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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Värde Partners, a global alternative investment firm specialising in credit and credit-related strategies, committed $1.3bn across its asset-based lending and diversified private credit platform during 2023. The investments facilitated approximately $9bn of commercial and consumer loans in North America and Europe.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has signed a $15 billion revolving credit facility with a group of banks, replacing a previous funding agreement it reached in 2021. The Public Investment Fund, chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said the loan has a tenor of three years, with an option to extend by up to two more years.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Singapore-based alternative investment firm SeaTown Holdings International on Tuesday said it has raised more than $1.3 billion for its second private credit fund from limited partners including insurance companies and family offices. billion private credit fund A unit of Singapore’s state-owned investor Temasek Holdings Pte.

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JUNE 28, 2023

British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is mulling the sale of $2 billion in private equity assets in the secondary market to raise capital for other investments, according to people familiar with the matter. A spokesperson for the Victoria, British Columbia-based fund declined to comment. The pension fund held C$28.3

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment firm with over $60bn in assets under management, has held the final close of its oversubscribed Venture Innovation Fund IV programme (VIF IV) with more than $1.2 billion in capital commitments.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

Windjammer Capital Investors (Windjammer), a private equity investment firm focused on control equity investments in middle-market businesses, has closed its sixth fund, Windjammer Capital Fund VI (Fund VI), at its hard cap with $1.3bn in capital commitments. billion) in assets have. trillion ($965.47

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

Asset managers must shift their focus to private markets if they want to remain competitive, according to a new report from Bain & Co, with the consultancy firm warning that traditional models centred on public markets are becoming outdated, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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JULY 18, 2023

Angelo Gordon, a $73bn alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing, today announced the final close of the AG Asset Based Credit Fund, L.P. the “Fund”) with over $1bn of equity commitments, exceeding its $800m target. in March 2023 with over $1.3

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APRIL 12, 2024

Infrastructure private investment firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), has held the final closing of the GIP Australia Fund II (GIPA II) with aggregate committed capital of AUD4bn (£2.1bn), at the upper end of its AUD3bn to AUD4bn target range. GIP currently manages investments in nine infrastructure assets in Australia.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Brookfield Business Partners, which is $850bn Brookfield Asset Management’s business services and industrials unit, and its partners acquired Westinghouse out of bankruptcy in early 2018 for approximately $4.6bn. Westinghouse, however, has $3.8

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JUNE 29, 2023

Read more Cathay Capital Announces Final Close of $270 Million Growth Private Equity Fund Cathay Capital Private Equity, a leading international investment firm, announces the final. billion Permian asset sale appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Brookfield Asset Management has raised $2.4bn for its Catalytic Transition Fund (CTF), a climate-focused fund backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) aimed at scaling climate finance in emerging markets, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Ex-Goldman Partners to launch new private credit investment firm Submitted 08/09/2023 - 10:51am Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc partners Tom Connolly and Mike Koester are looking to capitalise on the recent growth in the burgeoning private credit space with the launch of a new, New York-based firm, 5C Investment Partners.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Bahrain-based alternative asset manager Investcorp is launching a $750m climate fund, anchored by sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat. Mumtalakat, also based in Bahrain, did not disclose how much it was investing in the fund. Investcorp, founded in 1982, has $50bn in assets under management.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission is gearing up to pass sweeping regulations for private equity groups, hedge funds, and real estate investment firms that aim to bring oversight and transparency in line with US stock exchanges. Private funds, not so much. Private funds manage $25 trillion in assets globally.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Global investment firm, Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) today announced the final close of its inaugural collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) captive equity fund, CLO Partners. The fund raised more than $600 million, exceeding its initial $500 million target. per share, private equity firm Sycamore Partners.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm focused on the software sector with a particular focus on enterprise solutions, is planning to raise about $2bn in capital commitments for a new flagship buyout fund. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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JUNE 28, 2023

CVC Capital Partners, the third-biggest Europe-based private equity firm according to the PEI 300, is on track to raise what would be the largest-ever private equity fund, defying the market’s choppy waters. It is unclear when the fund will hold its final close. billion, according to PEI data. read more H.I.G.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Four of New York City’s five public employee pension funds, catering for teachers, police officers, firefighters and civil servants, are to up their allocations to private equity and other illiquid asset classes, as they look to boost investment returns, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 7, 2024

Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specialising in infrastructure and real assets, has held the final close of its Stonepeak Opportunities Fund at its revised hard cap of $3.15bn, after strong investor demand exceeded the original $2.5bn target. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised on the fund.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Investment firm Barings LLC, with a robust presence in the Asia Pacific region, is set to launch an Australian private credit fund, aiming to raise A$1.4bn ($893m) from institutional and high net-worth investors. and AirAsia have increasingly turned to debt funds for financing. Star Entertainment Group Ltd.,

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JANUARY 26, 2024

MMC 22, Bain Capital Credit’s fourth fund in its private credit strategy, is intended to provide flexible, junior debt to middle market companies with EBITDA between $25m to $75m, located across the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The firm’s predecessor fund, Bain Capital Middle Market Credit 2018, closed with $975m in 2019.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

European buyout group PAI Partners said it had raised 7.1bn euros ($7.59bn) for its latest fund, surpassing its target despite difficulties in drawing new money by private equity groups. European assets under management are forecast to grow 8.4 billion euros in 2018, the company said. percent by 2028, down from 12.2

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

RoundShield, a private investment firm focused on European asset-backed private credit opportunities and capital solutions, has closed the RS Fund V with over $1bn in capital commitments – $150m above its fundraising target. Over 80% of the investors in Fund V have invested in a previous RoundShield fund.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Allianz Global Investors has raised €1bn at the final close of its infrastructure private equity fund’s second vintage. The Allianz Global Diversified Infrastructure Equity Fund II raised €550m after its first close in May. Around 60% of its funds have already been committed to investments.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Bahrain-based alternative asset manager Investcorp is aiming to raise 2bn to 4bn yuan ($274m-$548m) for its first private equity fund in the Chinese currency, its executive said, to explore buyout opportunities in the country. Some private equity and venture funds are stepping up efforts to raise yuan funds.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Swedish investment firm EQT, Europe’s largest private equity house with over €200bn in assets under management, is looking to raise $12.5bn for a new fund which will focus on investments in the Asian market, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Paine Schwartz Partners , a NYC-based private equity firm which specializes in sustainable food chain investing, closed its $1.7bn food and agribusiness-focused Fund VI. Fund VI is exclusively focused on sustainable investments in the food and agribusiness sector. Source: FINSMES Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Charlesbank Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm, announced today that it has successfully completed fundraising for Charlesbank Technology Opportunities Fund II. read more The post Charlesbank Capital Partners Closes Technology Opportunities Fund II at $1.275bn appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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JUNE 21, 2024

Charlesbank Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm, announced today that it has successfully completed fundraising for Charlesbank Technology Opportunities Fund II. read more The post Charlesbank Capital Partners Closes Technology Opportunities Fund II at $1.275bn appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Los Angeles-based investment firm Faes & Co has partnered with $4.7bn UK multi-asset manager Triple Point, providing the former with $100m to support the US expansion of its real estate bridging finance business, F2 Finance.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Singapore state investment firm Temasek’s wholly owned unit True Light Capital said on Thursday it raised $3.3bn in its flagship fund that invests in Greater China and has now closed it to new capital. The closing of the fund indicates that True Light can now focus on investing the capital.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Investment firm Starwood Capital is aiming to raise a sizeable war chest to invest in data centers. As reported by Pere and Bisnow, Starwood has launched capital raising for Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XIII, with an equity target of $10bn. The company has around $115bn in assets under management.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Värde Partners, a global alternative investment firm specialising in credit and credit-related strategies, committed $1.3bn across its asset-based lending and diversified private credit platform during 2023. The investments facilitated approximately $9bn of commercial and consumer loans in North America and Europe.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 8, 2023

co-founder Josh Harris’s investment firm 26North Partners aims to raise $3bn to $4bn for its first private equity fund, according to people familiar with the matter. 26North hired Mark Weinberg, who helped lead US private equity at Brookfield Asset Management, to run buyouts last year. Apollo Global Management Inc.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company and France’s national investment bank Bpifrance will jointly invest in global technology investment company Partech’s latest Africa-focused venture capital fund – Partech Africa II, as it looks to build its portfolio of assets globally.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

investment firm KKR & Co is looking to raise up to $7bn for its first global climate fund that seeks to invest in energy transition opportunities, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. pledged $3bn to the Green Climate Fund, an international fund dedicated to climate action.

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