Über 5.500 Teilnehmer aus rund 70 Ländern trafen sich jüngst auf der Super Return, dem weltweit größten Treffen der Private-Equity-Branche. Julien Zornig von Astorius, Lucas Fischer von Palladio Partners und Thomas Weinmann von Reia Capital über die Stimmung und die Aussichten in der Branche.
MBK Partners, a Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm, has announced plans to sell Homeplus, its embattled South Korean supermarket chain, in a bid to avoid the retailer’s liquidation, according to a report by Reuters.
Groupe BPCE, France’s second-largest banking group and the fourth-largest in Europe, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to acquire a 75% equity interest in novobanco from private equity firm Lone Star Funds.
UK-based healthcare software company Craneware has rejected a £939.4m ($1.27bn) takeover approach from Bain Capital, stating the private equity firm’s proposed offer significantly undervalued the business, according to a report by Reuters.
Private equity firm Advent International has entered exclusive negotiations with UK consumer goods giant Reckitt over a potential acquisition of its Essential Home division, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Pan-European private equity investor Oakley Capital has acquired a majority stake in G3, a global strategic advisory consultancy, through its Oakley Capital Fund VI – the first investment made by the fund since closing at its €4.5bn hard cap earlier this year.
Strategischer Schachzug im Private-Markets-Rennen Für Allianz Global Investors (AGI), das mit Tobias Pross an der Spitze seine Position im Private-Markets-Segment stärkt, käme die Akquise einem Turbo-Schub gleich. AGI verwaltet bereits etwa 98 Mrd. € in Private-Markets-Strategien und hat zuletzt Impact-Debt-Fonds erfolgreich platziert. Ein Zukauf würde ihr Portfolio zusätzlich um Expertise und Volumen im wachsenden Direktkreditmarkt ergänzen.
Mehr als die Hälfte der institutionellen Investoren erwarten, dass Privatanleger binnen zwei Jahren zur wichtigsten Finanzierungsquelle für Private Markets werden.
Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Private Markets stehen vor einer strategischen Neuausrichtung. Retail-Investoren gewinnen an Bedeutung, KI verändert den Umgang mit Daten und institutionelle Investoren rücken Qualität ins Zentrum ihrer Investments.
In this Data Drop, we provide headline data on Middle East investor sentiment about alternatives in 2025, including regional and asset class preferences, and allocation plans.
German fusion technology startup Proxima Fusion announced today that it has raised €130 million (USD$149 million) in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting its efforts to build the first stellarator-based fusion power plant in the 2030s. The financing marks the largest private fusion investment round in Europe to date.
SWEN Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on non-listed responsible investment and ocean sustainability, has raised €160m in the first close of its SWEN Blue Ocean 2 fund, to invest in innovative start-ups working to support the regeneration of ocean biodiversity.
Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset managers, is planning to invest up to $500bn in Europe over the next ten years, according to a report by Reuters citing comments made by CEO Steve Schwarzman in a Bloomberg TV interview on Tuesday.
Caris Life Sciences, a precision oncology firm backed by Sixth Street and JH Whitney, is targeting a valuation of up to $5.3bn in its upcoming US initial public offering, as appetite for new listings gathers pace amid improving market sentiment, according to a report by Reuters.
Private equity heavyweights KKR and Stonepeak have raised their takeover bid for UK-listed healthcare real estate firm Assura to nearly £1.7bn ($2.3bn), in what they describe as their “best and final” offer, according to a report by Reuters.
