Global investment firm KKR and a subsidiary of Japan Investment Corp have announced a JPY348bn ($2.3bn) tender offer to acquire Topcon, a Japanese medical and precision positioning equipment manufacturer, according to a report by Reuters.
Thames Water has selected private investment major KKR & Co as its preferred partner for the next stage of its efforts to raise equity and turn around the debt-laden utilities business, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Bloomberg: Verkauf der Fondsverwaltung HSBC Inka an Private-Equity-Haus laut Insidern möglich, BNP Paris an deutscher Verwahrstelle interessiert.
Das deutsche Proptech Tado hat eine Finanzspritze in Höhe von 30 Mio. Euro von der Panasonic Corporation erhalten, dem weltweit größten Hersteller von Elektronikprodukten aus Japan.
Vermehrte Investmenttätigkeiten und Erfolge beim Verkauf von Beteiligungen deuten auf eine Erholung der globalen PE-Branche hin. Wie der aktuelle »Global Private Equity Report« der Unternehmensberatung Bain & Company zeigt, ist die Überwindung des größten Einbruchs seit der Finanzkrise 2008 kein Selbstläufer.
Morgan Stanley is working with Goldman Sachs to explore the sale of its 50.06% stake in German renewable energy developer PNE, potentially triggering a full takeover bid for the €1.09bn ($1.17bn) company, according to a report by Reuters.
Last year, global investment in the low-carbon energy transition hit a record $2.1tn, according to Energy Transition Investment Trends 2025. But, while investment is at an all-time high, growth is slowing – a concerning trend considering a total of $200tn (about $7tn per year) is needed to hit net-zero by 2050, according to BloombergNEF.
Private credit is not experiencing a bubble, and an economic downturn will not lead to “massive losses” for lenders in the space, according to a report by the Financial Times citing Jim Zelter, president of Apollo Global Management.
Dollar Tree has agreed to sell its struggling Family Dollar business to a consortium of private equity investors led by Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management for approximately $1bn, concluding a nearly year-long search for a buyer, according to a report by Reuters.
Im Zuge der Anpassung der Anlageverordnung für Pensionskassen plant die SOKA-Bau, ihre Kapitalanlage bis 2035 neu auszurichten. Strategische Anpassungen durch neue Spielräume für Infrastruktur, Private Equity und Private Debt.
German battery technology startup theion announced that it has raised €15 million (USD$16.2 million) in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at furthering development of lower-carbon footprint batteries that provide more power and energy storage than standard lithium-ion batteries.
PE firm Trive Capital and two of its portfolio companies are facing an antitrust lawsuit from JF Petroleum Group, which alleges that Trive engaged in anti-competitive practices to dominate fuel infrastructure distribution and servicing in the US Midwest, according to a report by Reuters.
Deutsche Bank is assessing interest from banks and private credit funds in potentially providing a $200m loan to support Blackstone’s bid for Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA), according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Laut Medienberichten ist die Entscheidung zur Zukunft der deutschen HSBC-Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft gefallen: Die HSBC Inka geht an einen Private-Equity-Investor.
Pan-European private equity firm Oakley Capital has successfully closed Oakley Capital Fund VI at its €4.5bn hard cap, just six months after launching the fundraise in September 2024.
