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Ares preps for post-coronavirus sale of Unified Women's Healthcare, LP defaults and the downturn, Excellere Fund III LPs vote on key-person trigger after co-founder death

LPs default during the COVID-19 crisis and Ares is putting Unified Women's Healthcare on the block.

3 min read · 30 March 2020

Carlyle's Yamada: Every business will have 'some impact' from covid-19

The firm held the final close on Carlyle Japan Partners IV last week on around $2.4bn, more than double its 2013-vintage predecessor.

3 min read · 30 March 2020

Ares preps for post-coronavirus sale of Unified Women’s Healthcare 

Moelis and Barclays are said to have scored the sell-side advisor mandate shortly before coronavirus-related fears drove U.S. financial markets into extreme volatility.

2 min read · 29 March 2020

Cirque du Soleil mulls bankruptcy: Reuters

After being forced to cancel shows because of the coronavirus, Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil, the live entertainment company, is exploring debt restructuring options, which include bankruptcy, reported Reuters.

1 min read · 27 March 2020

US private equity shops brace for supply chain disruption, Hillhouse runs up against coronavirus downturn with ambitious target for new fundraising, HGGC looks for deals amid dislocation

Despite the coronavirus crisis, business still goes on at some PE firms: Hillhouse is seeking to raise up to $13 billion for its next fund while HGGC is scouring for new M&A ventures.

4 min read · 27 March 2020

Rich Lawson: HGGC looks for deals amid market dislocation

HGGC sees opportunities to back dislocated assets in the public markets and also eyes win-win partnership transactions.

3 min read · 26 March 2020

US PE shops brace for supply chain disruption: Quadria's Dr. Amit Varma

While Varma is supportive of a shutdown, he said the medical damage to patients with other diseases is going to become insurmountable.

3 min read · 26 March 2020

Covid-19: lessons learned & the call for public-private sector collaboration

PE firms move slowly into offense mode amid the coronavirus crisis and Thoma Bravo shelves its sale of Imprivata.

4 min read · 26 March 2020

Palladium Equity bags Reading Alloys for $250m, CVC sticks with 6 pct hurdle rate on next flagship fund, TA makes growth investment in Accion Labs

Despite the current coronavirus crisis, deals are being prepped.

3 min read · 26 March 2020

Vice Ventures sees its thesis play out amid coronavirus outbreak

Demand for sextech, gambling and cannabis products began to skyrocket when lockdowns began.

2 min read · 26 March 2020

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