Private Equity & Private Capital News

Global investment firm Carlyle has agreed to acquire US medtech company Baxter International’s kidney care segment — to be named Vantive — for $3.8bn, concluding talks initially reported by Reuters and the Wall Street Journal last month.

Swedish investment firm EQT, Europe’s largest private equity house with over €200bn in assets under management, is looking to raise $12.5bn for a new fund which will focus on investments in the Asian market, according to a report by Reuters.

Private equity and venture capital investor EQT Group announced today an agreement to acquire a majority stake in resource-intensive industry-focused performance and sustainability software provider AMCS.

Carlyle Group has delayed the closure of its new pan-Asian buyout fund after strong demand for a separate Japan-focused vehicle sapped investor interest, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation.

Vista Equity Partners, the software and technology-focused private equity firm with over $100bn in assets under management, is considering the sale of Finastra’s capital markets division, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Managers and investors must now collaborate closely — and seriously — if they want to improve their ecosystem, argues SBAI’s Thomas Deinet. Institutional investors have long called for better transparency and disclosure regarding fees, expenses, pass-through costs, and conflicts of interest. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s private fund adviser rule sought to resolve some of […]

A consortium of private equity firms comprising CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital and Platinum Ivy, are to acquire Hargreaves Lansdown in a deal that values the UK’s largest savings and investment platform at £5.4bn ($6.9bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.

RISIKOKAPITAL-BRANCHE IM NEUEN ZEITALTER _ Lange Zeit galten die Private Markets mit ihrem Unterklassen Private Equity, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Real Assets (v.a. Infrastruktur) und Private Debt als Renditegaranten. Spätestens seit der Zinswende und mit Einsetzen der konjunkturellen Abschwächung hat sich der Wind allerdings gedreht.

Earnings data compiled by Bloomberg has revealed that listed PE firms are amassing significant capital ahead of a resurgence in dealmaking, with seven major firms reporting a combined $722bn in dry powder as of 30 June, a 9% increase from the previous year.