Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

US private equity major KKR is planning to take Japanese systems developer Fuji Soft private in a deal valued at around JPY600bn ($4.13bn), according to a report by NikkeiAsia citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Following the buyout, Fuji Soft’s founding family and management are expected to reinvest in the company.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Manchester-based private equity firm Palatine has exited specialist fleet solutions provider NRG Riverside via a sale of the business, following significant investment in its people and operations, to Astatine Investment Partners, a specialist PE investor focused on infrastructure investments.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 23, 2024

billion as of the end of last year) comes from its privately held businesses. Just as the name suggests, private equity firms supply promising up-and-coming companies with capital, usually in the form of a loan, but sometimes in exchange for an equity stake in a company. It's not complicated.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As we navigate this environment, we will have increased flexibility as a private company and Searchlight will continue to be an outstanding partner as we advance our transformation to a leading fiber-first provider. Source: Businesswire Can’t stop reading? Nasdaq: CNSL) (“Consolidated Communications” or the.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

stake in video-game provider Keywords Ventures Ltd. and committing $700 million to a private equity fund managed by EQT Private Capital Asia. two packaging companies. Axel Springer SE will remain as a minority co-shareholder in the classified businesses, with an approximate 10% ownership stake.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 24, 2023

Different from public equity, where investors buy a stake in a publicly listed company, private equity refers to the private ownership of non-listed firms or of those that were once public and have been since taken private. CPP Investments invests in private equity in two ways.

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Axial

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When the Berstein Family sold ImageFIRST to a private equity firm, the group found themselves eager for a new challenge. They knew together they could positively impact other companies and decided to form Northwoods Partners as a result. KCO is not a typical private equity firm – KCO is not a fund.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

This means exits will become tougher and valuations of private companies will necessarily come down (see my recent comment going over how regulators are demanding more disclosure from private equity and hedge funds). Now, CPP Investments has a long investment horizon.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 28, 2024

Microsoft has been a beneficiary of the AI boom, took a significant stake in OpenAI, integrating AI into their products. In this case, there's a private equity firm called Permira, and they've specialized in this type of thing. It's interesting. As you said, they're both neck and neck around on $3.3

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Pension Pulse

MAY 8, 2023

Shannon Rebolledo staked out the parking lot as JBS left and PSSI came in. For all the years the investigation found child labor, PSSI has been owned by Wall Street's Blackstone--the largest private equity firm in the world. No pension fund wants to invest in private companies that abuse immigrant children.

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Axial

MAY 4, 2023

Our team has advised on over $2 billion of successful transactions with private equity firms, high net-worth individuals, and public companies. Our clients are privately-held businesses in a variety of industries throughout North America.”

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 23, 2025

The funds minimum investment of 10,000 for most share classes aims to democratise access to private equity. The ELTIF-style fund focuses on co-investments in private companies, partnering with leading private equity managers in strategies such as M&A, digital transformation, operational improvement, and strategic growth.

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