Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Private equity firm Blackstone is nearing a deal to sell Japanese supplement maker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to North Asian buyout fund MBK Partners for $2.17bn.The deal is expected to be signed soon, said the person, who declined to be identified as the information was private.

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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 Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

South Korea is cementing its status as a key destination for global private equity, drawing major firms such as Apollo Global Management and Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), with both having recently established offices in Seoul, according to a report by Private Equity Insights. increase from the prior year.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Global buyout firm Apollo Global Management is building out a new team to target family offices as its looks to widen its fundraising efforts to include ultra-wealthy investors as well as institutions, according to a report by Bloomberg. read more The post Apollo To Target Top Family Offices appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 5, 2024

Buyout firm EQT AB is teaming up with Germany’s richest man to acquire a 35% stake in German bus and train operator Flix SE. The private equity firm is investing through EQT Future, an impact-driven fund with a longer holding period. read more Blackstone’s Zawadzki Sees Private Credit as $25tn Market The $1.7

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 5, 2024

Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to buy Canada’s Nuvei NVEI.TO in a deal that values the payments technology firm, which has received financial backing from actor Ryan Reynolds, at $6.3 The buyout of Nuvei, which has a market capitalization of nearly $4.42 in a deal that.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 23, 2024

Wynnchurch Capital, a middle market private equity firm focused on recapitalisations, growth capital, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs, and restructurings, has closed its sixth private equity fund, Wynnchurch Capital Partners VI, with $3.5bn of capital commitments.

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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

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

billion) for a credit fund for Australia and New Zealand, as it seeks to capitalize on opportunities created by banks retreating from leveraged lending. 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.;

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

He was the long-time chair of the Toronto Port Authority and, earlier in his career, advised a committee of Canada’s Senate on issues that included the creation of major public-sector pension funds such as the Public Sector Pension Investment Board. Still, I will wait to read the final report to see what Mr. Poirier has to say.

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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. Valued at $1.45bn South Korean private equity firm MBK Partners said on Tuesday it had launched a tender offer to.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Wynnchurch Capital (Wynnchurch), a middle market private equity firm focused on recapitalisations, growth capital, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs, and restructurings, has closed its sixth private equity fund, Wynnchurch Capital Partners VI, with $3.5bn of capital commitments.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Alto Partners, an Italian mid-market private equity firm, has closed its latest fund, Alto Capital V, at €273m, notching a 30% increase over its predecessor, Alto Capital IV, which closed at €210m. It utilises both buyout and selected expansion investments, with the equity ticket ranging from €20m to €40m.

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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 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.

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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.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The $66bn-managing Illinois Teachers Retirement System has picked a string of private equity funds to receive almost $800m in new commitments. The post These private equity firms just picked up almost $800m from the Illinois Teachers Retirement System first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

Yet, like its peers, Ares feels compelled to diversify into other asset classes, such as real estate, infrastructure, and private equity. The attractions of sticking with private credit are obvious. It’s easy enough to understand why Ares Cap would prefer to lend to a big firm than to a small- or middle-market one.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This approach has expanded its assets under management more than fourfold to €246bn, through deals such as the €6.8bn acquisition of Barings Private Equity Asia in 2022, establishing a significant presence in Asia, and Exeter Property Group in 2021, specialising in industrial warehouses.

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FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Frazier Healthcare Partners, a Seattle, WA-based dedicated healthcare private equity firm, announced the close of its latest flagship fund, Frazier Healthcare Growth Buyout Fund XI, L.P. The fund will focus on acquiring controlling interests in middle-market healthcare companies.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The $3.7bn-managing San Antonio Fire & Police Pension Fund has picked four private equity firms to receive its latest tranche of fund commitments. The post San Antonio pension picks PSG, Arlington Capital among new private equity commitments first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since inception in 2015, Vistara has raised over $500m, primarily from non-institutional sources such as family offices, entrepreneurs, and private foundations, predominantly based in British Columbia. Read more Bain Capital to Acquire Staffing Firm Outsourcing in $1.53bn Management Buyout Troubled staffing firm, Outsourcing Inc.,

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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 18, 2023

Apollo to target top family offices Submitted 18/07/2023 - 11:29am Global buyout firm Apollo Global Management is building out a new team to target family offices as its looks to widen its fundraising efforts to include ultra wealthy investors as well as institutions, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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AltAssets

JULY 26, 2023

CenterGate Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm based in Austin, Texas, has happily announced the final closing of its CenterGate Capital Partners II (Fund II), gathering over $375m of capital.

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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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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They’re one of the older private equity firms around, been been in business since 1994. But there came to be, in certain situations, buyers that were bootstrap, buyers that were, we would call ’em today, they then leveraged buyout financiers. And now we call it the private equity industry.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

Private equity firms RedBird Capital Partners and KKR & Co. Read more Canada’s Top Pension Funds Embark on Major Private Credit Expansion with C$1.3 Trillion in Assets Six of Canada's biggest pension funds managing C$1.3 are both investors in Skydance. trillion ($965.47

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 26, 2024

Macy’s added that it had asked Jefferies, the financial advisor for the buyout group, for updates around Arkhouse and Brigade’s plans to fund the deal earlier this month, but “no additional information” was provided. Read more Canada’s Top Pension Funds Embark on Major Private Credit Expansion with C$1.3

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

European utility Engie has joined forces with Canada’s second-largest pension fund to try to buy British power network Electricity North West (ENWL), according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. Read more South Korea’s Hahn & Co raises $3.4bn for new buyout fund Aircraft landing gear maker Héroux-Devtek Inc.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Global pension funds have continued to ramp up their private equity investments in 2024, with the 20 largest funds globally allocating a combined $707.6bn to the asset class so far this year, according to a report by Banking Exchange.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

Paulina Pielichata of Pensions & Investments reports CDPQ works to pump $11.2 billion into European private markets: Canadian pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec has recently moved into its new London headquarters as it is working to deploy C$15 billion ($11.2 billion) in private markets across Europe.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest, his name is Steve Klinsky, and he has an absolutely storied history in the field of private equity. And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: Yeah.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Fund III will continue Ara’s strategy of investing in the decarbonization of the industrial economy, the greatest source of carbon emissions globally. Fund III will continue Ara’s strategy of investing in the decarbonization of the industrial economy, the greatest source of carbon emissions globally.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

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. QIC has also promoted Toby Suen from Principal to Partner, having joined QIC in 2019 from the private markets team at Abrdn, where he was Investment Manager.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 18, 2024

The pension doesn’t have plans to sell private equity investments to the secondary market to achieve the reduced target, Neil Randall, managing director of private equity at Texas Teachers, said at the board meeting. The Texas fund only has 77.5% of the assets it needs to pay future obligations.

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