Kirk Falconer

Kirk Falconer

Managers

Welsh Carson approaches the finish line with $5bn Fund XIV

WCAS XIV, which has a hard-cap of $5.5bn, sources told Buyouts, is now more than 80% of the way to its $5bn target.

2 min read · 02 May 2022

Ares counts on incumbency, non-PE strategies if fundraising slows

In its Q1 earnings call, Ares said it closed a second special opportunities fund at a $6bn hard-cap and will later this year or early next launch a seventh flagship corporate PE fund.

3 min read · 02 May 2022

Featured

Growing wild: growth equity needs some pruning

Wildly successful growth equity may wilt a bit in the short term as beaten-down tech valuations and other macro concerns prevail. But expect growth equity's ascent to continue, GPs told Buyouts, powered by digitalization trends.

10 min read · 02 May 2022

Managers

Ares counts on incumbency, non-PE strategies if fundraising slows

In its Q1 earnings call, Ares said it closed a second special opportunities fund at a $6bn hard-cap and will later this year or early next launch a seventh flagship corporate PE fund.

3 min read · 29 April 2022

Managers

Chemicals investor SK Capital targets $2.75bn for latest flagship fund

Fund VI, which has a potential hard-cap of $3.5bn, in December secured an initial $480m and was expected to hold additional closings in the first quarter.

2 min read · 27 April 2022

Managers

Goldman Sachs recruits Andre Alfaro for private equity team

Alfaro was previously a New York-based managing director at OMERS Private Equity, where he focused on investing in business services and healthcare sectors.

2 min read · 25 April 2022

News & Analysis

Blackstone unfazed by impact of LP cashflow constraints on fundraising

The issue is most relevant to private equity and the community of US pension plans, president and COO Jonathan Gray says.

3 min read · 25 April 2022

Managers

Off-duty: Grafine’s Elizabeth Weymouth on Denmark, Dave Matthews Band and carving out your path

Weymouth shares with us her rewarding experience launching Grafine Partners, her fantasy job as a CNBC anchor and what it takes to make a PE career very worthwhile.

2 min read · 22 April 2022

Managers

Blackstone unfazed by impact of LP cashflow constraints on fundraising

The issue of LP cash flow constraints is most relevant to private equity and the community of US pension plans, president and COO Jonathan Gray said.

3 min read · 21 April 2022

Managers

TPG enters the home stretch with $3bn sophomore tech growth fund

TPG’s growth platform was a focus of capital raising in 2021. It collected $4.9bn in all, much of it accounted for by the close of TPG Growth V at $3.6bn, above a $3.5bn target.

3 min read · 14 April 2022

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