Private Equity & Private Capital News

Mill Point Capital has closed its third private equity fund, at $1.7bn, nearly double the size of its previous fund. Mill Point Capital Partners III, which exceeded its $1.2bn target, will focus on lower mid-market companies across North America, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

Bain Capital hat ein verbindliches Übernahmeangebot für das japanische Softwareunternehmen Fuji Soft vorgelegt. Mit einem Aktienkurs von 9.450 Yen wird das Unternehmen auf rund 4 Milliarden US-Dollar bewertet. Damit übertrifft Bain das Angebot des Konkurrenten KKR um etwa 7%.

Blue Owl Capital Inc is continuing its push into asset-based finance with the purchase up to $2bn worth of consumer instalment loans from fintech lender Upstart Holdings Inc, according to a report by Bloomberg News citing a recent company statement.

Companies owned by private equity (PE) firms are defaulting on their credit at a significantly higher rate compared to other speculative-grade borrowers, according to a report by Bloomberg citing a recent report from Moody’s Ratings.

2022 hatte es die letzte Kapitalerhöhung gegeben. Modus Capital betreibt unter anderem Büros in New York und Abu Dhabi. Gegründet wurde die auf Tech-Investments fokussierte Venture-Capital-Gesellschaft 2016 von Kareem Elsirafy, der auch als Managing Partner fungiert und bereits andere Start-ups erfolgreich lanciert hat.

The winners of the Private Equity Wire Global ESG AAA Awards 2024, which recognise environmental, social and governance excellence in private equity, were announced at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (9 October), at the Penn Club, New York.

The winners of the Private Equity Wire US Awards 2024, which recognise excellence among private equity fund managers and service providers in the US across a wide range of categories, were announced at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (9 October), at The Penn Club, New York.

Mining giant Rio Tinto announced today an agreement to acquire Philadelphia-based lithium chemicals producer Arcadium Lithium, in a transaction described by Rio Tinto as aimed at “establishing a global leader in energy transition commodities.” Tinto will pay $6.7 billion for the company in the all-cash transaction, paying shareholders $5.85 per share, a 90% premium over […]

Blue Owl Capital is set to acquire IPI Partners, a digital infrastructure investment firm, for approximately $1bn as the firm looks to benefit from the growing demand for data centres driven by the rapid adoption of generative AI, according to a report by Reuters.