Private Equity & Private Capital News

Insignia Financial, Australia’s third-largest superannuation player, has attracted a third suitor, with Brookfield Asset Management entering the fray to acquire the money manager with an AUD3bn ($1.9bn) offer, according to a report by Reuters.

Europäische Unternehmen mit schlechterer Bonität refinanzieren sich derzeit so umfänglich wie nie zuvor. Das Volumen der Hochzinsanleihen und Term Loans B kletterte im Januar nach Daten der Investmentbank J.P. Morgan auf den Rekordwert von 34 Mrd. Euro.

Apollo Global Management has agreed to provide a $500m hybrid capital solution to Aldar Properties PJSC, one of the UAE’s leading real estate companies, representing one of the region’s largest corporate hybrid private placements to date.

Private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners are in advanced talks to acquire aircraft parts manufacturer Triumph Group in a deal valued at approximately $3bn, including debt, according to a report by Bloomberg News.

Cogenuity Partners (Cogenuity), a lower middle market private equity firm investing in businesses operating within the advanced industrial economy, has closed its inaugural fund, Cogenuity Fund I, with $425m in total capital commitments.

Global private equity dealmaking saw a 7% increase in buyout capital in 2024, reaching $511.6bn compared to $478.3bn in 2023, although the fundraising environment remained difficult, according to the Private Equity Q4 2024: Preqin Quarterly Update report.

Blackstone has reported stronger-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter of last year, fuelled by a resurgence in dealmaking and early signs of stabilisation in the troubled commercial real estate (CRE) sector, according to a report by Reuters.

Private equity giant KKR has taken a 12% stake in Henry Schein and reached an agreement to add independent directors to the company’s board, the medical and dental supplies distributor announced Wednesday, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Die Kapitalbeschaffung nimmt mit der Einführung verschiedener so genannter Evergreen-Fonds zu, die es den Kunden ermöglichen, regelmäßig Kapital abzuziehen oder neu einzubringen – eine Abkehr von den traditionellen geschlossenen Strukturen, die das Geld in der Regel für sieben bis zwölf Jahre binden.

The EIF VC Survey and the EIF Private Equity Mid-Market Survey (the largest combined regular survey exercises among General Partners on a pan-European level) provide an opportunity to retrieve unique market insights. This publication is based on the results of the 2024 VC Survey, conducted by the EIF with the support of Invest Europe. The […]