Private Equity Wire
JANUARY 2, 2025
One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm focused on the industrial, healthcare, and technology sectors in North America and Europe, has completed a majority investment in industrial automation and robotics company Comau,making Stellantis an active minority shareholder. Comau is a global technology company specialising in industrial automation and advanced robotics.
The Motley Fool
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks were the gift that kept on giving throughout 2024. While Nvidia and Tesla were scorching hot, there's one company that outperformed all of its peers in spectacular fashion. Shares of AI software developer Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) skyrocketed by 357% in 2024 -- handily topping the S&P 500 , Nasdaq Composite , and every single other stock in the S&P 500 index.
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Financial Times M&A
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Large contractors expected to use growing cash piles to invest in high-growth areas
Private Equity Info
JANUARY 3, 2025
Private equity firms continue to leverage add-on acquisitions as a strategic tool to accelerate growth, achieve synergies, and expand market reach for their portfolio companies. By targeting niche players within key industries, PE-backed platforms are reshaping competitive landscapes and driving significant value creation.
Private Equity Wire
JANUARY 3, 2025
Creador, a PE firm focused on investments in businesses operating in South and Southeast Asia, has acquired a controlling stake in Southeast Asia hospitality marketplace MG Group, which serves over 3,650,000 accommodation suppliers and 8000 global buyers. According to a press statement, this strategic investment will allow MG Group to “accelerate its global expansion, capitalising on its cutting-edge technology platform and its vast network” Creadors investment aims to expand MG Grou
The Motley Fool
DECEMBER 29, 2024
The last two years have been dominated by artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. The influx of spending on AI infrastructure and development, combined with investors' excitement around the potential for it to change multiple industries, pushed the prices of several companies' stocks into astronomical territories. It may be hard to find a great company with a stock trading at a fair price for less than $200.
Financial Times M&A
JANUARY 1, 2025
Group emerges as crucial backer of start-ups seeking to gain from the tech revolution its chips are powering
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Private Equity Wire
JANUARY 2, 2025
DCP Capital, a $5.5bn private equity firm focused on the consumer, healthcare, education and tech sectors in Asia has acquired Alibaba Group Holdings’s majority stake in Chinese hypermarket chain Sun Art Retinal for HKD12.298bn ($1.58bn), according to a report by Reuters. The report cites a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as revealing that the deal involves a 78.7% stake held by Alibaba subsidiaries.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 3, 2025
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are very popular stocks among individual and institutional investors, but two highly successful hedge fund managers aggressively bought one and sold the other in the third quarter: Ken Griffin of Citadel Advisors purchased 4.7 million shares of Nvidia, nearly tripling his stake. It is now his third-largest position excluding options.
Financial Times: Moral Money
JANUARY 3, 2025
The new year will bring tough challenges for investors in the energy transition
FinSMEs
JANUARY 2, 2025
Wilmington, USA, 2nd January 2025, Chainwire The post Silencio Network Breaks Records: $112 Million in Allocation Requests, Surpassing Target by 220x appeared first on FinSMEs.
Private Equity Wire
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Japans Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials (Chikyoren) has selected four firms two from the US and two from Japan for a global private equity mandate, according to a report by Asia Asset Management. Additionally, it has appointed one firm each from the US and Japan for a global private debt mandate. The private equity mandate will be managed by US-based Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Hamilton Lane Advisors, alongside Japans Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and Resona Bank.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 2, 2025
Serve Robotics (NASDAQ: SERV) is a developer of autonomous last-mile logistics solutions. The company has a major deal with Uber Technology 's (NYSE: UBER) Uber Eats food delivery platform, which will see thousands of its self-driving robots deployed across U.S. cities in 2025. Those robots are built using hardware and software components from Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) , which is the world's leading supplier of chips for artificial intelligence (AI) development.
The Big Picture
JANUARY 2, 2025
A regular theme around these parts is “ Nobody Knows Anything. ” Specifically, nobody knows what will happen in the future. This is true about equity and bond markets, specific company stocks, and economic data series. We do not know which geopolitical hot spot will erupt in turmoil; we have no idea where or when the next natural disaster will hit.
FinSMEs
DECEMBER 29, 2024
London, UK, 29th December 2024, FinanceWire The post The Greg Secker Foundation Celebrates Six Years of Transformation in the Greg Secker Foundation Village appeared first on FinSMEs.
Private Equity Wire
JANUARY 3, 2025
Los Angeles-based private equity firm Truelink Capital has completed its previously announced acquisition of global exhibition and events management firm GES in a carve-out deal from Viad Corp valued at $535m. Following the acquisition, the sixth transaction for Truelink Capital, Derek Linde will remain at the helm of GES as its President and CEO. In a press statement, Luke Myers, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Truelink, said: “Truelink is excited to collaborate with Derek and his lead
The Motley Fool
DECEMBER 28, 2024
Ark Investment Management operates several exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on innovative technology stocks. Its founder, Cathie Wood, believes software companies are the next big opportunity in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, predicting they could generate up to $8 in revenue for every $1 they spend on chips from suppliers like Nvidia.
Financial Times M&A
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Serta ruling could throw cold water on deals that have grown widespread but criticised as creditor-on-creditor violence
AltAssets
JANUARY 3, 2025
Mid-market buyout house JLL Partners has registered more than $360m to date for its ninth flagship fundraise, which is understood to have a $900m target. The post JLL banks at least $360m towards ninth flagship fundraise appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Private Equity Wire
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Pan-European stock exchange operator Euronext NV is optimistic about the outlook for initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2025, driven by private equity funds turning to equity markets to exit their investments, according to a report by Bloomberg. Theres a real need for them to return capital to their investors, said Mathieu Caron, Euronexts head of primary markets.
The Motley Fool
DECEMBER 29, 2024
The financial technology, or fintech, industry was one of the hardest hit parts of the stock market in the post-pandemic bear market, but there are still some excellent opportunities. PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is one great example with a stock price that is still about 70% below its 2021 peak and excellent turnaround progress in 2024, while SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) is an app-based bank with tremendous momentum.
Financial Times M&A
JANUARY 1, 2025
The issues facing private equity, dealmaking, corporate Japan and beyond
Financial Times - Banking
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Numbers for fixed-income and equities trading expected to surpass 2022 when invasion of Ukraine rocked markets
Private Equity Wire
JANUARY 3, 2025
The New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS) has approved two major commitments to alternative investments, totalling a combined $100m, as part of its ongoing strategy to diversify its portfolio, according to a report by Pensions & Investments. In a new investment relationship for the pension fund, its independent investment committee committed up to $75m to the Blackstone Private Multi-Asset Credit Fund.
The Motley Fool
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) shares have advanced 360% this year, outpacing the next closest stock in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) by 100 percentage points. The data analytics company is now worth $180 billion, but certain Wall Street analysts expect Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) and Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) to surpass that figure before year's end in 2025.
Financial Times M&A
JANUARY 3, 2025
Would-be acquirers prepare for era where big is no longer bad, but foreign still might be
AltAssets
JANUARY 3, 2025
Permira has agreed to pick up a majority stake in Westbridge Advisory, a European energy and sustainability advisory firm for institutional real estate clients. The post Deal Roundup: Permira picks up Westbridge Advisory stake, Turning Rock exits Next Level Aviation appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Private Equity Wire
JANUARY 2, 2025
Funds advised by global private investment firm Permira are to acquire a majority stake in Westbridge Advisory (Westbridge), a European energy and sustainability advisory firm servicing institutional real estate clients. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Westbridge advises real estate clients in procuring energy and reducing their carbon footprint to reach their long-term sustainability goals.
The Motley Fool
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers many exciting long-term possibilities, but the technology's thirst for computing power is a certainty that's fueled remarkable growth in semiconductors. Chip companies like Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) have soared on the realization that AI is creating billions of dollars in opportunities for each.
Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
JANUARY 2, 2025
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AltAssets
JANUARY 3, 2025
Paris-headquartered "non-conventional" private equity investor Mantra Investment Partners is reportedly out eyeing up to 270m for its fourth secondaries fund. The post Mantra said to eye up to 270m for fourth secondaries fundraise appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Private Equity Wire
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Brookfield Asset Management, together with its co-investors, has taken a major step toward completing a 6.1bn ($6.4bn) acquisition of Neoen SA, having secured around 53% of the companys shares, according to a report by Bloomberg. The controlling interest in the French renewable energy developer was purchased from shareholders, including Impala SAS, at 39.85 per share.
The Motley Fool
DECEMBER 28, 2024
If you've been following the artificial intelligence market closely, then you likely already know a bit about the chip manufacturing company Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) and chip designer Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). These two companies are AI leaders in their respective fields, and their share price gains have trounced the market over the past year.
Financial Times M&A
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Critical mass of shareholder activists forcing companies to adjust
AltAssets
JANUARY 2, 2025
Truelink Capital has closed the transaction to acquire trade show and exhibitions company GES. The post Deal Roundup: Truelink buys trade show specialist GES, Neuberger Berman invest in Harvest Partners’ Yellowstone Landscape appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Private Equity Wire
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Healthcare company NeueHealth has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of New Enterprise Associates (NEA) for approximately $1.3bn, according to a report by Pulse 2.0. Once the transaction is finalised, NeueHealth will transition to a privately held company, gaining the flexibility and resources to further develop its consumer-centric, value-driven care model.
The Motley Fool
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) has propelled stocks to monster gains over the last two years, starting with the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT. By now, investors are well aware of breakout stories like Nvidia and Palantir Technologies that have been early to capitalize on the boom, but there are likely to be plenty of other winners from the new technology.
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