asset Management is in advanced talks with Castlelake over the acquisition of a majority stake in the $22bn private credit manager, a specialist in aircraft leasing, according to a report by the Financial Times. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Buyout private equity firms are having difficulty offloading companies and returning cash to investors, with direct lenders including Blackstone, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and Neuberger Berman Group swooping in to provide cash, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 22, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources as confirming that the US private equity firm is looking to hire financial advisers help evaluate a sale, although the process is at an early stage and KKR could still decide not to proceed with a deal. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

Pub giant Marston’s has been approached by a US private equity firm over a potential takeover. Shares in the Wolverhampton-based company surged by more than a fifth immediately after it confirmed the proposal regarding a potential cash offer by Platinum Equity Advisors.

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