Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 23, 2025

The $16.4bn sale of Calpine Corp to Constellation Energy underscores the rising significance of mega-exits in private equity. This landmark deal, which provides a 4x return for its ownersEnergy Capital Partners (ECP), CPP Investments, and Access Industriesis among the largest transactions in the U.S.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 1, 2024

Zeus is officially under new ownership after private equity firm EQT closed on its acquisition of the medical tubing supplier. Read more LDC invests in travel software developer 15below LDC, a private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has invested in 15below, a.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 8, 2025

The founder of Newbury Partners, Richard Lichter, has started a new venture to support small private equity firms struggling with fundraising gaps. This is due to the sluggish fundraising environment, which has impacted even strong firms with excellent track records.

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Private Equity Insights

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. Moreover, it aims to deliver steady monthly cash flows and an internal rate of return of 12% to 14%. It has a 5 to 7-year investment horizon.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sky Island Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, closed its second fund, Sky Island Capital Fund II, securing $300m in commitments. Sky Islands latest fund reflects increasing interest in the lower middle-market segment, known for its underexplored opportunities and potential for outsized returns.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 22, 2025

These strategic allocations highlight NYSCRFs active diversification efforts across private equity, real assets, and credit. By focusing on high-growth opportunities in alternative investments, the pension fund continues to position itself for sustainable, long-term returns.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 18, 2025

This move aligns with the firm’s strategy to support the transition to a more sustainable energy future while ensuring grid reliability. This transaction underscores the growing interest of private equity firms in the energy sector, particularly in assets that can provide stable returns while contributing to the energy transition.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

Both new and returning investors contributed to the successful raise. RCPDirect V will focus on making minority equity investments of $7.5m 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.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 22, 2025

As of December 31, 2024, private equity accounts for 16.71% of the pensions total assets, while private credit represents 0.38%. These allocations underscore the pension systems strategic focus on alternative investments to drive long-term returns. Source: Dakota Can’t stop reading? in commitments across six.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

The events industry has seen a strong rebound post-pandemic, surpassing pre-Covid levels as businesses return to in-person conferences. Providence, a Rhode Island-based private equity firm, has been highly active in the events space. This resurgence has sparked a series of high-profile transactions.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The company was created through the merger of analytics company BigBear and systems integrator NuWave by private equity firm AI Industrial Partners. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. The Stock Advisor service has more than quadrupled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 11, 2025

The oversubscribed fund attracted significant backing from both returning and new investors, highlighting strong demand for the middle-market private equity firms focused investment strategy. Pamlico targets equity investments between $50m and $200m in high-growth companies across North America.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

HBX Group, the Spanish travel technology company known for its Hotelbeds brand and backed by private equity firms Cinven, EQT, and Canadian pension fund CPP Investments, is gearing up for a 1bn ($1.04bn) initial public offering (IPO) in the coming weeks, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Insights

APRIL 9, 2025

The transaction comes as private equity firms look for alternative ways to return capital to LPs in a slower M&A and IPO environment. The sale marks a near doubling of IFSs valuation since 2021, when the company was previously valued at around $8bn.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Major private equity firms have faced significant obstacles in selling or listing their China-based portfolio companies in 2023, with Beijings tightening restrictions on IPOs and a decelerating economy having left foreign investors capital effectively trapped, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 12, 2025

return in 2024, boosted by private equity and stocks Read More Blackstone secures SEC approval for new multi-asset credit fund targeting individual investors Read More The post Maven Capital fuels Digital Rewards Groups global growth with major investment appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The private equity firm has not disclosed financial returns from the exit. Endless created Karnova Food Group through the acquisitions of Yorkshire Premier Meat in 2022 and Smithfield Murray in 2023. The combined business now generates over 135m in revenue, according to a statement from Endless.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The fund completed 26 private equity transactions, mainly co-investments and fund commitments, with several deal sizes undisclosed and no recorded exits during the period. return in the quarter, driven by strong private equity and credit gains. The pension giant, Canadas largest, recorded a 3.8% Can`t stop reading?

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Private Equity Professional

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

As market conditions grow more competitive and complex, the ability to drive value through operational improvements has become a key differentiator in achieving superior investment returns. In many ways, creating value is a more difficult path. This leaves valuable margin dollars on the table.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

As the investment firm argues, the stock is cheap relatively to cash flow, but it believes that reflects investors' poor perception of the company. A private equity firm could be interested as a buyer, or there could be other maneuvers the company could make to increase the value.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 12, 2024

Four of New York City’s five public employee pension funds, catering for teachers, police officers, firefighters and civil servants, are to up their allocations to private equity and other illiquid asset classes, as they look to boost investment returns, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The transaction, led by LDC’s Stefan Gunn and James Garland, generates a 3x money multiple return and IRR of 81% for LDC. Read more LDC Exits Cakesmiths with 3x Return LDC, the private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has agreed to exit its. Source: LDC Can’t stop reading?

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 30, 2024

Indeed, investors have still been able to generate strong returns over the last year or so. Nevertheless, if you are an accredited investor, you may have access to opportunities in private equity. Private equity firms raise money from a syndicate of high-net-worth individuals and invest that capital on their behalf.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The London-based private equity firm expects to launch fundraising in the second quarter of 2025 and targets a first close by year-end. In 2024, the firm returned 12bn to limited partners and co-investors, marking its highest annual distribution.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 24, 2024

See the 10 stocks Going private with a private equity player? 11 report was published by The Wall Street Journal , which wrote that Walgreens management is in discussions with private equity firm Sycamore Partners to take itself private. Eric Volkman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Warburg Pincus, a leading private equity firm managing approximately $86bn in assets, has no immediate plans to pursue an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report by Reuters quoting CEO Jeffrey Perlman at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Tuesday. The industry bought a lot in 2021.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has finalized a deal to acquire Sogo Medical Group, Japan’s fifth-largest pharmacy chain, from Polaris Capital Group for approximately $1.2bn. Read more LDC Exits Cakesmiths with 3x Return LDC, the private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has agreed to exit its.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Such high-profile transactions are gaining prominence as private equity firms face challenges selling assets acquired during the low-interest-rate boom of the late 2010s. Industry players hope that more favourable market conditions in 2025 will accelerate dealmaking and ease pressure from investors eager for returns.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Symphony Technology Group (STG), another private equity firm, has also been vying for Alteryx and could still try to clinch a deal, one of the sources added. Read more LDC Exits Cakesmiths with 3x Return LDC, the private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has agreed to exit its.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 20, 2023

These deals enable companies to unlock the value of their real estate while providing them with the capital they can use to repay debt, expand their operations, or fund cash returns to shareholders. That will provide it with additional capital to recycle into new higher-return opportunities. Carey collect rent paid in U.S.

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AltAssets

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Veteran private equity firm Kohlberg & Company has raised $5.3bn of new capital across its tenth flagship private equity fund and related co-invest vehicles. The post Kohlberg & Company wraps up quick return to fundraising with $5.3bn of new capital appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2024

Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) , MPLX (NYSE: MPLX) , and two private equity firms are forming a new joint venture (JV) to develop, build, own, and operate natural gas pipelines and storage assets. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Gulf Coast region.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Buyout firms have long relied on controversial loans backed by equity stakes to enhance fund returns, but growing investor criticism has triggered a slowdown, according to a report by Bloomberg UK. The ILPA warns that any distributions received from a NAV-based facility might later be recalled to help repay the loan.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Private equity firms and pension funds are pouring unprecedented amounts of money into the UK rental housing market, driven by soaring demand and a persistent housing affordability crisis, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2023

based private equity firm will consider listing in 2024 after assessing market conditions, said the source who declined to be identified as the discussions were private. The carrier reported a statutory net profit after tax of $82.93m for the full year ended June 30, 2023, compared with a loss of $362m in 2022.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2025

The dividends held steady in 2019 and 2020, but returned to growth with a 7.6% The dividend history doesn't really matter in this case, because private investor group Sycamore Partners is taking Walgreens off the public market soon. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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PE Hub

JUNE 26, 2023

Nasdaq is buying Thoma Bravo portfolio company Adenza in a cash and shares deal that sources say gave the private equity firm a return of more than 2x. The post Thoma Bravo’s Holden Spaht eyes earnings bump for ‘tech-centric’ Nasdaq appeared first on PE Hub.

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