Kirk Falconer

Kirk Falconer

Managers

Ontario Teachers’ private equity: today less an LP and more a very big GP

The equities group oversaw C$70bn of assets last year, 80% of which were direct interests managed internally. Even among Ontario Teachers’ largest Canadian peers, this is an outsized share.

5 min read · 24 May 2022

Managers

In a slowing market, Benford Capital wraps up $200m Fund II in a jiffy

Launched earlier this year, the fund exceeded its $175m target inside of four months, founder and managing director Edward Benford told Buyouts.

3 min read · 20 May 2022

Research

DOWNLOAD: Private equity fundraising slows in Q1, as uncertainty grips market

Fundraising results in Q1 reverse a trend of major post-pandemic growth. Last year saw the second-highest amount secured on record: more than $503bn.

1 min read · 19 May 2022

News & Analysis

Onex continues strategy growth with launch of transportation fund, new hires

A fund target has not been decided, though president Bobby Le Blanc believes it will roughly correspond with the size range of Onex's mid-market ONCAP vehicles. ONCAP IV closed in 2016 at $1.1bn.

3 min read · 16 May 2022

TPG-backed CLEAResult buys ChooseEV; Thoma Bravo raises $20bn-plus for Fund XV

Blackstone buys Geosyntec.

3 min read · 12 May 2022

Managers

Thoma Bravo secures north of $20bn for 15th flagship software fund

Including Fund XV and two small-cap vehicles, Thoma Bravo has so far accounted for $26bn-plus against a combined target of more than $28bn.

3 min read · 11 May 2022

Managers

TPG shrugs off challenges to raising $18.5bn Fund IX, second healthcare fund

Cash-strapped LPs are 'having to make choices for the first time in a while,' CFO Jack Weingart said. 'What we see happening is those choices are benefiting the largest, most established GPs with the strongest relationships.'

2 min read · 10 May 2022

Managers

Batter up! Sports investor RedBird returns to the market with Fund IV

Fund IV's target was not disclosed. It is, however, expected to seek roughly the same amount raised by its predecessor: $2.6bn.

3 min read · 09 May 2022

News & Analysis

KKR sees long-duration assets as source of stability in uncertain times

The firm's core PE strategy, which since inception has earned a 26% gross IRR, oversaw $32bn of assets at the end of March.

3 min read · 06 May 2022

Managers

Off-duty: Advent’s John Maldonado on building Genoa, life as an army brat and calling Mom

Maldonado shares with us his love of an outdoor run, his belief in progress, not perfection, and his fantasy job as a ski bum (or instructor).

2 min read · 04 May 2022

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