Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 7, 2024

Emera, an international energy and services company, is to sell its wholly owned operating company, New Mexico Gas Company, to Bernhard Capital Partners, a services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm, for an aggregate transaction value of $1.252bn.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to making European growth buyout investments with offices in Paris, London and Boston, has raised €2.8bn in funds to invest in companies operating in the technology and healthcare sectors.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 19, 2024

The UK’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has indicated that the Labour Party will uphold favourable tax treatment for private equity executives in cases where fund managers invest their own capital, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 21, 2023

read more Bain Capital raises SoftwareOne takeover offer to $3.7bn, Bloomberg reports Bain Capital has increased its offer for SoftwareOne Holding AG to about 3.2bn Swiss francs. read more Blackstone Becomes First $1tr Private Equity Manager Passing that milestone puts the firm in the same league as mutual fund behemoths and banking.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

An affiliate of Paceline Equity Partners, LLC , a Dallas-based private equity manager, today announced that it has participated in a $175m financing facility to support GCOM Software LLC’s merger with OnCore Consulting, LLC. Source: Businesswire Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 8, 2024

Trident Trust has acquired Tricor IAG Fund Administration Group (TIAG), a specialist provider of fund administration services to Asian private equity and venture capital funds. read more The post Trident Trust Makes Asia Business Acquisition appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

European private equity managers are setting a high bar in environmental, social and governance performance, with half (51%) of the region’s managers now earning an “excellent” rating, according to LGT Capital Partners’s ESG Report 2024.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

This trend is being fueled by a succession of acquisitions spearheaded by private equity firms such as ChrysCapital and Carlyle. Read more Paceline Equity Partners Backs $175m Merger of GCOM Software and OnCore Consulting An affiliate of Paceline Equity Partners, LLC , a Dallas-based private equity manager, today.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

(Alliance News) – Gresham House on Wednesday said that its shareholders approved the planned takeover by US-based private equity and debt investor Searchlight Capital Partners. read more The post Searchlight acquires Gresham House for £470m appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

The vast majority of limited partners are expecting to either increase or maintain their allocations to private markets investments over the next year, according to Coller Capital’s semi-annual Global Private Capital Barometer.

Private Equity Managers 105

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Affiliates of Paceline Equity Partners, LLC, a Dallas-based private equity manager, today announced that they have acquired the Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel, a full-service, upscale hotel located in the Legacy West development in Dallas, TX.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The taxation of carried interest — the portion of profits private equity managers earn on successful deals — has become a hot topic in anticipation of next week’s Budget, where Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to outline plans to improve public finances.

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AltAssets

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

CenterPoint Energy has sold its Louisiana and Mississippi natural gas LDC businesses to Bernhard Capital Partners for $1.2bn. Bernhard, a services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm, has about $3.4bn of assets under management.

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 1, 2024

Hidden Harbor has held a final closing of Hidden Harbor Capital Partners III LP with $800 million of limited partner commitments. Capital; and Christopher Paldino , a former managing director at H.I.G. Capital; and Christopher Paldino , a former managing director at H.I.G.

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American Investment Council

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This is especially true in Cedar Rapids, where there are nearly 30 private equity-backed small businesses in the community that support about 13,000 jobs in the area… Small businesses start with a great idea, but they need capital to grow. Private capital and private equity are important partners to help navigate those issues.”

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Jean-Michel Beghin, Managing Partner of Keensight Capital, and Arjan Hannink, Partner, add : “We are delighted to announce our continued partnership with Sogelink through this strategic re-investment. 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

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The $1.3bn strategic capital arm of $50bn global alternative manager Investcorp has taken a minority stake in $7.3bn private equity manager Banner Ridge Partners and is now a passive, non-voting partner in the business.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 11, 2024

Arcano Partners has launched its fifth private equity secondary fund, ASF V, with a fundraising target of €500m, to provide liquidity and capital solutions to both LPs and GPs through transactions in the secondary market.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Private equity funds have captured a record 50.5% of private capital fundraising year-to-date as the sector continues to lead private markets amid growing interest from private wealth investors, according to a new report from Barclays Private Bank. per cent 15-year internal rate of return (IRR).

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FinSMEs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Keensight Capital, one of the largest private equity managers dedicated to European Growth Buyout investments, raised €2.8 Keensight Capital received support from existing LPs, as well as new investors from Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia. 90% […] The post Keensight Capital Raises €2.8

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 21, 2023

The capital infusion also includes support from Wellington Management. In March, KKR-Accel made what was described at that time as a “significant capital investment” in the retail workforce management specialist StoreForce. Executives there did not respond to a media request Wednesday.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Secure Work-flow Management Provider of the Year – +SUBSCRIBE Start-Up Solution of the Year – Maestro Technology Advisory Firm of the Year – Lionpoint Group Third Party Valuation Provider of the Year – Stout

Law Firms 98

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2024

These groups joined traditional institutional backers such as insurance companies and asset managers, helping sustain fundraising momentum. However, the number of funds seeking capital surged to a record 4,835, targeting $1tn in aggregate.

Private Equity Managers 93

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 21, 2023

Glow Capital Partners buys stake in uniform maker Cargo Crew Submitted 21/07/2023 - 10:37am Glow Capital Partners has taken a 51% stake in Australian hospitality uniform brand Cargo Crew, in the first deal for the Sydney-based private equity firm’s Glow Growth Fund I.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 28, 2024

Private equity’s challenges in returning capital to clients are increasingly affecting hedge funds, which depend on the same pool of institutional investors including pension plans, foundations and endowments, for their fundraising efforts, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This is largely due to the emergence of start-ups backed by Private Equity and Managing General Agents (MGAs), attracting talent from established insurance houses. This influx has increased insurer capacity, especially in the London market, providing Private Equity managers with better options.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP acted as legal counsel for OMERS Private Equity. About OMERS Private Equity OMERS Private Equity manages investments globally on behalf of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with C$128.6 billion in net private equity investment asset exposure.

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FinSMEs

JULY 13, 2023

If you qualify as an accredited investor and possess sufficient capital, acting as a limited partner could open doors to private equity investments with major firms like The Carlyle Group, Blackstone or CVC Capital Partners.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 6, 2023

PE managers increase focus on climate change and DEI Submitted 06/07/2023 - 10:50am The proportion of private equity managers assessing and measuring climate-related risks has risen sharply over the last twelve months, supported primarily by a significant increase among Asian managers, according to a report by LGT Capital Partners.

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American Investment Council

JULY 23, 2024

Maloney: “PE investments tend mostly to benefit smaller companies, which boost the economy and need the capital.” from private equity Pensions & Investments By Arleen Jacobius | July 22, 2024 Private equity produced a median annualized return of 15.2% public pension funds earn 10-year median return of 15.2%

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American Investment Council

APRIL 13, 2023

Private equity has a strong record of supporting small businesses and driving economic growth. 62% of investments made by private equity are in small businesses, providing them with the capital and guidance they need to grow and expand.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 9, 2023

Whichever way you define them, be it first-time funds, funds one to three, sub-$250m funds, sub-$1bn AUM firms, underrepresented manager profiles or backgrounds, veteran investor hook-ups, young entrepreneur combos, or just the classic “team spin-out”, raising capital as an emerging manager is difficult.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 27, 2025

CEO Christian Sinding attributed the rebound to improving market conditions, including falling interest rates, robust capital markets, and political stability. Read more: [link] Ardian, the French private equity firm, has closed its latest mid-cap growth fund, Ardian Expansion Fund VI, at 3.2bn, surpassing its target by 10%.

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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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The pension fund said previously that Michael Graham, its global head of private equity, will retire in February. Omers will launch a global funds strategy within a new group called Private Capital. Eric Haley’s title will change to, Head of Private Equity, Buyout and he will lead the buyout strategy and teams.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

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). Tamara Djurickovic of tech.eu

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The current economic climate of high inflation, rising interest rates, and market volatility is creating a complex environment for private equity while the abundance of dry powder capital and the need to deploy funds is driving continued deal-making. However, GPs are facing stiff competition for assets which can inflate pricing.

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