Blackstone raises world’s biggest infrastructure secondaries fund at $3.75bn
Blackstone's secondaries arm Strategic Partners has closed what is believed to be the world's biggest infrastructure secondaries fund on $3.75bn.
Blackstone's secondaries arm Strategic Partners has closed what is believed to be the world's biggest infrastructure secondaries fund on $3.75bn.
Consumer brands-focused private equity house VMG Partners has named four new partners, adding to the three promotions it revealed late last month.
Private equity giants attempting to take over eBay's classified advertising unit have been dealt a blow amid reports the web auction titan is nearing a $9bn sale to Norwegian trade player Adevinta.
Balance Point Capital Partners is already back in the fundraising market for its fifth flagship fund, despite only closing its $1.1bn fourth vehicle in March.
Blackstone, one of the biggest real estate private equity operators in the world, has hauled in $1.9bn for the final close of its latest secondaries fund dedicated to the asset class.
Carlyle is reportedly eyeing up to $2bn for a new fund dedicated to mid-market North American private equity deals amid a tweak in its growth investing strategy.
Guardian Capital Partners has picked up $282m for the hard cap final close of its third flagship fundraise, six years after closing its predecessor vehicle.
Peak Rock Capital has exited its three-year investment in water treatment products provider Hasa through a sale to GHK Capital Partners.
Brookfield Asset Management has closed a US$260 million preferred stock equity investment in Superior Plus. Toronto-headquartered Superior (TSX: SPB) provides delivery, wholesale procurement and retail marketing of propane-related products, and distributes fuels including heating oil
Fintech startup Titanbay is hoping to open up private equity investing to small and medium-sized institutional and private investors through its newly-launched platform.
US pension giant CalPERS has fallen well short of its annual return goal amid its private equity investments tanking due to the coronavirus.
Advent International has reached a cut-price agreement to buy Forescout Technologies for $1.43bn, narrowly avoiding a court trial in the wake of being sued by the company for attempting to back out of the deal.
A $250m-targeting private equity fund looking to back minority-owned businesses has been launched by the US-based Minority Wealth Commission.
The $2.2tn-managing JP Morgan Asset Management has hired former PIMCO veteran Jared Gross for its newly created role of head of institutional portfolio strategy.
Miami-based private equity house Trivest Partners has backed technology-enabled retail agency Fortress Brand as its latest investment.
GardaWorld Security has acquired WorldAware from LLR Partners. LLR acquired WorldAware (then iJET International) in December 2013. GardaWorld was acquired by Rhone Capital and members of its senior management team in March 2017 from Apax
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has made an investment in WilliamsMarston, a provider of accounting advisory and management consulting services. WilliamsMarston provides specialized consulting services to public, private equity-backed, and pre-IPO companies to support mergers, acquisitions,
Consumer-focused private equity firm Yellow Wood Partners is back on the fundraising trail eyeing up to $750m - more than twice the amount it collected for its last fund.
Private equity funds are being used for mass-scale money laundering according to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, which said the industry lacks adequate money-laundering programmes.
Advent International has helped Amazon.com FBA business acquirer Thrasio to a $1bn valuation by leading a hefty investment round for the company.
