Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

Disagreements over valuations have been a barrier for buyout firms attempting to exit their portfolio companies, according to a report by Bloomberg, which cites an Ares Management (Ares) executive speaking at this year’s IPEM in Cannes. He said: “There’s a bid/ask spread, and people just wait for better days.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Mark Benedetti, executive president at Ardian SAS, echoed this sentiment, predicting robust private equity deal flow in the fourth quarter of this year and into early 2024. He added that the gap between bid and ask prices should begin to narrow.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

Rolling with the punches Submitted 27/06/2023 - 1:47pm This article first appeared in the March 2023 T ech Buyouts Insights Report The tech buyout market has watched deal activity take a downward trend through Q1 2023. Indeed, tech buyouts have been hit harder than most.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 24, 2023

Despite the challenges buyouts firms are facing, some investors are increasing their bets on the asset class in a bid to profit from cheaper valuations. “I don’t believe that there’s a problem with the quarter lag on the valuation, it really comes down to the processes that are used [for the valuation],” she said.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

There would’ve been no bid. 00:34:48 [Speaker Changed] And, and you mentioned, you know, at times you’re unpopular, but like we talked about earlier in oh 8, 0 9, 0 7, if you are the only bid, I would think people would be grateful that hey, at least somebody’s on the other side of the trade. That’s an example.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Carlyle, Warburg Pincus, and other major global investment firms are ramping up recruitment efforts in Japan as dealmaking accelerates, despite challenges in finding experienced professionals due to historically limited buyout activity, according to a report by Reuters.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 3, 2025

Private equity is the final piece of the puzzle with investments dominated by the buyout program. In September last year, after analysing performance and deal flow, Berg decided to switch to fund investing in Asia and Europe and to focus on buyouts in North America. I think we have gone through the worst.

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