1. Home
  2. India

Category: Software and Hi-Tech

Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund to invest $1.49bn in Jio Platforms

In the past several weeks, Jio has raised 115.69bn rupees from leading technology and private equity firms.

Reputational risk, early secondaries help assuage LP default fears

With the Covid-19 outbreak leading investors to suddenly reassess their exposure to private equity, some GPs have feared that a number of LPs could start defaulting on commitments. But such fears appear somewhat overblown, writes

Nemir Kirdar, Middle East Financier With Foot in the West, Dies at 83

The private equity firm he founded, Investcorp, tapped into Persian Gulf oil money and once purchased Tiffany and Co., Gucci and other Western brands.

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: The Corona Fighters Report 49: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn

B. G., Opalesque Geneva: This is our regular report on hedge funds and alternative asset managers who are successfully protecting assets and outperforming the markets during the first months of 2020. Digital curren...Article Link

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: The Corona Fighters Report 49: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn

B. G., Opalesque Geneva: This is our regular report on hedge funds and alternative asset managers who are successfully protecting assets and outperforming the markets during the first months of 2020. Digital curren...Article Link

AMB :- Bridgepoint acquires EQT’s $4.5bn credit business

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: UK-based private equity firm Bridgepoint Advisers has agreed to buy rival buyout group Swedish-based EQT Partners' €3.9bn ($4.5 billion) credit business. EQT, which has €62 billion in asse...Article Link

AMB :- Bridgepoint acquires EQT’s $4.5bn credit business

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: UK-based private equity firm Bridgepoint Advisers has agreed to buy rival buyout group Swedish-based EQT Partners' €3.9bn ($4.5 billion) credit business. EQT, which has €62 billion in asse...Article Link

HQ Capital bags $750m private equity fund Auda Capital VIII

Private equity firm HQ Capital has just announced the raise of its largest fund ever in its three decade-long history. The global alternative investment firm of the Germany based HQ Group has announced the final

Fulcrum Buys Consumer Products Packager

Fulcrum Capital Partners has made an investment in Belvika Trade & Packaging, a provider of outsourced packaging services. Belvika provides primary packaging, secondary packaging, and merchandising services primarily to consumer packaged goods companies operating in

GreyLion Spins Out from Perella Weinberg

PWP Growth Equity has completed its spin-out from Perella Weinberg. The new firm – now operating as GreyLion Capital – will continue to manage its two existing private equity funds with total capital commitments of

Lion Capital-backed retailer AllSaints to restructure store portfolio

The group launched company voluntary arrangements in the UK and North America as the high street reels from the pandemic

Sterling Hits Hard Cap

The Sterling Group has held an oversubscribed and hard cap close of its fifth fund, Sterling Group Partners V LP, with $2 billion of capital. The new fund was raised after just four months of

Osceola Closes First Fund

Osceola Capital has held a hard cap and above target close of its inaugural fund with an oversubscribed $125 million of capital. Limited partners in the new fund include public pension plans, financial institutions, a

HQ Capital closes its largest fund at $750m

The fund of funds, which surpassed its target of $600m, is set to invest in Asia, Europe, and the US

Capricorn ICT Arkiv makes third successful exit through sale of BlueBee

Capricorn ICT Arkiv has completed its third successful exit with the sale of genomics data analysis solutions provider BlueBee to Illumina, a fellow life science business.

Providence in single-asset restructuring for HSE24

Providence Equity Partners is to complete a single-asset restructuring deal for HSE24, the operator of German TV channel Home Shopping Europe.

EQT sells credit business to Bridgepoint

Swedish firm EQT Partners has sold its credit business, focused on special situations and direct lending, to Bridgepoint. 

Hoxton closes second fund on almost $100m

Hoxton Ventures has closed its second fund, Hoxton Ventures II, on almost $100m.

Adara Ventures leads $5m round for CounterCraft

Adara Ventures has led a $5m funding round for CounterCraft, a Spanish cybersecurity technology developer.

Private equity returns are rising. That may not last

The improved figures will come as a relief to investors who have questioned private equity’s outperformance claim

We use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience. If you continue to use this site, you consent to our use of cookies.
We use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience. If you continue to use this site, you consent to our use of cookies.