The global coronavirus pandemic has caused financial mayhem across the globe for businesses and families alike - but America's richest people have become even richer amid the crisis.
European software and tech private equity specialist Hg has scored an exit of UK insurance intermediary A-Plan Group to international trade buyer Howden.
Howzat Partners is reportedly raising a new $120m fund as it looks to profit from startup opportunities in the ailing travel sector.
Seattle-based Flying Fish Ventures is back in the market for its second fundraise target AI and machine learning technologies.
Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein has said US-China relations are at their worst since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests that ended in the deaths of hundreds of protestors.
Sequoia Capital's China arm is reportedly eyeing as much as CNY18bn ($2.65bn) for what would be its largest fund focused on the country.
Infrastructure investment specialist AMP Capital has agreed to acquire a majority stake in digital infrastructure business VX Fiber.
UK private equity house WestBridge has named Katherine Bond as investor relations director as the firm prepares the pre-marketing of its third fund.
European life sciences investor Medicxi has hit a €200m final close for its debut secondaries fund amid using the vehicle to pick up six companies from one of the firm's previous funds.
European private equity major EQT's real estate arm has launched a £1bn joint venture with Sigma Capital Group to bring 3,000 new rental homes to outer London.
Private equity house 3i Group has bought a majority stake in online garden home, shed and sauna seller A-Z Gartenhaus for £60m.
Apax Partners is set for a 3.5x return selling its stake in European pharma company Neuraxpharm to fellow private equity major Permira, AltAssets has learned.
The founder of buyout house Hauser Private Equity is facing up to six months in prison after pleading guilty to taking part in the extensive US college admissions scandal by paying $40,000 to rig his
Posted by Hal S. Scott (Harvard Law School) and John Gulliver (Program on International Financial Systems), on Monday, September 21, 2020 Editor's Note: Hal S. Scott is the Emeritus Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems
Private equity house KPS Capital Partners has agreed a $2.1bn 'stalking horse' buyout US vehicle parts business Garrett Motion after the company filed for bankruptcy protection.
Affirm, a buy-now-pay-later tech startup, has closed its Series G round on $500m.
The $204bn-managing Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has expanded its Asian investment potential with the launch of its new Singapore office.
Chinese private equity major Hillhouse Capital is reportedly eyeing more than CNY20bn ($3bn) for what would be its biggest renminbi-denominated fund yet.
Private equity veteran Chuck Feeney has finished giving away his $8bn-plus fortune after 38 years of secret donations around the globe.
Kindred Capital has hit an £81m final close for its second seed-stage European tech fund, doubling its capital under management.
