Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Preqin said that it expects hedge funds to hold onto their position as the second-largest alternative asset class in 2025, despite relatively weak growth in assets under management (AUM) due t...Article
Private equity house Oak Hill Capital has invested in Race Communications, a fiber-to-the-premises operator serving homes, small businesses and large enterprises across California.
Global private equity player Warburg Pincus has agreed to buy Sweeping Corp of America, the largest power sweeping company in the US, from Soundcore Capital Partners.
The short-term economic outlook remains worrying worldwide, particularly for borrowers at the lower end of the credit scale or in the industries hit hardest by Covid-19 restrictions. But a large-scale debt crisis may not be
Global buyout giant Carlyle has hired the former CEO of India's largest private sector bank as a senior advisor to the firm in Asia.
The company, backed by private equity firm Roark Capital, would become one of the largest US restaurant operators
Blackstone has inked a £473m deal to buy Prologis’ UK logistics properties in what has been called the largest sale of its kind in the UK. The portfolio comprises about 4.3m sq ft of buildings
While the search for the next chief investment officer for California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is still ongoing, it’s clear that the US’ largest public pension fund wants more investment into private equity. In
From: RegTech Analyst Private-equity firm Thoma Bravo has raised $22.8bn to three tech-focused funds, making it one of the largest fundraising hauls ever, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Chicago-based firm has previously bought
The firm's 11th flagship fund already has reached its $13bn, making it the firm’s largest to date
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canada&`s largest single-profession pension plan, the $155.1 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Toronto, and the New York-based private equity firm Lightyear Capital have agreed to ac...Article Link
Lower mid-market private equity house LLR Partners has hauled in $1.8bn for its sixth flagship fundraise, 50% more than it collected for Fund V just two years ago.
Some progress has been made at young companies, but a surge of giant late-stage funding deals largely left female entrepreneurs on the sidelines
Robert Brockman's case is the largest tax case ever against an individual
More individual investors are raising larger venture funds and leading large funding rounds
Opalesque Industry Update - Q3 2020 saw a mixed three months, in which encouraging fund performance and investor sentiment generated $160bn in industry AuM, billion dollar funds lagged behind smaller rivals and large launches dried
Gridiron Capital has made an investment in Cubii, a direct-to-consumer fitness equipment company, in partnership with the company’s founders and management team. Cubii manufactures and sells compact seated elliptical exercise equipment and accessories. The Chicago-based
Opalesque Industry Update - When the term unicorn emerged back in 2013, there were only 40 private companies with a valuation of one billion dollars in the world. Since then, the number of these financial
