Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A minority stake in one the largest broker-dealers in the United States could be sold off by its private equity owners, according to a report by Bloomberg. The unnamed sources say that discussions with potential buyers are ongoing and could result in a larger stake being sold. The rebrand to Osaic took place earlier this year.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

European investment firm Armen, which focuses on buying stake in private equity firms, has made its first foray into the alternative credit space with the acquisition of a 16% stake in Chorus Capital, provider of default protection for loan portfolios, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Goldman Sachs’ asset management arm said two funds have closed, raising more than $15bn for funds that enable investors to make secondary investments in existing private equity deals. Such deals allow PE firms to roll older investments into new funds. “And they’re really not investing a lot of capital.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

As part of the transaction, co-founder Marc-Oliver Stromberg and the extended GBTEC management team are reinvesting and investing respectively for significant stakes in the company. Main Capital Partners, which has supported GBTEC as a specialised software investor since 2019, has sold its stake in GBTEC as part of the transaction.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Armen, a specialist in European GP stake investments, has agreed to acquire an equity stake of up to 32% in Jolt Capital, a European investor in deeptech growth companies with revenues between €10m and €50m.

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AltAssets

MARCH 7, 2024

Global infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners has seen a 50% increase in fundraising at the final close of its two flagship vehicles - as the firm prepares to finalise a majority stake sale to PE giant CVC Capital Partners.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

EQT AB agreed to acquire a majority stake in AMCS, a software provider focused on waste management and recycling. EQT Private Equity will invest from EQT X, its flagship private equity fund, and EQT Future, according to a Wednesday statement that confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Coalesce Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in human capital-driven and technology-enabled services companies, has closed its inaugural fund, Coalesce Capital Fund I, and parallel vehicles, with $900m in total capital commitments. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 10, 2023

Three private equity groups are reportedly all set to make their binding bids for Gautam Adani’s six-year-old shadow bank, Adani Capital. The three groups include Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Cerberus Capital Management. The group is expecting 2-2.5 times the book value, amounting to a $20bn valuation.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Essity has put its stake in Vinda under strategic review, the Swedish personal care product maker said in April. Its stake in Vinda is valued at about HK$9.8bil (US$1.3bil), based on the current stock price.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

New Heritage Capital (“Heritage”) announced today the closing of its oversubscribed fourth fund, New Heritage Capital IV, L.P. the “Fund”), at $438m in total capital commitments, exceeding its target of $350m. Source: New Heritage Capital Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Secondaries market giant Coller Capital has launched its Coller Secondaries Private Equity Opportunities Fund (C-SPEF), a tender offer fund aimed at high-net-worth investors. The fund does not charge a performance fee and waives its management fee for the first year.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

BENGALURU (Reuters) – SoftBank Vision Fund on Wednesday sold a 1.17% stake in Indian food delivery firm Zomato in a deal valued at 9.47bn rupees ($114.7m), exchange data showed. The venture capital fund, part of Japan’s SoftBank Group, sold 100m shares at 94.7 rupees apiece in bulk deals. The London arm of.

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FinSMEs

APRIL 22, 2024

Shiba Inu, a provider of an interconnected ecosystem of digital assets and solutions built on the Ethereum blockchain, raised $12M in a venture capital funding.

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AltAssets

MARCH 13, 2024

Hunter Point Capital, a specialist in taking minority investments in mid-market alternative asset managers, has promoted Conway Bate to global head of capital formation. The post GP stake specialist Hunter Point Capital promotes Bate to head of capital formation first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

private equity firm Bain Capital is nearing the final close of its fifth and biggest Asia-focused fund after having raised around $6 billion from global investors, said two people with knowledge of the situation. Bain Capital declined to comment. Bain Capital’s U.S. billion, Preqin data showed.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Specialist growth investment firm Verdane has acquired a majority equity stake in Corlytics, a provider of regulatory intelligence and policy compliance technology. Verdane invested in Corlytics via its newly raised €1.1bn Edda III Fund. The investment will support the Corlytics’s continued growth.

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PE Hub

AUGUST 15, 2023

Mark Kelly, founder and operator of Safety Marking, will retain a significant stake in the business and continue to serve as president. The post Road safety firm Safety Marking picks up funding from Highview Capital appeared first on PE Hub.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

sold a 20% equity stake in the failed Signature Bank’s commercial real estate loan pool to a joint venture led by Blackstone. In October, the FDIC completed the sale to Goldman Sachs and PNC Bank of $18.5bn in more than 200 funded loans paid out to borrowers from Signature Bank. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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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. The firm is seeking at least $1.25bn and may raise another $750m, capping the fund size at $2bn, the document shows.

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AltAssets

JANUARY 18, 2024

RidgeLake Partners, a partnership between New York Life Investments affiliate Apogem Capital and Ottawa Avenue Private Capital, reached the final closing of its first GP stakes fund with $1.1bn in commitments.

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FinSMEs

JULY 24, 2024

Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital acquired Sokin, a UK based payments company. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 30, 2024

Arctos, via its Keystone strategy, which provides strategic partnership to leading financial sponsors, through bespoke growth capital and liquidity solutions, has underwritten 100% of the funding and will facilitate the Hayfin team becoming the majority owners of the common equity.

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AltAssets

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Switzerland-headquartered impact investor Blue Earth Capital has acquired minority stakes in three funds from the UK’s development finance fund in a landmark secondaries transaction. The post UK’s DFI sells first ever secondary stakes to Blue Earth Capital first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The hedge fund managers listed below (all of whom are billionaires) sold Nvidia stock in the second quarter while buying shares of the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEMKT: IWM) , an index fund that tracks the small-cap Russell 2000. million shares of Nvidia, slashing his stake by 79%. Ken Griffin of Citadel Advisors sold 9.2

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PE Hub

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Northleaf has committed $200 million to fund EVPassport’s capital requirements and accelerate the build-out of EV charging systems. The post Northleaf to acquire control stake in EV charging company EVPassport appeared first on PE Hub.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The private equity house Oakley Capital has raised fresh money. The British investor has closed its second fund Origin II at 750m euros. The capital is intended for companies in the lower mid-market segment. Demand for the second mid-cap fund from institutional investors was very high. bn euros.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

Among the many anticipated 13F filings from billionaire asset managers is that of Ken Griffin's hedge fund, Citadel Advisors. Since its inception, no hedge fund has been more profitable than Citadel, which often hedges its common stock positions with various put and call options. Pinterest is also swimming with available capital.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 19, 2024

Ardian set to acquire over $1 billion of BCI’s private equity stakes amid market shifts and high interest rates. BCI is an investor in dozens of private equity funds, including products managed by Bain Capital, Brookfield Asset Management and CVC. billion ($20.6 billion ($20.6 Investment Management Corp.

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AltAssets

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Blue Owl Capital has picked up a $1bn commitment for its sixth flagship GP stakes investment fund, which is believed to be targeting up to $13bn. The post Blue Owl picks up hefty $1bn commitment for latest fund targeting GP stakes first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 27, 2024

It ended up grabbing a stake worth $190 million at its current price, representing just a small slice of the $100 billion company. Nvidia's second-largest holding represents a much more meaningful stake in an innovative AI company. stake in Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RXRX). Image source: Nvidia.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Pan-European mid-market private equity investor Oakley Capital has acquired a majority stake in medical software provider Horizons Optical via its Oakley Capital Origin Fund I from Madrid-based Sherpa Capital.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 22, 2024

Oakley Capital, a pan-European middle-market private equity investor, has announced that Oakley Capital Origin Fund I has acquired a majority stake in Horizons Optical, a provider of medical software used to manufacture premium ophthalmic lenses. It will also be Origin I’s 9th investment after which the Fund will be c.75%

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

L Squared Capital Partners (“L Squared” or “the Firm”) is thrilled to announce that it recently held the final closing for its fourth private equity fund (“Fund IV”), at $840m. L Squared fully committed its $505m third fund earlier this year with the investment in ERA Industries. While exact figures.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Private equity firm Astira Capital Partners announced the final closing of its debut fund with $675m of institutional capital commitments, exceeding its original target of $500m. The fund, Astira Capital Partners Fund I LP, comes just five months after the firm’s launch in May. Lazard Ltd.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Alternative investment giant Brookfield Asset Management is in advanced talks with Castlelake over the acquisition of a majority stake in the $22bn private credit manager, a specialist in aircraft leasing, according to a report by the Financial Times. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 3, 2024

L Catterton has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Kiko Milano from the Percassi Family for an undisclosed sum. The Italian founders will retain a significant stake in the make-up brand. Through this partnership with L Catterton, the brand hopes to accelerate its global expansion.

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