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Clessidra's outsider owners on how they revitalised the firmIn 2016 the death of Clessidra’s founder and figurehead threw the Italian firm into disarray and threatened to scupper a fundraising process. PEI meets the man charged with riding to the rescue.
Dancing to its own tune: how Ardian won MubadalaArdian’s record deal with Mubadala prompted admiration and wariness among its peers — not that it is paying much attention.
- Bridge Growth closes debut fund, names chairman
The growth-oriented firm raised $410m after fundraising for about three years.
- Temasek unit Heliconia strikes mixed martial arts deal
HeliconIa snaps up Singapore-based mixed martial arts promoter ONE Championship just two days after a group led by Silver Lake fought off rival buyers to seize another MMA business, Ultimate Fighting Championship.
- BDT Capital Partners closes Fund II on $6.2bn
The firm, founded by an ex-Goldman Sachs vice chairman Byron Trott, exceeded its $5.21 billion target.
- More than half of single-family offices invest in PE – study
Of the majority of family offices that invest in the asset class, 40% engage in direct investing, according to a survey of 162 single-family offices by financial technology platform iCapital Network.
- Silver Lake and Warburg sell IDC for $5.2bn
The exit will generate a cash on cash return of more than 2.5 times for the two private equity firms.
- Dell, MSD and Silver Lake to buy EMC for $67bn
The transaction follows the joint acquisition by Michael Dell and Silver Lake of Dell for $24.4bn two years ago.
- MSD Capital to raise PE allocation
A third-party fund is “certainly a possibility of the future”.
- MSD Capital hires partner from New Mountain
Michael Dell’s family office has hired Doug Londal to head the firm’s private equity group.