Kirk Falconer

Kirk Falconer

Managers

GrowthCurve’s Fund I nabs $1bn-plus in brutal market for first-timers

The fund was launched last year with target of “north of” $1bn, Buyouts reported.

3 min read · 24 October 2022

Managers

Blackstone’s new PE flagship adds to money pile, secondaries fund nears $20bn close

Blackstone's ninth secondaries offering hit $17.2bn in Q3, putting it within reach of a $20bn target. If it gets there, it would be the market’s biggest pool on record.

2 min read · 20 October 2022

Managers

Long-term investor Altas banks most of $4bn target for Fund III

Altas Partners Holdings III is now more than 80 percent of the way to meeting a $4bn target, sources told Buyouts.

2 min read · 19 October 2022

Managers

Xponance taps Michael Orr to run debut diversity-focused GP stakes fund

XDO Fund is presently in the market with a target of $300m, Buyouts reported. Its hard-cap is $400m.

2 min read · 17 October 2022

Managers

JF Lehman eyes $1.6bn in launch of sixth sector-focused buyout fund

The firm only recently struck a $5.2bn deal to acquire Atlas Air Worldwide in partnership with Apollo and Hill City Capital.

2 min read · 07 October 2022

Managers

Audax on the verge of closing $2.25bn sophomore direct lending fund

Many direct lending offerings, including Audax’s, target private equity-backed mid-market deals. Because of its “relative stability,” the strategy is gaining traction in this space, a recent Antares analysis found.

3 min read · 05 October 2022

News & Analysis

Off-duty: Churchill’s Ken Kencel on Suburban Chaos, chicken wings and the Bills

Kencel shares with us his fantasy job as a professional rock musician, his all-time favorite band and why he regards Carlyle's David Rubenstein as a mentor.

3 min read · 03 October 2022

Managers

How private equity is moving into the big leagues

Long sidelined from professional sports ownership, private equity investors are blitzing into stadiums, arenas and rinks. The results may be game-changing, Boston Red Sox CEO Sam Kennedy tells Buyouts.

10 min read · 03 October 2022

Managers

LPs are warming up to GP stakes funds

Coller Capital found 47% of LPs currently invest, or are planning to invest, in funds that buy long-dated minority interests in private equity and other alternative assets managers.

3 min read · 30 September 2022

Managers

Investcorp wraps up inaugural GP stakes fund at north of $800m

The fund's LPs include Todd Boehly-led holding company Eldridge and Finback Investment Partners, a private equity firm chaired by ex-Florida governor Jeb Bush.

3 min read · 27 September 2022

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