Blackstone’s inaugural private equity fund targeting Japanese individual investors has raised $1.2bn just four months after launch, on the back of increasing interest in alternative assets in the country, according to a report by Bloomberg.
US-based private equity firm Stonepeak has agreed to an all-cash deal to acquire New Zealand-based senior care specialist Arvida Group for NZD1.24bn ($745.74m) excluding debt, according to a report by Reuters.
Alternative investments are financial assets other than the traditional, publicly traded ones (stocks, bonds, and cash). The most common types of alternative investments include real estate, collectibles, commodities, private equity, and derivatives. Alternative investments offer portfolio diversification and a counterbalance to stocks, but they often are illiquid, unregulated, and not clearly priced.
A short list of asset managers account for more than a fifth of the $2.62 trillion of capital committed. The mountain of dry powder — money that investors have committed to private equity and venture capital funds — has set a new record high, as firms anticipate that deal markets will continue improving.
Blackstone has reported a 3% increase in second-quarter distributable earnings compared to the previous year, attributed to significant asset sales in its private equity and credit divisions, which offset a downturn in real estate, according to a report by Reuters.
Start-up-Investoren wie Andreessen Horowitz haben begonnen, für irrwitzige Summen Chips für KI-Anwendungen zu kaufen. Tatsächlich ist das ein smarter Schachzug – von dem auch die Bundesregierung etwas lernen könnte.
Unter den Privatmarkt-Investoren sind deutsche, österreichische und Schweizer Family Offices die nach absoluter Zahl wichtigste Anlegergruppe. Das zeigt ein Bericht von Preqin. Insgesamt ist das verwaltete Vermögen in der Anlageklasse in den vergangenen Jahren gestiegen.
Mid-market private equity investment activity in the UK declined by 11% in the first half of 2024, as challenging macroeconomic conditions persisted, according to KPMG UK’s latest mid-market private equity analysis.
Electric motor company Infinitum announced it raised a further $35 million in its Series E funding, bringing the funding round’s total to $220 million, with proceeds aimed at accelerating the company’s growth and driving decarbonization with sustainable, high-efficiency motor systems. Motors are the largest single end-user of energy, according to the IEA, consuming 53% of […]
Cleantech startup Again has raised $43 million in series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting its growth and build full scale decarbonization plants. Founded in 2021, and spun out of the Danish Technical University, Copenhagen-based Again provides solutions to decarbonize heavy industry by using fermentation to turn CO2 into valuable products. The company’s […]
Power infrastructure company Cloverleaf Infrastructure announced today that it has raised over $300 million, with proceeds to be used to develop data center sites that run on low-carbon electricity across the U.S. Data centers globally are responsible for a growing share of climate impact, already reaching up to 2% of the world’s carbon emissions, nearly […]
Australian energy transition platform Symphony Infrastructure Partners announced today that it has raised A$488 million (USD$329 million) in a Series A financing round including A$300 million (USD$202 million) from lead investor Blackstone, with proceeds aimed at accelerating the company’s growth and completing a series of five pending acquisitions. Founded in 2022, Symphony develops, owns, and […]
Der französische Spirituosenhersteller hat nach eigenen Angaben einen entsprechenden Vertrag mit der Australian Wine Holdco Limited unterzeichnet. Ein Verkaufspreis wurde nicht genannt. Hinter dem Käufer steht ein Konsortium internationaler Investoren, dem auch der australische Weinhersteller Accolade Wines gehört.
Nature-based carbon project development and financing startup Earthshot Labs announced today that it has raised $5.5 million in a Series A funding round, aimed at supporting the expansion of its platform. Launched in 2020, Earthshot Labs provides a platform for developing and financing nature restoration and conservation projects using carbon as the primary financing mechanism, […]
Alternative investment manager Blackstone’s energy-focused private equity business, Blackstone Energy Transition Partners, announced the acquisition of power solutions provider Trystar, with the firm citing opportunities to support the company’s growth as it pursues opportunities from factors including the energy transition and AI-driven growth in data centers. Founded in 1991, Minnesota-based Trystar provides electrical power solutions […]
