Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

In the aftermath of a rejected offer for EY’s consulting business, US private equity firm TPG has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Crowe’s healthcare consulting unit. Crowe will retain a minority stake. The firm was founded in 1992 and manages assets and investments totaling $139bn.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

These transactions allowed the BSL market to recover over $16bn of loans that were repaid in favour of private credit in 2023.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

He has extensive experience advising international private equity houses, financial sponsors and public companies on a wide range of transformational transactions, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and disposals, GP-led M&A, secondaries transactions, takeovers, mergers, joint ventures, IPOs, restructurings and refinancings.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The potential move comes as private equity firms look to exit older investments after a period of slowed deal-making, largely due to high interest rates that have increased the cost of financing leveraged buyouts. Clearlake Capital and Blackstone acquired minority stakes in 2018 and 2020, respectively.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 24, 2024

Recently, however, the stock has been on an upswing, climbing nearly 62% from its low of $38 in this past October amid rumors of a potential buyout by a private equity firm. These factors seem to have made the company an attractive option for potential leveraged buyout by private equity companies. Is DocuSign a buy?

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

CVC Capital Partners revives stock market listing plan Submitted 15/08/2023 - 11:03am CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe's largest buyout investment firms, is again looking at a multibillion-euro stock market listing that could happen before the end of this year, according to a report by the Financial Times. Like this article?

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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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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. Leveraged Buyouts In contrast, there are leveraged buyouts (LBOs) that involve acquiring established companies with the aim of restructuring or improving their operations to enhance profitability.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. Leveraged Buyouts In contrast, there are leveraged buyouts (LBOs) that involve acquiring established companies with the aim of restructuring or improving their operations to enhance profitability.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 1, 2024

pension fund manager sells $1-billion of private equity holdings to French buyout firm Ardian: British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is selling more than US$1-billion of stakes in private equity funds to French buyout firm Ardian SAS, tapping the secondaries market for private assets to free up cash for new investments.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 23, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that the new fund will provide senior secured loans to finance European leveraged buyouts. Last year, First Sentier Investors acquired a majority stake in the firm.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that the proposed financing will tap the leveraged loan market and private credit funds. The first tranche of the financing — a €1.95bn ($2.1bn) leveraged loan — was launched on 19 November and will part fund the spin-out of jobs platform The Stepstone Group.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

Whereas Kleinman went in hard with his warning that “everything is not going to be okay” for buyout firms, Stavros joined in with the concession that his industry may have gotten “too creative” lately. When buyout groups do look to sell, PIKs, NAV loans and other kinds of excess baggage are creating obstacles.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 22, 2023

And when did Brookfield acquire its controlling stake? This is making the deal easier to complete at a time when high interest rates and market volatility have made debt for leveraged buyouts scarcer and more expensive. We are pleased to close this transaction and increase our ownership stake in Connexa.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 30, 2023

That’s roughly triple the deal tallies of buyout firms like Apollo Global Management Inc., Brookfield’s ascendance comes as some private equity firms struggle to complete buyouts amid shaky financing markets and rich price demands from sellers. read more US private equity firm Silver Lake acquires majority stake in Software AG at €2.4

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Invested £93 million in a debt facility to Vårgrønn, owner of a 20% stake in Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which is an offshore wind farm currently under construction, located off the coast of the U.K. The mandate will target investments in Canadian buyout and growth funds, secondary investments and direct co-investments.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 10, 2024

They come in, they take a stake in a company. Sometimes it’s a minority stake, sometimes it’s a larger stake, and they help affect this massive change with great results. Silver Lake was one of the first buyout shops built around making technology investments or investments in technology companies.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. I mean, you know, I probably shouldn’t have been doing it because I had been a journalist covering public schools and knew nothing about leveraged buyouts. And I actually started out of business school.

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