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Growth investing set to take off in 2019Blackstone is the latest manager to launch a strategy targeting companies that are still in the growth stage.
CVC exceeds €4bn target for latest long-term fund – exclusiveThe private equity giant expects a final close for CVC Capital Partners Strategic Opportunities II by year-end.
Summit Partners expects one-and-done for Fund X in FebruaryThe Boston-based growth equity manager is seeking $4bn for its latest offering.
Dyal to close Fund IV on more than $7bn in Q1 – exclusiveDyal was initially targeting $6bn but is likely to raise significantly more after completing six deals from Fund IV in 2018, PEI understands.
- CFOs & COOs Forum 2019: What to watch out for
With more than 600 delegates gathering for next week’s forum in New York, we’re expecting robust discussion around some of the issues that matter most to the back office.
Story of the year: Private equity moves in on JapanInvestors are more positive than previously, and an underpenetrated market means more room for new players.
Story of the year: C-corp switch entices some, leaves others unmovedTwo giant private equity houses became corporations this year while others remain unconvinced of the benefits.
- Story of the year: The man who oversees Blackstone's fundraising bonanza
Since Jonathan Gray's appointment as president at the beginning of 2018 the firm has seen a fundraising bonanza, with predictions its AUM could hit $1trn in the next eight years.
A year in listed mega-firms: New strategies and lots of fundraisingIn 2018, listed giants Blackstone, Apollo, Carlyle and KKR gave us glimpses of what’s to come.
ADB: private equity helps us access underpenetrated marketsNow that the market has matured, the Asian Development Bank’s private sector group has a new mission in the region.