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DECEMBER 19, 2024

17), and Druckenmiller's fund opened its nearly 770,000-share stake in Palantir at some point during the fourth quarter of 2023. During the September-ended quarter, Druckenmiller's fund added 33 new positions, one of which became Wall Street's newest trillion-dollar stock last week.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

IK Partners, through its IK Small Cap III Fund, agreed to acquire a majority stake in UK-based environmental compliance firm HSL Compliance. At the same time, LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, retains a minority stake. The deal sees IK partnering with HSLs management team, who will reinvest in the company.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

JPMorgans investors hold a 49% stake, while Fisher Brothers controls 51%. However, it later pivoted toward acquiring an equity stake, according to sources. The financing for Blackstones stake will feature a floating interest rate, likely tied to the US Federal Reserve funds rate, which currently stands between 425 and 450 basis points.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

GIP, a private equity firm managing over $100bn in assets, owns stakes in Gatwick Airport and offshore wind projects. The company warned that $175bn in global AI investment funds could flow to China-backed projects without action. AI requires large-scale computational infrastructure like specialised data centres.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

His hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, invests in high-quality businesses with stocks that Ackman feels have become mispriced relative to their intrinsic value. Brookfield spun off its asset management business last year, but it maintains a 73% ownership stake in it. Bill Ackman likes to focus on just a few companies at a time.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

HIG Capital signed a definitive agreement to acquire a strategic stake in Germany-based machine tool manufacturer HELLER Group. Read more HIG Capital acquires strategic stake in German machine tool manufacturer HELLER Group HIG Capital signed a definitive agreement to acquire a strategic stake in Germany-based machine.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

German private equity firm Maguar has taken a controlling stake in Navori Labs, aiming to drive the Swiss digital signage software companys global expansion. Read more Maguar acquires majority stake in Navori Labs to drive global expansion German private equity firm Maguar has taken a controlling stake in Navori Labs, aiming to drive.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The Mara and Tisch families have retained Moelis & Company to explore the potential sale of a minority, non-controlling stake in the New York Giants, the team stated. The Philadelphia Eagles recently set a benchmark by selling an 8% stake at an $8.1bn$8.3bn valuation.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

A consortium of private credit funds, including Antares Capital, Blue Owl Capital, KKR, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has agreed to take control of Alacrity. BlackRock had previously acquired a controlling stake in the business from private equity firm Kohlberg & Company in February 2023.

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APRIL 9, 2025

The Paris-based firm had planned to begin fundraising for Ardian Buyout Fund VIII in early 2025 but will now approach investors later in the year. Ardians Buyout Fund VIII will follow the success of its 7.5bn Fund VII, which closed in 2021 and has now deployed approximately 80% of its capital. Can`t stop reading?

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JANUARY 9, 2025

True Religion announced on Tuesday that private equity firm Acon Investments has acquired a majority stake in the company. has raised $265m in a funding round led by Greycroft. has raised $265m in a funding round led by Greycroft. The US-based clothing company will maintain its independence following the acquisition.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

stake in TIM, with an official announcement expected soon. CVC had been in talks to acquire Vivendis 24% stake in TIM, positioning itself as the companys largest investor. State-backed financial conglomerate Poste Italiane is set to acquire state lender CDPs 9.8% Both TIM and Poste declined to comment.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

During the June-ended quarter, Citadel's hedge fund made a number of eye-opening moves in Wall Street's hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. But there are a couple of viable reasons, beyond simple profit-taking, which may have encouraged Griffin and his team to reduce their common-share stake in Nvidia.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Sagard, a global alternative asset manager, launched its first private equity fund designed for Canadian accredited investors. The fund will invest in a diversified portfolio of growth-focused businesses across sectors with high potential.

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APRIL 1, 2025

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) are two of the popular stocks among individual investors, but the hedge fund billionaires listed below sold one and bought the other in the fourth quarter. Izzy Englander of Millennium Management cut his stake in Apple by 9%. Dan Loeb of Third Point sold his entire stake in Apple.

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APRIL 9, 2025

The oversubscribed fund attracted a diverse group of limited partners, including family offices, insurance companies, public pension plans, endowments, foundations, and high-net-worth individuals. The fund will generally co-invest alongside lead buyout managers raising between $100m and $1bn.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Both companies play important roles in the burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) economy, but several billionaire fund managers sold some of their Palantir stakes and bought more shares of Nvidia during the third quarter. million shares of Palantir, reducing his stake by 91%. Ken Griffin of Citadel sold 5.1

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JANUARY 31, 2025

PAI Partners entered exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Alvest, a leading provider of Ground Support Equipment (GSE) for airports worldwide. The deal, once completed, will make PAI the largest shareholder, while Ardian will retain a minority stake alongside the companys founders and management team.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

AnaCap has taken a majority stake in Edge Group, an Italian insurance broking platform, marking one of the first investments for its latest flagship fund. read more AnaCap acquires majority stake in Italian insurance broker Edge Group AnaCap has taken a majority stake in Edge Group, an Italian insurance broking platform, marking.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The fund is 33% larger than its predecessor, reflecting strong investor demand for energy transition investments. Brookfield Asset Management is targeting at least $7bn for its fourth infrastructure debt fund, expanding one of the largest strategies in the sector. Read more here. Read more here. Can`t stop reading?

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Series B funding round for Float Financial, a Canadian business finance platform. This new funding raises Float’s total capital secured over the past 12 months to $83m, including a $34.6m This funding round highlights the confidence of private equity investors in Float’s innovative approach to business finance.

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APRIL 3, 2025

The transaction gives Partners Group a significant minority stake and two seats on Gestcomposts board, marking the firms latest infrastructure secondaries deal under its Infrastructure Partnership Investments strategy. The continuation fund structure allows Suma to extend its ownership while unlocking liquidity and institutional capital.

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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.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

New Forests, a global sustainable investment manager, has raised 410m in the first close of its latest fund, focused on climate and forestry initiatives. The fund, supported by European investors such as pension funds, insurers, and family offices, aims to reach a final target of 600m.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

NIIF CEO Sanjiv Aggarwal outlined the fund’s strategy at a venture capital event in Mumbai, stating that it will focus on performing credit to capitalise on the increasing investor demand for high-yield debt. NIIF currently manages four funds, including its largest, the Master Fund, which is dedicated to infrastructure investments.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Alchemy Partners closed its latest fund, Alchemy Special Opportunities Fund V, securing 1bn in capital commitments and surpassing its initial fundraising target. The fund focuses on European mid-market corporate special situations and has already deployed approximately 20% of its capital across nine investments in four countries.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Vista Equity Partners has sold an $800m minority stake in LogicMonitor, a SaaS-based hybrid observability platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI), to a consortium of investors including PSG, Golub Capital, and others.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Sources familiar with the matter indicate that Brookfield has advanced past rival infrastructure funds and strategic buyers following the submission of final offers last week. Canadian pension fund Caisse de Dpt et Placement du Qubec (CDPQ), oil major Shell Plc, infrastructure investor IFM Investors, and Koch Industries.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

They don't list short positions (if any exist), and since they're filed up to 45 days following the end to a quarter, they can provide stale information for active hedge funds. Between March 30, 2023 and June 30, 2024, Laffont oversaw the sale of 72% of his fund's stake in Nvidia. To be upfront, 13Fs are far from perfect.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

BEO Investments LLC, a Miami-based private equity firm, has launched three investment funds tailored to meet the needs of its accredited clients. These funds are going to address diverse investor preferences and capitalize on strategic opportunities in the real estate market. Specifically, the fund aims to achieve an IRR exceeding 20%.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Six decades ago, his fledgling fund acquired the struggling textile maker Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). billion stake now accounts for 2.9% Warren Buffett is one of the most closely followed investors in the world. Berkshire started to invest in Chubb in the third quarter of 2023, and that $7.95 of its portfolio.

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APRIL 11, 2025

Just buy an entire basket of them, in the form of an exchange-traded fund, or ETF. Growth-seeking investors with $1,000 (or any other amount of money) in available cash they can commit to a long-term trade should consider scooping up a stake in the iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: IVW) over any other alternative.

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APRIL 8, 2025

The new fund, managed by London-headquartered private equity firm MidEuropa, aims to invest in mid-cap companies throughout the region, with a long-term capital growth strategy. The proposed investment would represent a significant portion of the funds total projected cost of 800m. Can`t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Private investment major Apollo Global Management has acquired a majority stake in The State Group (TSG), a provider of electrical, mechanical, and automation services, as part of its Impact and Clean Transition investment strategy. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Key deals included selling its majority stake in Dutch generic drugmaker Synthon to Goldman Sachs’ alternative investment division, divesting its controlling stake in Canadian security firm GardaWorld, and listing Springer Nature AG in Germany. It has realized nine deals, generating an average gross multiple of 2.7

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JANUARY 21, 2025

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%. The fund represents a 60% increase from its predecessor and attracted 200 limited partners from 28 countries, including nearly 120 new investors.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

A 13F provides a clear snapshot of which stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) the top money managers purchased and sold in the latest quarter. Stanley Druckenmiller slashed his fund's stake in Nvidia Druckenmiller tends to minimize risks when investing and attempts to align his portfolio with the health of the U.S.

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