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Kirk Falconer

Managers

Off-duty: Partners Group’s Rob Collins on sliders, mountain biking and helping Dad invest in PE

Collins shares with us his love of family and summer beach parties and why there is no better sanctuary than the great outdoors.

3 min read · 13 June 2023

Managers

Ex-L Catterton dealmaker’s shop Newcastle targets $200m for Fund I

Newcastle’s strategy draws on managing partner Chris Casgar’s experience at L Catterton and Webster Equity Partners, with a focus on investing in consumer products and services businesses.

2 min read · 12 June 2023

Managers

KPS to hold first close for $1.5bn mid-cap special situations fund this month

Mid-Cap Fund II, which has a $2bn hard-cap, is expected to hold a second close in late summer, sources told Buyouts.

2 min read · 07 June 2023

Managers

GPs closing funds in Q1 spent record amount of time on the road

Sponsors took an average of 13.4 months to reach the finish line, well above annual averages stretching back to the financial crisis.

2 min read · 01 June 2023

Managers

Platinum Equity raises lion’s share of target for latest flagship fund

The flagship is already the biggest in Platinum’s almost three-decade history, with the amount raised to date just surpassing the $10bn brought in by Fund V in 2019.

2 min read · 25 May 2023

Managers

DOWNLOAD: Private equity fundraising continues downward slope in Q1

Some 149 North American private equity vehicles were wrapped up during this period, down 49% from a year earlier. Compared with Q4 2022, closings dropped by 9%.

1 min read · 25 May 2023

Managers

Diverse-led emerging manager Demopolis targets $300m for Fund I

Demopolis has already begun doing deals, including this year's investment in Tyfone, a provider of consumer and commercial digital banking services.

2 min read · 24 May 2023

Managers

Sixth Street to renew $3bn-plus of Tao evergreen capital

By rolling or converting their commitments, LPs would be able to continue to participate in the $26bn Tao, a unique investment vehicle in the alternative assets world.

3 min read · 18 May 2023

Off-duty: HarbourVest’s Scott Voss on surfing, Catena Malbec and lighting up your right brain

Voss tells us about his early dream of working for a snowboard pioneer, taking up surfing after the age of 40, and the importance of putting yourself in luck’s way.

5 min read · 17 May 2023

News & Analysis

TPG joins growing list of GPs dialling back expectations on targets

The firm still expects its flagship funds in market to grow compared with their predecessors, according to chief financial officer Jack Weingart.

3 min read · 16 May 2023

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