Cinven

Integrating AI into businesses in the professional services sector offers untold opportunities, but also raises challenges, say Cinven’s Stuart Walker and Grant Thornton UK’s Malcolm Gomersall.

Side Letter unearths fundraising details from the likes of Thoma Bravo, Cinven and Apollo. Plus: why the UK's diversity data is more complex than the headline figures suggest; and a former HIG head launches his own firm. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The firm signed 14 realisations last year and invested €4bn across funds, co-managing partners Supraj Rajagopalan, Bruno Schick and Jorge Quemada tell PEI.

A focus on structural trends and the application of value creation playbooks can drive success in a cyclical market, says Maxim Crewe, partner and head of the consumer and financial services sector teams at Cinven.

Capital raised in Q1 2024 surpassed $176bn, a slight decrease on previous years, according to preliminary quarterly figures from PEI data.

Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois announced the two commitments in its FY 2025 budget proposal.

GPs considering secondaries to relieve liquidity woes must first meet a high bar for completion. Plus: Cinven and Brookfield both undertake a succession event. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Embedding decarbonisation into wider corporate strategies can yield positive knock-on impacts and strengthen buy-in, say Allegra Day at Cinven and Romain Barral and Márta Zincsenko-Záhorszki at Cinven portfolio company, Partner in Pet Food.

In today's edition, Secondaries volumes break another record; Europe amasses a war chest (quite literally); Astorg is racking up exits.

Mega-funds, market bifurcation and a resurgent investor base are reshaping the continent’s private equity landscape.

Meet the up-and-coming dealmakers featured in our Future 40 list for 2026.

Side Letter's 2025 quizmasters revealed; could a volatile start to 2026 hint at another shaky year for private equity activity?; Korea's sovereign wealth fund spies opportunity overseas.

In today's edition, Australia's ageing population could have ramifications for PE allocations; why the UK's PE community is in a holding pattern; and the structural changes behind APAC's maturing exit markets.

After an era of exuberance, expansion and ‘rockstar’ roles, sustainability in private markets is being more closely tethered to value creation.

Blackstone says perpetual capital is likely to prove key to unlocking the gargantuan 401(k) opportunity. Plus: change near the top at Carlyle, and bulls take aim at Spain. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Aggregate capital raised by Europe-based firms reached $698bn, up $40bn from last year’s ranking.