US private equity firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP) has entered into a $25bn-plus partnership with Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ to develop energy infrastructure aimed at powering data centres, according to a report by Reuters.
A private equity-backed consortium, led by Bill Chisholm, Co-Founder of STG Partners, has struck a $6.1bn deal to acquire the Boston Celtics, marking the largest PE-led takeover of a sports franchise and setting a new record for NBA team valuations, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Risk management services provider Apave Group announced the acquisition of French carbon accounting firm Aktio, in a move aimed at helping Apave to strengthen its expertise in sustainability and decarbonization.
Finanzierungstrends und neue Investitionsstrategien. Steigendes Engagement für Nachhaltigkeit Auch auf Investorenseite steigt das Engagement für Nachhaltigkeit kontinuierlich. Ein wachsender Anteil der Venture Capital-Fonds klassifiziert sich als „SFDR 9-Fonds“ („dunkelgrüne Fonds“) und verpflichtet sich, mit seinen Anlagestrategien konkrete Nachhaltigkeitsziele zu verfolgen. Zusammen mit den „SFDR 8-Fonds“ („hellgrüne Fonds“), die ökologische und/oder soziale Aspekte berücksichtigen, machen „grüne“ […]
India’s Shapoorji Pallonji Group has received binding commitments from a consortium of private credit funds for a significant fundraising effort, which could result in the country’s largest private debt deal to date, according to a report by Bloomberg.
New State Capital Partners has held the final close of Fund IV with $700m in capital commitments. The fundraising, which was oversubscribed, above its target, and completed in less than six months takes the firm’s overall assets to $1.8bn.
EQT is set to return $5.4bn to investors following the sale of a stake in Nord Anglia Education, marking one of the largest and most profitable private equity exits in Asia in recent years, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private Märkte im Fokus Dabei gewinnen vor allem die privaten Märkte immer weiter an Bedeutung: Rund zwei Drittel (66 %) der Investoren planen, ihre Allokation in private Märkte in den nächsten fünf Jahren zu erhöhen. Dabei stehen für etwa jeden zweiten Investoren vor allem die Assetklassen Private Infrastructure und Private Credit im Vordergrund.
Frankfurt. Es sind durchwachsene Nachrichten für die Private-Equity-Branche: Die wirtschaftliche und geopolitische Unsicherheit dämpft die Dealaktivität. Ein wichtiger Indikator, um den Erfolg der Branche zu messen, ist das Volumen der Exits, also der aus den Portfolios der Beteiligungsgesellschaften an die Börse gebrachten oder weiterverkauften Unternehmen.
Battery technology company Coreshell announced that it has raised $24 million to help scale production to meet growing demand for its fast-charging, U.S.-produced silicon-based batteries for electric vehicles.
Half of LPs plan to increase investment in private equity over the short and long term in our survey of investors. Proportion of investors seeing venture capital assets as overvalued has fallen, with a quarter now seeing fair value. Long-term private debt allocation intentions appear stable but some investors are more cautious about increasing capital […]
Private equity firm Sixth Street has acquired a 10% stake in the San Francisco Giants marking a significant investment in the Major League Baseball franchise aimed at infrastructure and community development rather than player acquisitions, according to a report by then New York Times.
Kurz vor dem Regierungswechsel gewährt der scheidende Bundesfinanzminister Jörg Kukies Versorgungswerken und Pensionskassen mehr Freiheit. Die neuen Regeln unterstützen die Beteiligungsbranche.
A private equity consortium led by KKR and Warburg Pincus has submitted a non-binding bid to acquire Gerresheimer AG, the German medical packaging company known for manufacturing injector pens used in popular weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy, according to a report by Reuters.
Energy infrastructure investment manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced that it has raised more than €12 billion (USD$13.1 billion) at the final close of CI V, its fifth flagship fund, focused on investing in new energy transition projects in low-risk countries globally.
