European private equity house Partners Group has picked up crop nutrition, protection and biocontrol products business Rovensa from Bridgepoint in a deal valuing the business at about €1bn.
UK private equity fundraising surged to more than £47.5bn last year amid a more than doubling of capital flowing into venture capital fundraises, new data from industry body BVCA shows.
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.
Private equity real estate specialist Castleforge Partners has hauled in more than £270m for the final close of its third flagship fundraise.
Brookfield Asset Management has hit an initial €725m close for its first European core-plus real estate fund as it looks to take advantage of volatility in the current market.
Peak Rock Capital has exited its three-year investment in water treatment products provider Hasa through a sale to GHK Capital Partners.
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.
Limited partners are increasingly turning to debt and mezzanine infrastructure funds as they hunt for relatively safe havens for their investments amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Southeast Asia-focused venture capital house Wavemaker Partners has breezed past its target to reach a $111m final close for its third fundraise.
The scale at which the European private equity industry has been besieged by the coronavirus crisis is becoming increasingly clear thanks to new data from PitchBook, with fundraising, dealmaking and exit activity all falling to
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.
PPE and infection control specialist Medicom has picked up a loan from existing investor CDPQ to help expand the business into Asia.
Miami-based private equity house Trivest Partners has backed technology-enabled retail agency Fortress Brand as its latest investment.
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.
