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 Insights

MAY 31, 2024

The Australian Retirement Trust, a pension fund valued at AUD 260bn ($174bn), plans to increase its private credit allocation over the next year, targeting opportunities in Europe and North America. To build its exposure to the asset class, ART plans to blend external managers with its internal team.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Reuters had reported in June that the bidding process for INKA was due to launch in couple of weeks, with other fund administrators, including Universal Investment, owned by private equity firm Montagu, emerging as potential bidders. Read more BlackRock Unveils Climate Policies for $150bn in Funds BlackRock Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Aldar Properties is continuing its foray outside the Middle East with a $111 million co-investment with private equity firm The Carlyle Group in logistics and storage assets across Europe. Aldar will join the Carlyle Europe Realty platform, the investment firm’s pan-European real estate portfolio, as part of the deal.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

Private equity giant Blackstone announced on Tuesday it had sold 3,000 shared-ownership homes to Britain’s biggest private pension fund, in a sign of growing dealmaking by big money managers in the UK housing sector. Source: Reuters Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

The private equity firm is investing through EQT Future, an impact-driven fund with a longer holding period. Rich Families Private equity firms clinched more than $30 billion of deals around the world last week, raising hopes for a revival in mergers and acquisitions following a slow first half of the year.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

Australia’s largest pension fund AustralianSuper intends to nearly double its private equity assets over the next four years, a decision that comes as deal activity picks up following a period of reduced activity due to higher borrowing costs, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

L Catterton, the private equity firm backed by luxury French fashion house LVMH, is looking to sell its stake in Saudi Arabian gourmet food producer and restaurant chain Bateel, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more BlackRock Unveils Climate Policies for $150bn in Funds BlackRock Inc.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

New York-based private equity firm Harvest Partners (Harvest), has closed it latest buyout fund, Harvest Partners IX and its parallel funds (HP IX) with $5.34bn in capital commitments, ahead of its $5.25bn target. Harvest and its affiliates have over $20 billion of assets under management.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Private equity firm Renovus Capital Partners (Renovus) has held the final close of its fourth private equity fund Renovus Capital Partners IV Core Buyout, which was significantly oversubscribed with total capital commitments of $875m. Renovus was advised by Morgan Lewis and Winston & Strawn.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Sinding also highlighted the importance of adding capabilities in secondaries, noting that it would strengthen EQT’s offerings at both the fund and portfolio levels. Other major private equity firms, such as TPG and CVC, have taken similar steps, listing shares to enable growth through diversification, which has bolstered their asset totals.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Ares Asia Direct Lending fund, the company’s first leveraged buyout vehicle for the region, has deployed over A$1.04 as it was delisted by private equity firm TPG Inc.; Allegro Funds as it acquired fuel retailer Gull New Zealand; and BGH Capital’s payments platform Pushpay, the firm said. has raised A$2.6

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 14, 2023

IRA Capital, a private equity firm based in Southern California, has recently announced the launch of the IRA Healthcare Real Estate Fund. The closed-end fund, with a total capitalization of $500m, will focus on acquiring medical properties and senior housing assets across the United States.

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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

AUGUST 7, 2023

Revelstoke Capital Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm with $5.8bn of assets under management, announced today that it has completed the successful fundraising for Revelstoke Capital Partners Fund III, and various affiliated investment vehicles totalling $1.7bn. Since 2018, the firm has raised $3.7

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

Lazard has appointed Guggenheim Securities banker Courtney Haydon as a Managing Director in a move to bolster its private equity and alternative asset management dealmaking efforts, according to a report by Reuters. This new hire is part of Lazard’s broader initiative to enhance its business with private equity firms.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Hassana Investment Company, the investment manager of Saudi Arabia’s $320bn General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) pension fund, is to allocate up to $500m in Brookfield Asset Management’s new Middle East-focused private equity fund.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 30, 2024

Amulet Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm investing in the healthcare sector, has closed Amulet Capital Fund III with approximately $1.2bn in total capital commitments. Following the close, Amulet now manages approximately $2.7bn in assets.

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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 Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The market for secondary sales of private equity (PE) stakes is experiencing unprecedented activity this year as investors look to exit ageing assets due to a cash crunch and a slowdown in dealmaking, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 15, 2023

TA Associates, a leading global private equity firm, announced the completion of fundraising for its latest flagship fund, TA XV, with total limited partner commitments at its hard cap of $16.5bn. Launched in late November 2022, TA XV was oversubscribed and exceeded its initial target size.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

Lone View Capital, an LA-based private equity firm investing in the technology sector, has held final close of its inaugural fund, Lone View Capital Fund I with total committed capital of $850m, bringing the firm’s AUM to approximately $1.1bn. Kirkland & Ellis served as legal counsel for Fund I.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), is set to invest $150m in Apollo Global Management, the world’s second-largest private equity firm. As global funds seek alternative markets for investments and fundraising due to restrictions in China, Korea is emerging as a focal point.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Two of Australia’s largest pension investors pledged to pour $19bn into UK and European markets in coming years, as the industry increasingly looks for opportunities overseas. trillion pension industry, known locally as superannuation, which has increased assets invested overseas in recent years.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Private equity firm Apollo Global (APO.N) is weighing a bid for UK’s Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) in a deal that could value the company at about $6.26bn, Sky News reported on Wednesday. is weighing a bid for UK's Pension Insurance Corporation. Source: Reuters Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm specialising in metals and materials, has sold an 8% minority interest in Sweetwater Royalties, a private industrial minerals royalty company, to a Canadian pension fund for $100m. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

The private equity firm is working with an adviser to sell as much as a 30% stake in Think Gas, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. The asset could attract investment funds and pension funds, the people said.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 4, 2023

Investors in NPV ESG include KLP, a German occupational pension fund, and a large Nordic pension fund. The fund’s projects will be backed by long-term stable cashflows, backed by robust, credit-worthy PPAs leveraging the team’s OECD-based PPA expertise, as well as regulated revenues.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2023

RRJ Capital, the private equity firm founded by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Richard Ong, is seeking to raise as much as $2bn for a new fund that focuses on private credit in Asia. The firm is seeking at least $1.25bn and may raise another $750m, capping the fund size at $2bn, the document shows.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Top global asset managers including BlackRock are among investors in an Asia-focused infrastructure private equity fund that raised $800m, underscoring growing interest in the asset class amid market volatility. The Asia-managed fund says it has already deployed half the money raised in three platforms.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Bank of England (BoE) is intensifying its efforts to closely monitor risks in the non-bank financial sector, which includes private equity firms, hedge funds, and asset managers, according to a report by Institutional Investor. Results from this stress-testing exercise are expected by year-end.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Meanwhile, Michael Dell’s family office partnered with Silver Lake on the biggest private equity buyout this year, a $13 billion deal for talent agency Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Paine Schwartz Partners (Paine Schwartz), a private equity firm focused on companies operating in the global food and agribusiness sectors, has closed its fourth fund with $1.7bn of total capital commitments. The firm currently has $5.7

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Epiris, a private equity firm that targets control positions in UK-headquartered businesses with an enterprise value of between £75m and £500m, has held the final close of Epiris Fund III with total capital commitments of £1.044bn.

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FinSMEs

APRIL 11, 2024

Lone View Capital, a Los Angeles, CA-based private equity firm investing across the technology ecosystem, raised $850M for its inaugural fund.

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FinSMEs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Turnspire Capital Partners, a NYC-based private equity firm, closed Turnspire Value Fund II, L.P. , at $275m in capital commitments. at $275M appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Singapore- and New Delhi-based private equity firm Quadria Capital has marked the first close of its third investment vehicle. “We are on track to reach our final target for this fund, which puts us in good stead to execute our strategy and capitalise on a rich pipeline of opportunities.”

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