Private Equity Deals & Transactions

Proposal uses present tense, not future tense, and the industry is worried.

A host of private markets participants have flocked to Asia-Pacific in recent years as the size and depth of its private wealth community soars.

Managers are utilising mechanisms such as convertible debt instruments, put options and minimum returns to mitigate uncertainty over exits.

Chinese private equity firms are tweaking their sector focus to help legislate against regulatory uncertainty.

Iron Park Capital, founded in 2019 by GSO co-founder Tripp Smith, is seeking up to $5bn for its second private credit joint venture, Private Equity International understands.

A host of potential entrants to the double-digit fund club, a raft of fund closes below target and an influx of Indian investment are on the cards in the year ahead.

GP-led secondaries, especially single-asset deals such as this one involving a global glass repair operator, have driven the market to expected record volume levels this year.

The rise of blank cheque companies continued through 2021 before market fatigue and regulatory pushback triggered a fall off.

Ascentium founder and former Credit Suisse boss James Lee will become head of Blue Owl’s institutional sales team in Asia, per a statement seen exclusively by PEI.

Experts from CVC Capital Partners, TPG and Pantheon weigh in on the top issues facing value creation practitioners.