According to the latest data from Q3 2023, Private Capital assets under management (AUM) are steadily growing across the DACH region. As a result, dry powder is building up for the next cycle of private market activity. This trend is most evident in Austria, where 42.8% of the total €2.8 billion AUM is awaiting allocation. […]
Energy-focused private equity investor NGP announced the launch of NGP Sustainable Real Assets (NGP SRA), a new dedicated pool of capital focused on real assets investing in the energy transition. The new fund is launching with approximately $500 million of capital commitments at closing, provided by NGP’s dedicated energy transition fund, NGP Energy Transition IV, […]
Climate solutions startup Cowboy Clean Fuels (CCF) announced that it has raised approximately $13 million at the closing of a Series B equity financing round, with proceeds aimed at commercializing its solution to simultaneously produce clean fuel and remove CO2. Founded in 2020, Colorado-based CCF provides technology offering both geologic carbon removal & sequestration and […]
Italian energy company Eni announced today that it has signed an exclusivity agreement with alternative asset and private equity investor KKR to advance the potential sale of a 20% – 25% stake of Eni’s mobility transformation and biofuels-focused business, Enilive. The potential transaction would value Enilive at between €11.5 billion and €12.5 billion (USD$12.5 – […]
Für rund acht Milliarden Dollar übernimmt der Konzern das Geschäft mit Lüftungs- und Klimatechnik vom US-Unternehmen Johnson Controls. Der Zukauf schließt bei Bosch eine strategische Lücke.
Blackstone’s inaugural private equity fund targeting Japanese individual investors has raised $1.2bn just four months after launch, on the back of increasing interest in alternative assets in the country, according to a report by Bloomberg.
US-based private equity firm Stonepeak has agreed to an all-cash deal to acquire New Zealand-based senior care specialist Arvida Group for NZD1.24bn ($745.74m) excluding debt, according to a report by Reuters.
Alternative investments are financial assets other than the traditional, publicly traded ones (stocks, bonds, and cash). The most common types of alternative investments include real estate, collectibles, commodities, private equity, and derivatives. Alternative investments offer portfolio diversification and a counterbalance to stocks, but they often are illiquid, unregulated, and not clearly priced.
A short list of asset managers account for more than a fifth of the $2.62 trillion of capital committed. The mountain of dry powder — money that investors have committed to private equity and venture capital funds — has set a new record high, as firms anticipate that deal markets will continue improving.
Blackstone has reported a 3% increase in second-quarter distributable earnings compared to the previous year, attributed to significant asset sales in its private equity and credit divisions, which offset a downturn in real estate, according to a report by Reuters.
Start-up-Investoren wie Andreessen Horowitz haben begonnen, für irrwitzige Summen Chips für KI-Anwendungen zu kaufen. Tatsächlich ist das ein smarter Schachzug – von dem auch die Bundesregierung etwas lernen könnte.
Unter den Privatmarkt-Investoren sind deutsche, österreichische und Schweizer Family Offices die nach absoluter Zahl wichtigste Anlegergruppe. Das zeigt ein Bericht von Preqin. Insgesamt ist das verwaltete Vermögen in der Anlageklasse in den vergangenen Jahren gestiegen.
Mid-market private equity investment activity in the UK declined by 11% in the first half of 2024, as challenging macroeconomic conditions persisted, according to KPMG UK’s latest mid-market private equity analysis.
Electric motor company Infinitum announced it raised a further $35 million in its Series E funding, bringing the funding round’s total to $220 million, with proceeds aimed at accelerating the company’s growth and driving decarbonization with sustainable, high-efficiency motor systems. Motors are the largest single end-user of energy, according to the IEA, consuming 53% of […]
Cleantech startup Again has raised $43 million in series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting its growth and build full scale decarbonization plants. Founded in 2021, and spun out of the Danish Technical University, Copenhagen-based Again provides solutions to decarbonize heavy industry by using fermentation to turn CO2 into valuable products. The company’s […]
