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Searchlight acquires Gresham House for £470m

Private Equity Insights

The offer values asset manager Gresham at around £469.8m Read more Paceline Equity Partners Backs $175m Merger of GCOM Software and OnCore Consulting An affiliate of Paceline Equity Partners, LLC , a Dallas-based private equity manager, today. higher at 1,064.25 on a fully diluted basis, or £440.6m

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Keensight Capital raises €2.8bn for European healthcare and tech company investments

Private Equity Wire

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to making European growth buyout investments with offices in Paris, London and Boston, has raised €2.8bn in funds to invest in companies operating in the technology and healthcare sectors.

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Private Equity Wire US Awards 2024 winners announced

Private Equity Wire

The winners are: Managers Performance of the Year – Capital Raise: Buyout – Hellman & Friedman (Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners XI) Performance of the Year – Capital Raise: Fund of Funds – Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Private Equity Managers 2023) Performance of the Year – Capital Raise: Growth – Wellington Management (..)

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PE deal-making reaches 74% of 2023 value by Q3 2024

Private Equity Wire

By the third quarter of 2024, the sector raised $482bn across 646 funds, buoyed by growing interest from non-institutional investors, including family offices and wealth managers. These groups joined traditional institutional backers such as insurance companies and asset managers, helping sustain fundraising momentum.

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Navigating risk in private equity through tailored insurance solutions

Private Equity Wire

This is largely due to the emergence of start-ups backed by Private Equity and Managing General Agents (MGAs), attracting talent from established insurance houses. This influx has increased insurer capacity, especially in the London market, providing Private Equity managers with better options.

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Brookfield invests $1bn in 17Capital’s NAV private credit funds

Private Equity Wire

Brookfield Credit, the $305bn private credit investment division of $1tn-plus global alternative asset manager Brookfield Asset Management, is to make a $1bn investment in 17Capital’s net-asset-value private credit strategies.

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ICYMI: WSJ Editorial Board Highlights Private Equity’s Legal Victory Against the FTC 

American Investment Council

District Court for the Southern District of Texas recently dismissed claims brought by the FTC against private equity firm Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) over claims regarding U.S. The FTC sued private-equity manager Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and U.S.

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