Kirk Falconer

MPowered recruits Stonepeak’s Madeline Rodriguez to lead capital formation

Set up in 2021 by CEO Marcia Page, co-founder of Värde Partners, MPowered is part of new wave of private market GPs run by seasoned female dealmakers.

Brookfield to ‘double the size of our business’ in five years: Teskey

Getting to 'the next trillion', president Connor Teskey said, will be achieved by enhancing fundraising channels, scaling product offerings and building and buying new businesses.

Most North America-focused LPs overweight to private equity

LP overallocation has been a key factor in slow private equity fundraising over the past two and a half years.

Update: Emerging manager Continuim closes Fund II on $247m

Continuim focuses on acquiring lower mid-market manufacturing and industrial companies, mostly located in the US Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Hull Street targets $1.5bn for third energy transition fund

Hull Street Energy was founded in 2014 by managing partner Sarah Wright, who previously held senior roles at ECP and Goldman Sachs.

Insight MD sees 2024 as year of 'Great (reset) Expectations'

'This is the best time ever for investing – and yet it’s hard to get capital,' says Ryan Hinkle, managing director of Insight Partners.

2024 may see a return to ‘normal’ in technology private equity

'This is the best time ever for investing – and yet it’s hard to get capital,' Ryan Hinkle, managing director of Insight Partners, told Buyouts.

Adams Street Partners eyes $2bn for latest co-investment vehicle

Big step-ups in the firm's recent fund sizes may be due to greater LP appetite for co-investing as a way to build private equity exposure on a no-fee, no-carried interest basis.

Thomas H Lee Partners launches Fund X, shoots for $6.25bn

The new flagship offering's target size is 12% larger than Fund IX, which closed in 2021 on $5.6bn.

For Apollo and TPG, bullish vintage investing paves the way for new flagship launches

TPG Partners X is expected to roll out in the first half of 2025, while Apollo Investment Fund XI is expected to debut by the end of next year.