The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

on Monday after Reuters reported talks had stalled with two private equity firms as they weighed whether to acquire the online signature services company. Private equity firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman emerged as potential suitors in the process. Shares of DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) fell 8.5%

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

is looking to raise over $10bn across two private loan funds in Europe and the US, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as the firm seeks to further capitalize on the growth of private credit. read more Oakley Capital closes mid-cap fund at €750m The private equity house Oakley Capital has raised fresh money.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 12, 2024

Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman are competing to acquire DocuSign Inc (DOCU.O) , the provider of online signature services with a market value of about $12.5 The two private equity firms are among the final bidders in the auction for DocuSign, which is set to be one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of 2024, the sources said.

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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. The firm was founded in 1992 and manages assets and investments totaling $139bn. Source: Consulting.us Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 9, 2024

Hastings, who joins from Eversheds Sutherland, is a finance lawyer focused on leveraged and acquisition financing. Hastings acts for private equity firms and their portfolio companies, corporate borrowers and for private credit funds in relation to transactions at all levels of capital structures.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

Private equity firms including Advent International and Blackstone are approaching both banks and private lenders over debt packages of around €7.5bn ($8.16bn) to help finance a potential acquisition of Sanofi’s consumer health division, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Private credit lenders and banks are vying to offer debt financing for a potential acquisition of US education software provider PowerSchool Holdings, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people with knowledge of the matter. Banks are also said to be offering competing packages that include a smaller amount of debt and preferred equity.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Australia has seen an uptick in leveraged buyout activity as private equity firms deploy capital in acquisitions and some investors seek to exit their positions. A Carlyle spokesperson declined to comment on the matter.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Insight Partners, Blackstone, and Clearlake Capital, the joint owners of Diligent Corporation, are considering strategic options for the corporate governance software provider, including a potential sale that could value the business at around $7bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Warburg Pincus, a leading private equity firm managing approximately $86bn in assets, has no immediate plans to pursue an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report by Reuters quoting CEO Jeffrey Perlman at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Tuesday. It was a tough vintage, Perlman said.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Pennsylvania-based private equity firm Taurus Private Markets has held the final close of Taurus Private Markets Fund II, which initially targeted $150m, with over $211m in capital commitments. The firm also invests with blue chip venture capital partnerships with target fund sizes less than $750m.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 17, 2024

Hercules Capital: Dividend yield 10.5% Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a BDC that invests in technology, life sciences, and sustainable energy businesses. The company typically supports start-ups that have raised funding from venture capital or private equity firms and are looking to augment the balance sheet with some debt.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The report quotes Martin Brand, Head of North America Private Equity at the firm, as saying at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York, that: “IPO markets are open. The cost of capital has come down.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Hercules Capital: 10.3% dividend yield Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a BDC that focuses on technology, life sciences, and sustainable energy businesses. Typically, a start-up will raise funds during its early days from venture capitalists (VC) or private-equity firms. Ares Capital: 9.6%

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The report cites CEO Marc Rowan as unveiling the ambitious growth plan during the firm’s investor day presentation, signalling a strategic shift as companies increasingly turn to private capital for financing, rather than traditional bank loans. We are just at the beginning of this trend.”

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

A&O Shearman has added Dan Graham and Paul Dunbar to the firm’s Private Equity and M&A practice in London.The pair join a team of over 200 partners who work with private capital investors across the US, UK, EMEA and APAC.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

Private equity firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman are in competition over a deal to acquire DocuSign, a provider of online signature services valued at around $12.5 Another buyout firm, Blackstone, also held talks about acquiring DocuSign, but has now reportedly dropped out of the running.

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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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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 17, 2023

Lately, much attention has been lavished on Ares Capital, the unit created in 2004 to provide financing for middle-market acquisitions, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyouts. The Ares portfolio is diversified across 466 borrowers backed by 222 private equity sponsors that invest in those borrowers’ equity.

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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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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. According to a Reuters report, Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman may be among the final bidders in an auction for DocuSign.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

The firm already owns restaurant chains Arby's and Buffalo Wild Wings, as well as Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin' via its investment in Inspire Brands.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 23, 2023

He began his investment career as a trainee trader at Goldman Sachs in 1982, later moving into leveraged buyouts when he joined a unit of Nomura in the early 1990s. In 2002, he spun the unit out of Nomura to form his own firm, Terra Firma Capital Partners, which raised €2.1 billion for its debut fund.

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Udu

MAY 31, 2023

The Fed’s moves to combat inflation put private equity firms in a tricky situation. As the global economy continues to evolve and face new challenges, private equity firms will need to remain adaptable, focusing on sectors and strategies that demonstrate resilience and long-term growth potential.

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Oakhill

MAY 4, 2023

Menlo Park, CA and Birmingham, AL – May 4, 2023 – Oak Hill Capital (“Oak Hill”) has committed $150 million in primary capital to Lit Communities (“Lit”) to further fund and accelerate the construction of Lit’s fiber-based network in unserved and underserved communities across the United States. Stephens Inc.

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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. There aren’t a lot of companies, and there aren’t a lot of people that have the historical perspective on the rise of private equity like Michael Fish does. And now we call it the private equity industry.

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Axial

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Today we are featuring the 25 Most Active Private Equity Firms on the Axial platform. ” Industries: Technology, Manufacturing, Business Services, Distribution, Healthcare Visit Baymark’s Profile “Pfingsten is an operationally-driven private equity firm focused on long-term value creation.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Steven Klinsky, New Mountain Capital , is below. 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. What made you pursue that?

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Armen Panossian, Oaktree Capital Management , is below. Armand Posiion is head of performing credit at Oaktree Capital Management, where he works with the likes of, of Bruce Kosh and Howard Marks. We returned a lot of capital. Another extra, extra special guest. The sector was perfect.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

He also spent time at Sebus and More Capital before launching his own firm in 2001. They do everything from hard assets like real estate, infrastructure, aircraft, power plants, to private debt, event driven opportunities. Early nineties was the start of the modern high yield leverage buyout business done at scale.

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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

For decades the private equity model seemed unassailable, transforming the industry’s image from Barbarians at the Gate to crucial pillar of capitalism. says Zia Uddin of US private credit firm Monroe Capital. “So Surging borrowing costs have stalled that engine. Take Advent International and Cinven.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 20, 2023

The current book is called “These Are the Plunderers, How Private Equity Runs and Wrecks America” That’s a little bit of a sensationalistic headline. When we spoke, the focus and conversation really emphasizes the largest of the large private equity firms. And that’s why we’re focusing on them.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Completed the secondary purchase of a US$100 million commitment to Oak Hill Capital Partners V, which focuses on investing across the industrials, media & communications and business services in the U.S. Committed €500 million to CVC Capital Partners IX, L.P., STAR Capital is a mid-market, U.K.-based

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