Fundraising

Speyside acquires underperforming manufacturing businesses in the lower middle market.

The firm focuses on sectors heavily regulated by governments, in which the government is also the biggest spender.

The target is $1 billion.

Kingswood’s founder tells Buyouts that the firm has had 30 DPI events in four years.

Early results from an ILPA survey suggest LPs are ready to draw a line in the sand when it comes to investing with managers chasing retail capital.

Ranjan shares his views with Buyouts on deal and exit markets, discusses why Brookfield has stuck to the same investment strategy for 25 years, and talks about why value creation is especially important today.

Already 30% deployed, LPs also took to the portfolio’s existing performance, a Lexington partner told Buyouts.

Fund II will focus on acquiring software divisions of large corporations.

A key contributor to distributions was the GP stakes platform’s largest strip sale to date, conducted on Blue Owl GP Stakes IV, which generated more than $2.5bn.

The mid-market GP is targeting a $4.25bn raise as it looks to build on the success of its oversubscribed sixth flagship fund.