Despite the impressive rise of private alternatives, two-thirds of European and Asian professional fund buyers believe their clients remain underexposed to this asset class, according to a study. PGIM, the global asset management arm of Prudential Financial, surveyed 210 gatekeepers from the UK, Europe and Asia, revealing significant underinvestment in private market strategies. In Europe, […]
The Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS), which manages $23.1 billion in assets, has committed up to $110 million to various private equity funds, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing officials at the pension fund.
As liquidity constraints put pressure on the private equity industry, the secondaries market is expected to grow substantially over the next twelve months, with fundraising and deal flow set to expand, according to Investec’s latest Secondaries Report, Charting a Course for Further Growth.
MetLife Investment Management (MIM), the institutional asset management business of MetLife, has formed a new $1.2bn private equity fund of funds, significantly boosting the amount of private capital the insurer manages for outside investors.
Insolvenzzahlen steigen – wie finden Unternehmen zurück auf den Wachstumspfad? Jahrelang sanken die Insolvenzzahlen in Deutschland kontinuierlich. Trotz der Coronapandemie mit massiven wirtschaftlichen Einschränkungen blieb die Zahl der Insolvenzen niedrig – doch seit 2022 steigen sie wieder deutlich an. Unternehmen kämpfen mit den Folgen der Pandemie, hohen Energiekosten, steigenden Zinsen und Inflationsdruck. Sanierungsexperten und alternative […]
Private equity firms are extracting lavish dividends from their portfolio companies while waiting for the right time to sell. One recent example of these dividend recaps is Best Secret, owned by Permira.
Paramount, owner of Paramount Pictures movie and television studios, the CBS television network and CBS News and a takeover target of private equity firm Apollo Global, is to merge with Skydance Media, according to a report by CBS News.
Investment manager Nuveen announced that it has raised commitments of approximately $200 million at the first close of its second global climate inclusion private equity strategy, aimed at investing in solutions addressing sustainable development challenges including climate change and inequality. Nuveen’s second climate inclusion strategy will build on the firm’s first private equity impact strategy, […]
We’re still waiting for the long-anticipated PE exit recovery, but deal advisers tell me GPs are busy cooking up plans to offload their fully baked assets as pressure mounts to return capital to LPs. Market chatter at the start of the year indicated the pipeline of exits was filling up, there were more assets up […]
Cinven steigt bei Fressnapf ein. Umgekehrt übernimmt der Heimtierbedarf-Spezialist von dem PE-Haus dessen Anteile am italienischen Händler Arcaplanet. Ihr Ziel: den europäischen Markt aufmischen.
An affiliate of HIG Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $64bn of capital under management, is to acquire CGH Group, a manufacturer of large, engineered storage tanks and tank accessories in EMEA.
Two major private equity firms, KKR and CVC, have submitted bids exceeding €3bn for B&B Hotels, a French budget hotel chain that was founded in Brest, Brittany in 1990, and has since expanded to 17 European countries, according to a report by the Times.
Das Berliner GreenTech-Startup alcemy hat 10 Millionen US-Dollar eingesammelt. Die Finanzierungsrunde wird angeführt von Norrsken VC, dem größten europäischen Early Stage Impact Fonds aus Stockholm; weitere Investoren sind Galvanize Climate Solutions, BitStone Capital und AENU. alcemy arbeitet seit 2018 daran, die Herstellung von Beton und Zement nachhaltiger zu gestalten – angetrieben von der Vision, mithilfe […]
Private-Equity-Anbieter gewinnen Privatinvestoren als neue Kundengruppe. KKR-Managerin Alisa Wood nennt exklusiv bei The Market ein Ziel für das Jahr 2029 von 30 bis 50% Privatanlegeranteil am Fundraising. Rivale PGIM strebt 30% für 2032 an. Die Nachfrage aus der Schweiz ist stark.
Decarbonized steel startup H2 Green Steel announced today an investment from European venture capital investor Demeter, with proceeds supporting the construction of the company’s flagship green steel plant in Boden, Sweden, capable of producing steel with 95% lower emissions than traditional blast furnace technology. Steelmaking is one of the biggest emitters of CO2 globally, and […]
