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3 Surprising Ways the Ultra-Wealthy Invest Their Money

The Motley Fool

Among high-net-worth families, 27% of their portfolios are invested in private equity, according to a survey from investing firm KKR. Private equity is the only alternative investment that has regularly outperformed the S&P 500 index. What is private credit?

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Garnett Station Partners, Authentic Restaurant Brands Will Add Fiesta Restaurant Group to Its Portfolio for a Value of $225m

Private Equity Insights

The Special Committee and, ultimately, the full Fiesta Board of Directors, determined that this transaction delivers significant, immediate and certain value to Fiesta stockholders while providing Pollo Tropical the scale, resources and flexibility for continued success as part of a private company.” Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.

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Want to Invest Like a Billionaire? This ETF Lets You Buy SpaceX, OpenAI, Stripe, and Other Unicorns for Less Than $50.

The Motley Fool

Private equity and venture capital firms typically have access to investments that are not available to everyday investors. In turn, large investment firms gain access to opportunities that aren't typically found on public exchanges. Naturally, unicorns are generally desirable investment opportunities.

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Arkhouse and Brigade Capital up Macy’s offer to $24 per share

Private Equity Insights

Arkhouse Management, a New York-based investment firm that takes a private equity approach to public markets investing, has, with investment partner Brigade Capital Management, upped its all-cash proposal to acquire US retail chain Macy’s to $24.00 Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading?

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Pelican Energy Partners to acquire nuclear power engineering provider GSE

Private Equity Insights

As a private company, the team will have the flexibility to capitalise on growth initiatives and invest in technology to create value for their customers. read more Cinven acquire software maker Jaggaer, deal upwards $3bn Vista Equity Partners, a private investment firm focused on enterprise software, data and.

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Advent to buy Ryan Reynolds-backed fintech Nuvei in $6.3 bn deal

Private Equity Insights

Existing shareholders – Fayer, private equity firm Novacap and Canadian pension fund CDPQ – are expected to indirectly own or control about 24%, 18% and 12%, respectively, of the equity in the private company after the deal closes. bn deal Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to buy Canada’s Nuvei NVEI.TO

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KKR Closes $1.62bn Acquisition of Simon & Schuster

Private Equity Insights

Global investment firm KKR has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of Simon & Schuster from Paramount Global in a $1.62bn (£1.33bn) all-cash transaction. Simon & Schuster is now a standalone private company, and the only independent major trade publisher in the US.