Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Private equity firm KKR & Co agreed to acquire Varsity Brands, a U.S. maker of sports uniforms and school yearbooks, from buyout firm Bain Capital for about $4.75 Bain acquired Varsity Brands in 2018 from private equity firms Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group for around $2.5

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Bain Capital is exploring a sale or initial public offering (IPO) of Varsity Brands that could value the U.S. Bain has been interviewing investment banks to hire financial advisers that will help the private equity firm come up with a plan to cash out on its majority stake in Varsity Brands, the sources said.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Golden Goose, in 2020 was acquired by private equity firm Permira, who you can meet at the Nordics Private Equity Conference , is aiming for a listing of the footwear brand in the first half of 2024. If it launches, Golden Goose would be the latest footwear brand to seek a public market listing.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 17, 2024

. “We look at a lot of deals every day,” Kazuhiro Yamada, co-head of the Japan buyout advisory team, said in an interview. Selling to such alternative asset managers is increasingly seen as a palatable way for companies to exit noncore businesses or go private.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Lima is controlled by private equity firm EQT AB. Lima is controlled by private equity firm EQT AB, which Reuters reported in May also considered an initial public offering for the company. Enovis Corp, a U.S. Enovis Corp, a U.S. maker of orthopedic bracing.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The private equity firm is interviewing banks as it considers a potential sale or listing of the Develier, Switzerland-based business, the people said. has been chosen to oversee preparations for a potential initial public offering, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 19, 2024

Some of Britain’s best known private equity-backed companies, including pub operator Punch Taverns and London City Airport, have been named by a buyout industry watchdog for not following its transparency and disclosure guidelines.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Triton is looking to raise as much as €423m ($450m) from an initial public offering of industrial machinery maker Renk AG, adding to a late-year surge in listings activity in Germany. Its private equity owner will sell shares in the company at €15.00 Enovis Corp, a U.S. maker of orthopedic bracing.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The private equity owner of Tropical Smoothie Cafe is preparing to put the U.S. Buyout firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has hired investment bank Robert W. Reuters reported last week that the investment firms that own Chuck E. The company also considered an initial public offering last year, the sources said.

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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. Read more MBK Partners Launches Tender Offer for Stake in Hankook &Co., Source: BNN Bloomberg Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 7, 2023

London’s listed assets have been a bright spot for deals in recent months despite a wider slowdown in the M&A market, with buyout shops tabling offers for FTSE companies that they believe are undervalued. read more The post IK Partners inks £269m takeover of Medica appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Private investment giant Blackstone expects a more favourable environment for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and a rebound in initial public offerings (IPOs) to drive more than double the number of private equity exits in 2025, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Europe’s biggest buyout firm CVC has put its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) in Amsterdam later this month on hold, due to what it sees as “unfavourable market conditions”, according to a report by the Financial Times. Market conditions aren’t there.”

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Donald Mackenzie, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of CVC, has decided to step back from an active role with the business, Europe’s largest buyout firm, to focus on his private interests ahead of the company’s long-awaited public listing.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The private equity firm is in discussions with Global Switch’s Chinese owners about a potential deal, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. Global Switch was initially eyeing an initial public offering in Hong Kong.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Management fees for private equity buyout funds have fallen to their lowest level since tracking began in 2005, as fund managers face increasing pressure to attract investors in a challenging fundraising landscape, according to a report by the Financial Times. Another factor influencing lower fees is the growth in fund size.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Private equity firms should prioritise realistic valuations and leave room for growth when listing companies on the stock market, and not look to squeeze every last dollar out of initial public offerings (IPOs) in today’s “buyer’s market”, according to BC Partners.

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Private Equity Professional

MARCH 3, 2025

A global private equity (PE) revival is taking shape as dealmaking gains traction, though sluggish fundraising continues to present challenges, according to Bain & Company’s 16th annual Global PE Report. Financial services deal value surged 92% year-on-year, while industrials saw an 81% increase.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Typically, a start-up will raise funds during its early days from venture capitalists (VC) or private-equity firms. In exchange for capital, founders will give up equity in their company. Hercules Capital: 10.3% It specializes in an investment vehicle called venture debt.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 12 of its existing attorneys as the firm’s latest Partners, effective 1 November, including several whose practices cater for private equity and other private credit and private fund clients. She brings a deep understanding of technology and consumer brands.

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Insight Partners

APRIL 1, 2025

This can help them stay on track and position their business as an appealing opportunity for potential acquirers or public investors. The first decision you must make is your endpoint: an initial public offering (IPO), acquisition by a public company, acquisition by a private company, or a private equity takeover?

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Investors have begun allocating more to private equity strategies than private debt, according to iCapital, which has more than $200 billion in alternative assets on its marketplace for money managers. Polaris Capital is a leading Japanese private equity manager, focusing on upper mid-market buyout investments.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

CVC agrees €1bn deal for Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners Submitted 05/09/2023 - 11:29am European private equity firm CVC has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners in a deal worth around €1bn in cash and shares, with a commitment to acquire the remaining shares "over time".

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

CVC to pay €1bn for Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners Submitted 05/09/2023 - 11:29am European private equity firm CVC has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners in a deal worth around €1bn in cash and shares, with a commitment to acquire the remaining shares "over time".

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Bain Capital and Parthenon Capital are in discussions to sell a minority stake in healthcare technology company Zelis in a deal that could value the firm at around $17bn, according to a report by Bloomberg. They are now leaning towards selling a stake to maintain involvement in the company’s growth, one of the sources indicated.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 31, 2023

Warburg Pincus taps Evercore chairman for European leadership role Submitted 31/07/2023 - 12:10pm Buyout giant Warburg Pincus has appointed Andrew Sibbald, the chairman of Evercore Partners's London-based business, as a Managing Director and the private equity firm's new Co-Head of Europe alongside Berlin-based René Obermann.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

Invest in Europe 's “ Investing in Europe: Private Equity Activity 2022 ” research has shown that 801 European private equity, venture capital, and growth funds raised 30% more in 2022 compared to 2021 (€170 billion in 2022 compared to €131 billion achieved in 2021).

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

Kat Hidalgo, Allison McNeely, Neil Callanan and Eyk Henning of Bloomberg report that private equity's creative wizardry is obscuring danger signs: As Pete Stavros addressed the private equity industry’s yearly shindig in Berlin last month, the KKR & Co. But they were just as troubling.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Private Equity Private equity is a form of alternative investment that involves investing in privately-held companies. It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Private Equity Private equity is a form of alternative investment that involves investing in privately-held companies. It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Bloomberg first reported the negotiations, noting that other private equity firms, including Bain Capital and Francisco Partners, had previously expressed interest. This move aligns with Intels long-term roadmap, which includes a potential initial public offering (IPO) for Altera. Can`t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

Carlyle Group is aiming to accelerate the pace of initial public offerings (IPOs) and asset sales in 2025, targeting $4bn to $5bn in exits from its private equity portfolio, in line with last years divestments, according to a report by Reuters.

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