Private Equity & Private Capital News

Vista Equity Partners, the software and technology-focused private equity firm with over $100bn in assets under management, is considering the sale of Finastra’s capital markets division, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Managers and investors must now collaborate closely — and seriously — if they want to improve their ecosystem, argues SBAI’s Thomas Deinet. Institutional investors have long called for better transparency and disclosure regarding fees, expenses, pass-through costs, and conflicts of interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s private fund adviser rule sought to resolve some of […]

A consortium of private equity firms comprising CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital and Platinum Ivy, are to acquire Hargreaves Lansdown in a deal that values the UK’s largest savings and investment platform at £5.4bn ($6.9bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.

RISIKOKAPITAL-BRANCHE IM NEUEN ZEITALTER _ Lange Zeit galten die Private Markets mit ihrem Unterklassen Private Equity, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Real Assets (v.a. Infrastruktur) und Private Debt als Renditegaranten. Spätestens seit der Zinswende und mit Einsetzen der konjunkturellen Abschwächung hat sich der Wind allerdings gedreht.

Earnings data compiled by Bloomberg has revealed that listed PE firms are amassing significant capital ahead of a resurgence in dealmaking, with seven major firms reporting a combined $722bn in dry powder as of 30 June, a 9% increase from the previous year.

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.

A conversation with Ben Wallwork, Partner, Co-investments at Adams Street, about the evolution of the firm’s co-investments platform in tandem with market shifts.