Private Equity Insights

MARCH 12, 2025

Lower interest rates are expected to further fuel leveraged buyouts, setting the stage for an active 2025, Deloitte reported. Restructuring will be a key driver of South Koreas M&A landscape as companies divest non-core assets and cash-generating units to strengthen financial stability. increase from the previous year.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 19, 2025

The deal marks a significant exit for the British buyout firm following heightened regulatory scrutiny of private equity ownership in the insurance sector. Since then, the insurer has expanded through acquisitions, including Skandia and Entis, growing its assets under management from 5bn to 67bn and its policyholder base from 600,000 to 3.4

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 31, 2025

Private equity funds returned 3.09%, slightly edging out private credits 3.06%, driven by increased buyout activity, lower interest rates, and narrowing private debt spreads. State Streets Nan Zhang believes private equity could continue to gain momentum if inflation remains stable and buyout performance strengthens.

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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

JANUARY 22, 2025

In the buyout category, $197.2m As of December 31, 2024, private equity accounts for 16.71% of the pensions total assets, while private credit represents 0.38%. The pension committed $155m to growth-focused private equity funds, including $50m to Bansk Fund II, $30m to GTCR Strategic Growth Fund II, and $75m to TPG Growth VI.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 30, 2023

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 1, 2024

European private equity major EQT has closed the largest buyout fund in the firm’s 30-year history with €22bn in total capital commitments, taking firm-wide assets to €232bn, according to a report by the Financial Times. read more The post EQT closes largest ever buyout fund at €22bn appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

Ultra-rich individuals and families worth more than $150bn are helping drive a resurgence in private equity buyouts, providing capital for some of the year’s biggest acquisitions to overcome a tough dealmaking environment. Goldman Sachs Asset Management closed its purchase of Norwegian e-learning platform Kahoot!

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 22, 2025

MorganFranklin Cyber completed a private equity-backed management buyout, becoming an independent cybersecurity firm with majority ownership held by Boston-based MC Partners. read more The post MorganFranklin Cyber goes independent with private equity backing appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 22, 2024

Rumors emerged earlier this month that private equity firms are considering a buyout. While some sort of buyout looks like the most likely path for Peloton, either by private equity or a larger company looking to scoop up the brand, any deal is unlikely to save longtime shareholders from enormous losses.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Warburg Pincus, a leading private equity firm managing approximately $86bn in assets, has no immediate plans to pursue an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report by Reuters quoting CEO Jeffrey Perlman at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Tuesday. The industry bought a lot in 2021. It was a tough vintage, Perlman said.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 22, 2025

read more MorganFranklin Cyber goes independent with private equity backing MorganFranklin Cyber completed a private equity-backed management buyout, becoming an independent. read more The post Bridgepoint finalises Eckoh acquisition to drive expansion and innovation appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

Buyout firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP) and its co-investors are edging closer to agreeing a deal for the $30bn sale of Calpine to Constellation Energy, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2023

is leading a €950m ($1bn) loan package to back Permira’s buyout of Gossler, Gobert & Wolters, people with knowledge of the matter said. Other lenders supporting the transaction include Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Hayfin Capital Management. is leading a €950m ($1bn) loan package to back Permira’s buyout of Gossler, Gobert.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

Major transactions included a $6.9bn consortium deal for investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown, a $5.5bn buyout of cyber security company Darktrace by Thoma Bravo, and Brookfield’s $3.8bn investment in French renewable energy developer Neoen. Smaller deals saw faster growth globally than in Europe.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The New York-based private equity firm, which focuses on middle-market buyouts and growth investments, first backed Simple Mills in October 2019, becoming its largest shareholder. The deal marks the end of Vestars five-year investment in the company, during which it played a pivotal role in scaling the brands growth.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Buyout firms have long relied on controversial loans backed by equity stakes to enhance fund returns, but growing investor criticism has triggered a slowdown, according to a report by Bloomberg UK. Many firms borrowed against their portfolio companies to sustain the private market boom while dealmaking dwindled.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Moonfares portfolio investments provide diversified exposure across buyout, growth equity, venture, and infrastructure. With over 3.3bn ($3.4bn) in assets under management and nearly 5,000 investors, Moonfare has built a global network of 71,000 family offices, industrial families, and private investors.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

The report found there are four trends reshaping healthcare PE: Mid-market funds innovate Mid-market healthcare funds, which have outperformed the broader market, continue to innovate and maintain buyout activity and exits since 2020. These funds raised around $59bn since 2022, a 40% increase from the previous three years.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Goldman unit is in advanced discussions with Trackunits current owner, buyout firm Hg, about a transaction that could value the company at over $1bn, the sources said, requesting anonymity due to the confidential nature of the talks. Bloomberg News reported that Hg began seeking interest from potential buyers last year.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Deutsche Numis surveyed 200 senior private equity executives, who expressed growing interest in public-to-private transactions, with 26% of respondents identifying public assets as their primary pipeline focus – a notable increase from just 14% in 2023.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

This potential higher bid adds a layer of competition to HKBNs lengthy buyout process. I Squared Capital, which manages over $40bn in assets, had also engaged in discussions for a potential HKBN buyout in 2023, but those talks did not result in a deal. HKBN shares closed at HKD5.25

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 23, 2024

They've made it more expensive for the company to borrow money to finance new investments and refinance existing funding, including the scheduled buyouts of convertible equity portfolio financing (CEPFs). It intends to use the proceeds to complete all the planned buyouts of CEPFs through 2025.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

British private equity firm Apax has beaten off competition from rival buyout firm Bridgepoint to acquire the accounting arm of Evelyn Partners, in a deal valued at around £700m, according to a report by CityWire. The sale paves the way for Evelyn Partners to focus solely on its wealth management business.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Alperovich has extensive experience advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a broad range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, minority and growth investments, joint ventures, carve-outs and divestitures, restructurings, SPACs and de-SPACs, and investments in general partners.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The firm, which raised a record $25bn for its flagship buyout fund in 2022, sees untapped potential in transactions involving companies valued below $1.5bn. “Our deal teams might see 10 high-quality opportunities of this size that currently don’t fit within our existing fund structure,” Maldonado said.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One of the stocks that's suffered the most is NextEra Energy Partners (NYSE: NEP) , owner of one of the largest fleets of wind and solar assets in the world. NextEra's assets generally come with long-term contracts to sell electricity to utilities, which lock in cash flow for years and sometimes decades. billion to $2.1

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 24, 2024

The other aspect of the company's strategic plan is selling its natural gas pipeline assets to repay funding as it matures and finance future renewable energy acquisitions. Meanwhile, the company expects to sell its remaining gas pipeline assets (Meade) in 2025 to address maturing funding associated with that business.

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Its expertise includes recapitalizations, growth capital, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs, and restructurings. ” Fortress Investment Group , a global investment firm with over $48 billion in assets under management, serves more than 2,000 institutional clients and private investors worldwide.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2025

billion in Amazon stock accounts for roughly 24% of Berkshire's $289 billion of invested assets. However, General Re also owned a specialty investment firm known as New England Asset Management (NEAM). When the buyout of General Re was completed in December 1998, Buffett's company became NEAM's new owner. Collectively, the $67.1

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The GXO buyout equation The news of a potential sale comes as a surprise as GXO has been growing through acquisitions, and seemed set to continue that strategy after bringing Clipper Logistics, PFSweb, and Wincanton into the fold over the last three years. On Thursday, investors were greeted by news that GXO could sell itself.

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AltAssets

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Private equity major Warburg Pincus has raised more than $2.2bn for its first multi-asset continuation fund. The post Warburg Pincus picks up HarbourVest, Ardian, CPPIB backing for $2.2bn multi-asset continuation fund appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Vitruvian Partners, a PE firm focused on investments in middle market companies, has closed its latest buyout fund, Vitruvian Investment Partnership V (VIP V), at €7.3bn ($8.1bn) in total capital commitments, surpassing its initial target of €6.5bn.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The sale comes amid a surge in private equity-led buyouts in Japan, as companies divest non-core assets to enhance corporate and shareholder value.

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Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Buyout 84

Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Deals of this magnitude remain uncommon in the buyout world. Such high-profile transactions are gaining prominence as private equity firms face challenges selling assets acquired during the low-interest-rate boom of the late 2010s.

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Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Law Firms Investors 98

Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Devon Energy said on Monday it had entered into a deal to acquire certain assets of Bakken-focused energy producer Grayson Mill Energy, which is owned by private equity firm EnCap, in a cash-and-stock deal worth $5 billion. In June, the private equity firm sold some shale assets of XCL Resources for about $2 billion.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

According to a recent release, the fund raised in just four months and attracting a diverse range of investors from across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East includes public and private pension funds, asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and financial institutions, among its investor base.

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