Private Equity
With eight exits, including the public offerings of Vroom, Coupang, Wish and Coursera, Alpha Partners co-founder Brian Smiga talks about the firm's approach on investing alongside the pro-rata and what he thinks of opportunity funds and valuations.
5 min read · 02 July 2021
Buyouts' ESG special report explores how private market participants are transitioning toward a more sustainable, inclusive status quo.
6 min read · 02 July 2021
The case is an example of insider trading involving private equity deals, which is rare and usually involves professionals outside of the firms themselves with access to confidential information.
2 min read · 01 July 2021
Nordic Capital's closing of the Evolution Fund comes less than a year after it gathered €6.1bn for its largest flagship fund.
3 min read · 01 July 2021
Industry players, with little historical guidance, gauge the threat of inflation and its possible effects on portfolios and new deals.
10 min read · 01 July 2021
Private equity firms are aggressively competing for Germany’s tech and healthcare success stories but, while currently unloved, the country’s traditional strongholds may also be poised for a comeback.
10 min read · 01 July 2021
Leeds Illuminate appears to expand the strategy of Leeds Equity, a control investor in mid-market companies in education, training, information services and other knowledge sectors.
2 min read · 30 June 2021
Bo Bai founded impact firm Asia Green Fund in 2016 following a seven-year spell as a Hong Kong-based partner and managing director at Warburg Pincus.
3 min read · 30 June 2021
As Pride Month comes to an end, we speak to Blackstone, KKR, Partners Group and Out Investors about how the private equity industry can better support LGBT+ professionals and promote more inclusivity.
10 min read · 30 June 2021
In his first interview since becoming CDPQ's head of private equity and capital solutions, Laguerre tells Buyouts about his plans to expand the strategy's "addressable market.”
5 min read · 29 June 2021