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Kirk Falconer

News & Analysis

Brookfield set to raise lion’s share of sixth buyout fund’s $12.5bn target

The firm is set to hold a first close of $8bn for its latest flagship private equity fund and gathered $41bn of inflows across strategies in the second quarter.

3 min read · 12 August 2022

Managers

DOWNLOAD: Private equity fundraising slows in H1, as GPs vie for fewer LP dollars

A total of 417 buyout, growth equity, venture capital and other PE vehicles in North America secured nearly $255bn in H1 2022, according to Buyouts’ data, down 18% from a year earlier.

1 min read · 10 August 2022

News & Analysis

TPG crosses halfway mark for $18.5bn Fund IX, second healthcare vehicle

TPG Partners IX and TPG Healthcare Partners II secured $10.6bn, or 57% of their combined target of $18.5bn, CFO Jack Weingart said in the firm’s Q2 2022 earnings call.

3 min read · 09 August 2022

News & Analysis

Off-duty: Vistria’s Kip Kirkpatrick on hip hop, the beach and doing well by doing good

Vistria was set up to earn superior performance while applying a social lens to investing because “running a business the right way leads to higher returns,” Kirkpatrick said.

3 min read · 08 August 2022

Managers

Apollo nabs more than half of $25bn Fund X with help of overseas investors

'We are currently seeing strong support from both existing and new institutional investors, especially from outside the United States,' co-president Jim Zelter said in the Q2 earnings call.

2 min read · 04 August 2022

News & Analysis

EagleTree targets $1.6bn for sixth flagship fund, raises initial $509m

If it reaches its $2.1bn cap, Fund VI will easily be EagleTree’s largest vehicle to date, almost twice the size of its predecessor, closed two years ago.

2 min read · 03 August 2022

Managers

High-profile first timer HighPost Capital rakes in $535m for Fund I

HighPost was established in 2019 by David Moross, a veteran of PE investing in the consumer sector, and Mark Bezos, brother of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and a former consumer brand developer.

3 min read · 03 August 2022

News & Analysis

Ares preps for launch in rocky market of seventh flagship private equity fund

The firm's other flagship PE offering, Ares Special Opportunities Fund II, remains in the market after its hard-cap was bumped up to $7.1bn from $6.1bn.

3 min read · 02 August 2022

Managers

Flexpoint targets $2.5bn for Fund V as market challenges continue to grow

Flexpoint was founded in 2005 by CEO Don Edwards, a former GTCR executive, who designed it to be a specialist investor in financial services and healthcare.

2 min read · 26 July 2022

Managers

Pivot to direct investing supported robust BCI PE return last year

BCI generated a one-year net return of 29.6% on its PE investments at the end of December, according to an annual report issued last week.

3 min read · 25 July 2022

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