Kirk Falconer

Kirk Falconer

Managers

Onex targets $1.5bn for latest mid-market fund, expects to close this year

Confidence about ONCAP V achieving a final close in 2023 owes to the platform’s “formidable track record,” president Bobby Le Blanc said.

2 min read · 24 February 2023

News & Analysis

Longer timelines tell the story of private equity fundraising in 2022

Fundraising timelines last year were the longest since 2010, when private equity was recovering from the financial crisis.

2 min read · 22 February 2023

Featured

DOWNLOAD: Private equity fundraising slows in 2022, closings drop 29%

Capital raised totaled $528bn in 2022, down only slightly from the $535bn secured in the robust market of 2021. But fund closings fell to their lowest level since 2017, down 29% from a year earlier.

1 min read · 22 February 2023

Managers

Sports investor Arctos in final innings with $2.5bn Fund II

Though early in its track record, Fund I is so far performing strongly. As of September, it was generating a net multiple of 1.51x and a net IRR of 86.7%.

3 min read · 20 February 2023

Managers

Braemont edges past Fund I’s $500m target in chilly market for first-timers

Covington set up Braemont to be a 'relationship-driven' growth equity investor in defensive growth niches in enterprise (B2B) and consumer (B2C) end-markets.

2 min read · 16 February 2023

Managers

‘It’s too early to tell’ if flagship targets will be met: TPG’s Weingart

With LP demand for TPG offerings staying “strong,” Weingart said, the firm nonetheless believes it can “successfully complete” capital raising for key flagships this year.

3 min read · 15 February 2023

Managers

Rocky fundraising may help ‘normalize’ private equity model: IMCO’s Ferguson

IMCO disbursed more than C$2.5bn ($1.9bn) to fund and direct investments last year, up 9% from 2021, Craig Ferguson, managing director, private equity, told Buyouts.

3 min read · 14 February 2023

Managers

Bullish Ares expects to see near-record fundraising this year

'For 2023... we believe our aggregate fundraising will be well in excess of last year’s and will approach our record in 2021 of $77bn,' CEO Michael Arougheti said in a year-end earnings call.

2 min read · 09 February 2023

Featured

Carl Thoma: 'People are still in denial'

One of the founding fathers of private equity talks about his 50 years in the industry, software’s resilience and why returns will invariably decline.

8 min read · 02 February 2023

Managers

Ten big changes in fundraising

The record-breaking windfall of recent years is over. Steep challenges abound in the new landscape, but nimble thinking offers rarefied opportunities.

8 min read · 01 February 2023

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