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Ardian: Brexit vote ‘helped our fundraising cause’Global investor demand for European assets turbo-charged the French investment firm’s latest fundraising, enabling it to close its sixth mid-market buyout fund in just four months, says Philippe Poletti, head of the Ardian Mid Cap Buyout team.
- SVG plots defence amid search for white knight
Under the City Code, the London-listed private equity investor has until 29 September to publish its defence document in response to HarbourVest’s 650p-a-share bid.
- Chart of the week: UK still frontrunner in Western Europe
The number of British-based institutions trumps that for the continent’s other power houses.
- Raised in a matter of months
When a general partner says “I raised my fund in three months,” how meaningful is that number?
- Chart of the week: Western Europe-focused funds spend less time on the road
As average funds sizes decrease, so are fundraising periods.
- Ardian raises €4.5bn for European mid-caps
The firm raised Ardian LBO Fund VI in four months – its fastest ever fundraising.
- Ardian tender offer for Bridgepoint III receives tepid response
The global investment firm’s offer of par to 30 June NAV was not taken up by the majority of LPs, Secondaries Investor has learned.
- Si30 ranking: Ardian takes top spot
The Paris-based firm raced past Lexington Partners and Blackstone in PEI sister publication Secondaries Investor's exclusive list of the world’s largest secondaries managers.
- Second fiddle no more
In this month's issue of PEI we collaborate with sister title Secondaries Investor to launch our first ranking of the world’s largest secondaries fund managers; it is a market coming of age.
- The 10 largest fund closes in Q2 (and the LPs in them)
Some of the top-performing US LPs made commitments to multiple funds in the top 10, which together account for more than half of the $106bn amassed in Q2.