Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The chief executive at the time resigned to take responsibility for the chaos, after which the board began soliciting bids to take the company private. Read more Goldman Sachs Raises $15bn to Buy Stakes in Private Equity Funds Goldman Sachs' asset management arm said two funds have closed, raising more than $15bn for funds.

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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., Peter Zhu, managing director at Macquarie Group Ltd.’s Key investors such as KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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. These structures typically offer period redemption opportunities up to a certain amount, usually 5% of net asset value per quarter.

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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., Peter Zhu, managing director at Macquarie Group Ltd.’s Key investors such as KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The private equity backer of Six Nations Rugby is drawing up plans for a £1.5bn bid for Audiotonix, the British-based manufacturer of equipment used by bands such as Coldplay. Sky News has learnt that CVC Capital Partners is among the private equity firms examining offers for the Chessington-based company.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

The private equity firm is in the early stages of exploring a sale of the Hungary-based pet food manufacturer, which could be valued at more than €2bn ($2.2bn), according to one of the people. Apollo Global Management Inc. The private equity firm acquired the business in 2018.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 29, 2023

Authentic Brands Group has raised $500 million from its existing investor General Atlantic, bringing the private equity firm’s investment in the apparel chain operator to nearly $2 billion. Nearly four months after submitting its IPO paperwork in 2021, Authentic Brands sold stakes to a private equity firm.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Private equity firms TA Associates and Warburg Pincus are exploring a sale of portfolio company Procare Solutions, a provider of child-care management software, that could value the business at nearly $2bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

TPG Inc-backed hospital group Columbia Asia Sdn Bhd and Sunway Medical Centre, a unit of Kuala Lumpur-listed Sunway Bhd, were picked to proceed to the next round of bidding, said the people. Binding bids for Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care Sdn Bhd are due in October, the people said.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

GLP Capital Partners (GCP), an alternative asset manager based in Singapore, has established its first commingled clean energy strategy in China, raising 4bn yuan ($555m) in total capital commitments from domestic institutions. The fund’s overall investment is expected to reach 20bn yuan.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Nexi SpA jumped as much as 19% after people with knowledge of the matter said CVC Capital Partners is in the early stages of considering a potential bid for European payments firm. The buyout group has been evaluating Nexi for some time, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 13, 2023

Its owner of nearly a decade, American asset management firm Goldentree is said to be in talks with investment banks to explore a potential sale of the chain, with sources telling The Sunday Times that it is gunning for a £1.2bn offer for the 595 hotels. It was then taken over by GoldenTree in 2012.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

Gresham House in July agreed with Seed Bidco Ltd, a newly incorporated entity formed by funds advised by Searchlight at 1,105 pence per share bid. The offer values asset manager Gresham at around £469.8m read more The post Searchlight acquires Gresham House for £470m appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

Air-France-KLM disclosed that it is in talks with Apollo Global Management, a private equity firm, regarding a €1.5bn ($1.64bn) financing package supported by its frequent flyer program, Flying Blue.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The private equity firm is in discussions with Global Switch’s Chinese owners about a potential deal, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. EQT was among the buyout firms that were in the final round of bidding for Global Switch, Bloomberg News reported in late 2022.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Investcorp, the Middle East’s biggest alternative asset manager, acquired a 50% stake in New York-based private equity firm Corsair Capital’s $4.8bn infrastructure business. Investcorp Corsair Infrastructure Partners will include the infrastructure business’ existing funds, investments and team.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The lead investors in the round were private equity firms Stonepeak Partners, Lineage and Losa Group. Neal Rider, CEO of Emergent Cold LatAm, said: “This equity raise validates the strength of our investment thesis and demonstrates our investors’ confidence in the company’s business and management team.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Other lenders supporting the transaction include Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Hayfin Capital Management. The Permira funds are excited to support GGW Group and the management team on their growth journey towards becoming the No. Permira confirmed the agreement to acquire GGW in a statement.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 8, 2024

Mattioli Woods looks set to be sold in a £432m deal to private equity firm Pollen Street Capital. The firm’s directors have recommended that shareholders vote through the deal at a general meeting. Pollen Street has launched the takeover bid using a company called Tiger Bidco.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

Landmark Management has sold a 40% stake to Rosemont to help the firm’s founder execute an internal succession plan. Private equity firm Rosemont Investment Group has acquired a 40% stake in Landmark Management, a New York-based multi-family office that oversees about $4.5bn in non-discretionary client assets.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Lower borrowing costs enable private equity firms to take on more debt, making them stronger contenders in competitive bidding for acquisition targets. In the US, they could raise about $5.5bn in senior loans and $3.5bn in bonds, with an additional £2bn available as junior capital from private credit firms.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 16, 2023

Investcorp, an alternative asset manager that counts Mubadala Investment Company as its biggest shareholder, has distributed $1.2bn in total to its GCC-based investors over the past 12 months, driven by “several value realisation initiatives”.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

Ares Management Corp. faces the sort of quandary that other financial firms might find enviable. It has vaulted to the top rungs of the alternative-asset management world by focusing on what it does best: private credit. At the time, other future giants of alternative-asset management — KKR & Co.,

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 4, 2024

billion) from private equity firms Arkhouse Management and asset manager Brigade Capital Management. Over the weekend, these would-be buyers raised their bid for Macy's to $24 a share ($6.6 billion) -- and Macy's stock is going up again -- 15.6% through 10:35 a.m.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

Leading investors in the recap included a Stonepeak managed vehicle anchored by Mercer and Aware Super, and direct investments from the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (“IMCO”) and APG Asset Management (“APG”). Billion Loan for AirTrunk Bid Private equity firm Blackstone Inc.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Alright, Bert Clark wrote an excellent overview of 2023 from IMCO's perspective, highlighting why proper diversification across public and private markets helped the organization withstand the shock over the past two years where stocks and bonds got hurt (until mid-October where long bonds rallied hard).

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Pension Pulse

JULY 10, 2024

Neil Callanan of Bloomberg reports distressed commercial property buyers see ‘exceptional bargains’: Distressed investors see one of the best opportunities in a generation to buy troubled US real estate assets as the commercial property crash continues to roil the market. Private equity firms are already positioning to take advantage.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In fact, the number of deals across the entire private equity portfolio has slowed significantly in the last two years. “We We have submitted bids, but we often come in far below the winning bid and in retrospect we are happy that we’ve missed these investments.” “We use our secondaries to adjust the portfolio here.”

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 20, 2023

One of the things they have been doing over the last three years is really building out their third party asset management business, raising funds for private capital from institutional investors globally, including ourselves, we put some money into the fund. And then Antares had a phenomenal year.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

Management fees increased by $165 million, due to an increase in average assets managed by external fund managers. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is one of the world’s oldest private equity firms and focuses on upper middle market and large value-oriented buyouts, as well as build-ups in North America and Western Europe.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

An arm of Canadian investment giant Brookfield has made a cash and stock bid for American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. valuing the insurance firm at about $4.3 is proposing to buy all the American Equity shares it doesn’t already own for $55 apiece, according to a statement. The bid includes $38.85

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 30, 2025

The founding family of Seven & i is in talks with Thailands Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group to secure funding for a management buyout aimed at blocking a $47bn takeover bid from Alimentation Couche-Tard. If completed, the dealvalued at approximately $58bnwould be Japans largest-ever management buyout. Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 10, 2025

bids, represents an 8.7% bids, represents an 8.7% The bidding war has intensified after Brookfield Asset Management entered the fray last month with a matching bid. Market analysts suggest a final knockout bid of AUD5.20 The revised offer of AUD5 per share, up from their initial AUD4.60

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

Generali and Groupe BPCE, parent company of Natixis Investment Managers, have agreed to merge their asset management operations, forming a joint venture managing 1.9tn ($1.98tn) in AUM. This announcement comes amid increasing consolidation in the asset management sector.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 31, 2025

The move reflects broader industry momentum towards greater data transparency and operational efficiency in alternative asset management. Source: Asset Servicing Times If you think we missed any important news, please do not hesitate to contact us at news@pe-insights.com. Can`t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

set a deadline for binding takeover offers from private equity firms Bain Capital, CC Capital Partners, and Brookfield Asset Managements UK unit, with bids due by the end of the month. Despite Brookfield’s late entry into the contest, Insignia has not extended the bidding timeline.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The AUD3.1bn ($2bn) bidding war has intensified, with all three private equity firms submitting preliminary offers of AUD4.60 Founded in 1846, Insignia Financial has grown into a major player in Australias AUD4tn pension industry, offering financial advisory and retirement savings management services.

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