Private Equity & Private Capital News

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.

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.

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.

Private equity giant Advent International is one step closer to sealing its largest UK deal this year after Spectris, the British precision instrumentation and software company, said it would back a formal £3.73bn ($5.06bn) offer – if Advent proceeds, according to a report by Reuters.

PHILADELPHIA / LONDON (IT BOLTWISE) – Das Sportstätten-Startup Ballers hat in einer Serie-A-Finanzierungsrunde 20 Millionen US-Dollar von einer Gruppe von Investmentfirmen und professionellen Athleten eingesammelt.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) posted an 11.3% time-weighted return on its private equity portfolio in 2024, as the $544bn pension giant continues an aggressive push to reshape its exposure to the asset class, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.