Private equity giants Advent International and KKR are preparing for a major liquidity event as their portfolio company NIQ Global targets a valuation of up to $7.3bn in its upcoming US IPO, according to a report by Reuters.

Private equity giants Advent International and KKR are preparing for a major liquidity event as their portfolio company NIQ Global targets a valuation of up to $7.3bn in its upcoming US IPO, according to a report by Reuters.
BlueFive Capital, through its Reef Private Equity Fund I, has acquired 100% of Wusoom Holding, a holding company with assets across high-growth sectors in the GCC, including real estate, technology, hospitality, aviation, and industrial sectors.
Stone Point Capital has held the final close of Trident X, its tenth flagship private equity fund, with $11.5bn in total capital commitments – surpassing both its original $9bn target and hard cap, and marking the firm’s largest fundraise to date.
Die Private Equity-Szene in Deutschland wartet weiterhin auf die Trendwende. In einem Umfeld aus heimischer Konjunkturschwäche, politischen Unwägbarkeiten und geopolitischen Krisen dominiert noch immer die Unsicherheit. Beteiligungsgesellschaften und (Portfolio-)Unternehmen agieren entsprechend zurückhaltend. Dennoch wächst die Hoffnung auf den Beginn der Markterholung noch im Jahresverlauf.
Die Bankenkonsolidierung in Deutschland gewinnt an Dynamik. Mit der Aareal Bank könnte die Helaba eine führende Rolle bei der Finanzierung von Gewerbeimmobilien übernehmen.
Nachdem die Übernahme von Techem durch GIC und TPG Rise Climate in diesem Frühjahr nicht wie geplant vonstatten ging, will nun ein erweitertes Konsortium in den Energiedienstleister investieren. Der Deal hat ein Volumen von 6,7 Mrd. Euro.
Slowing distributions in private equity are pushing the stealthily wealthy elite to look deeper into the alternative credit space.
Brookfield Asset Management, Stonepeak, and Air Liquide have been shortlisted by Macquarie Asset Management for the final bidding round in the sale of South Korean industrial gas producer DIG Airgas, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Cerberus Capital Management and consumer sector veteran Dean Metropoulos mounted a serious, though ultimately unsuccessful, bid for cereal maker WK Kellogg, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Der Co-Chef des europäischen Private-Equity-Geschäfts von KKR erwartet einen historischen Umbruch: Der Boom sei vorbei, die Renditen zu niedrig. Dafür rücken Privatanleger in den Fokus – und Europa.
Wall Street banks including JPMorgan Chase and UBS have begun pitching a $4.25bn debt financing package to investors to support private equity firm Sycamore Partners’ buyout of UK pharmacy chain Boots, according to a report by Bloomberg.
NexPhase Capital, a thematically driven and operationally focused private equity firm, has sold non-alcoholic cocktail mix brand Zing Zang to Mizkan America. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Investment firm BlueFive Capital has concluded raising the $2bn BlueFive Reef Private Equity Fund I, which – registered with the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) – targets large cap GCC private equity investments.
Los Angeles-based private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has held the final close of its seventh flagship fund, securing more than $3.6bn in capital commitments – well above its initial fundraising target.
Die Private-Equity-Gesellschaft Recognize hat ihren zweiten Fonds, Recognize II, mit über 1,7 Mrd. US-Dollar geschlossen. Der Fokus liegt auf wachstumsorientierten Beteiligungen an mittelgroßen Unternehmen im Bereich digitaler Dienstleistungen.