Kirk Falconer

Kirk Falconer

News & Analysis

BC Partners seeks $1.25bn for new opportunistic debt fund, eyes Q1 first close

Fund III is managed by BCP Credit, a New York private debt shop launched by BC Partners in 2017 with the hire of former Apollo executive Ted Goldthorpe.

3 min read · 30 January 2023

Managers

Blackstone lands most of green energy credit fund’s $6bn to $7bn target

The credit fund and a similarly-focused equity fund are both expected to close in 2023, suggesting Blackstone may soon have as much as $13bn of dedicated capital for near-term energy transition investing.

2 min read · 26 January 2023

Managers

Fundraising OpenGate grows partnership team, promotes Joshua Adams

Adams’s promotion, the first such leadership appointment made internally, puts him in charge of the firm's deal origination team.

2 min read · 24 January 2023

Managers

Genstar targets $11bn in rollout of latest flagship buyout fund

The new vehicle comes almost two years after the closing of Fund X at $10.2bn, above an original target of $8bn.

2 min read · 23 January 2023

Managers

Successful private equity GPs 'not in this for the fee income': Carl Thoma

'A professional football player is going to play just as hard whether he makes $25m a year or $5m or $200,000,' Thoma told Buyouts. 'He's in it for the love of the sport.'

3 min read · 20 January 2023

Managers

Franchise investor Garnett Station closes Fund IV at $850m hard cap

The firm's experience with GSP 4.0, raised in six months, differs sharply from that of many GPs who are today compelled to keep their funds open longer due to cash-poor or overallocated LPs.

3 min read · 19 January 2023

News & Analysis

After planting a flag in NYC, BCI private equity sets its sights on Europe

US and European bases of operation will 'give us runway to continue doing what we’ve been doing', says PE chief Jim Pittman, including 'growing our book of directs'.

4 min read · 16 January 2023

News & Analysis

Blue Owl’s Dyal wraps up fifth GP stakes fund on $12.9bn

Dyal Capital Partners V is by far the biggest GP stakes vehicle ever raised. It is 43% larger than the 2019-vintage Fund IV, which set the previous record.

3 min read · 11 January 2023

Managers

Blue Owl’s Dyal wraps up fifth GP stakes fund at $12.9bn

Dyal Capital Partners V is by far the biggest GP stakes vehicle ever raised. It is 43% larger than the 2019-vintage Fund IV, which set the previous record.

3 min read · 11 January 2023

Managers

Glass Lewis owner Peloton Capital returns to market with sophomore fund

In a statement issued this week, the firm said it had secured nearly two-thirds of PCM Fund II's target in a first closing.

3 min read · 22 December 2022

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