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Ardian in talks to buy over $2 bln stakes from Abu Dhabi -BloombergPrivate equity firm Ardian was in talks to buy PE fund stakes worth more than $2 billion from the investment vehicle of the Abu Dhabi government, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing sources.
- Blackstone, others gear up to list REITs as India finalises rules - Reuters
Blackstone Group and its partner, Embassy Group, are laying the groundwork to cash in on their property holdings by setting up India's first real estate investment trust (REIT) and listing it on one of the country's stock exchanges, writes Reuters. Listing REITs gives companies like Blackstone, The Xander Group, an emerging markets investor backed by the Rothschild family, and private equity firm Red Fort Capital, which counts Abu Dhabi Investment Authority among its investors, an attractive option to exit some of their investments, writes Reuters.
Former Caspian executive joins Abu Dhabi Investment AuthorityAndrew Kripke, a former executive at Caspian Private Equity, has joined the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority as a portfolio manager in the U.S. fund investments business, an ADIA representative confirmed.
Alternative asset manager Ares files for IPO: ReutersCredit investment and private equity firm Ares Management LP filed to go public on Monday in what would be the first initial public offering by a major alternative asset manager since Carlyle Group LP's (CG.O) flotation two years ago.
Ares Management prepares to file for IPO - sources: ReutersAres Management LLC, the credit investment and private equity firm that has been pitched on the idea of an initial public offering for more than a year, is finally close to registering to go public, two people familiar with the matter told sister news service Reuters.
- Private equity firm Ares rejects pitches to do IPO soon
Ares Management LLC has been pitched on the idea of an initial public offering for the past year, but the firm that had been widely expected to be the next among major private equity firms to go public has no plans to pull the trigger just yet, sister news service Reuters reported.
- Ares rejects pitches to do IPO soon - Reuters
Ares Management has been pitched on the idea of an initial public offering for the past year, but the firm that had been widely expected to be the next among major private equity firms to go public has no plans to pull the trigger just yet, writes Reuters. Sources familiar with Ares, which has about $70 billion in assets under management, said major Wall Street banks have been calling on the firm to discuss the merits of an IPO.
- A way to make sense of SWFs
Despite having nearly $6 trillion in assets under management, sovereign wealth funds are notoriously hard to pin down and figure out. Now a PhD student thinks he’s found some identifying qualities that help money managers sort them into three main groups.
Investors look beyond IRR, investment multipleInvestors trying to decide which funds to back are putting more emphasis on realized returns, and deploying new tools to understand just how much sponsors beat or fall short of public equity benchmarks, according to interviews with advisers, sponsors, academics and vendors.