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Billionaire Bill Ackman Has 45% of His Hedge Fund's $13.4 Billion Portfolio Invested in Just 3 Stocks

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His hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, invests in high-quality businesses with stocks that Ackman feels have become mispriced relative to their intrinsic value. He then uses his sway as a large shareholder to influence management and unlock value. Bill Ackman likes to focus on just a few companies at a time. stock indexes.

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Nautic Partners Raises $4.5 Billion for Eleventh Fund

Private Equity Professional

Nautic Partners has announced the close of its latest fund, Nautic Partners XI LP (“Fund XI”), with $4.5 Fund XI marks the firm’s largest fund to date, continuing the momentum from Nautic Partners X LP , which closed in 2021 with $3.0 Nautic used Evercore Private Funds Group as its Fund XI placement agent.

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Pamlico Closes Fund Six at $1.75 Billion

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Pamlicos fifth fund closed in February 2020, also at its hard cap, with $1.4 The success of PC VI is a testament to the strength of our strategy, the caliber of our portfolio company management teams, and our firms commitment to driving lasting value. billion of capital. billion of capital. billion in aggregate commitments since 2002.

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Dragon Investment, General Atlantic to take Brazil’s Arco private for enterprise value of $1.5bn

Private Equity Insights

and Dragoneer Investment Group to take the education software firm private for a total enterprise value of about $1.5bn. Read more Private equity firm CVC bags $4.45bn so far in sixth Asia-focused fund Europe-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has raised over $4.45bn so far for its new. billion (US$950m) equity.

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Nordic Capital closes €2bn fund

Private Equity Wire

Nordic Capital has successfully closed its latest fund, Evolution II, at its 2bn hard cap, exceeding its initial target of 1.4bn. At 65% larger than its predecessor, Evolution I, which closed at 1.2bn in 2021, Evolution II will target mid-market companies in Northern Europe with enterprise values between 100m and 500m.

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Record-Breaking Fund Close Drives Expansion at Transom Capital

Private Equity Professional

Earlier this month, Transom successfully closed Transom Capital Fund IV LP , raising $675 million in capital commitments. The fund surpassed its target and initial hard cap, more than doubling the size of the firm’s third fund. The firm focuses on sectors including industrial, consumer, business services, and technology.

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The Smartest High-Yield Energy Stocks to Buy With $1,000 Right Now

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This structure also encouraged LPs to fund growth through issuing more equity, as the more units the LP had, the bigger the dollar payments would also become. in enterprise-value- to- EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), the most common way to value these stocks.

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