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Apollo and ICG expand into South Korea as private equity gains momentum

Private Equity Insights

The country’s growing pool of pension funds and increasing corporate restructuring activities are drawing the attention of alternative investment firms worldwide. The broader Asia-Pacific private equity market saw investment activity rise to $138bn in 2024, marking an 8.1% increase from the previous year.

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High stakes with new and emerging managers

Private Equity Wire

It’s not just new private equity managers that deserve terms like “JAMBOG” (Just Another Middle Market Buyout Group). Building a successful investment firm is not the same as being a superstar investment professional. For a lot of emerging managers, it may be their first time being an “entrepreneur”.

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Australia’s QIC Private Equity names VP and promotes two 

Private Equity Wire

She will focus on diligence for co-investment, fund and secondary opportunities predominantly in the middle and lower middle-market buyout and growth equity space. She began her career in investment banking at the Royal Bank of Canada in London. Suen also serves as Director at QIC European Investment Services.

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CDPQ to Pump $11.2 Billion Into European Private Markets

Pension Pulse

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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Blackstone Becomes First $1tr Private Equity Manager

Private Equity Insights

Blackstone, which began as a two-person shop in 1985 overseeing $400,000, has become a dominant force in the so-called alternative investments industry. It rose to prominence with leveraged buyouts, the kinds of transactions made famous by “Barbarians at the Gate” and other chronicles of 1980s finance.