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Lindsay Goldberg enters home stretch with $4bn Fund V

The fund is expected to hold to Lindsay Goldberg's strategy of investing in North American and European mid-market companies in business, financial and government services, consumer, healthcare and industrials sectors.

2 min read · 16 March 2020

Spectrum, expected to attract capital in downturn, considers shift to deal-by-deal carry on new fund

The firm closed Fund VIII on $1.25bn in 2017, with an additional $125m for an overage program for larger deals or follow-on investments.

2 min read · 16 March 2020

Eurazeo bets on strong cash position amid covid-19 uncertainty

The firm ended last year with €533m in cash, no structural debt and €3.8bn in dry powder.

2 min read · 16 March 2020

GP-led secondaries emerging as valuable tool for top-decile managers

A PitchBook analysis finds that the types of firms doing GP-led secondaries deals has transformed drastically in the past few years.

3 min read · 13 March 2020

Apollo bans staff from international travel amid coronavirus pandemic – exclusive

The world's second-largest PE firm enforces a firm-wide travel ban in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

2 min read · 12 March 2020

Repricing, hung deals loom as market woes leak into secondaries

The virus outbreak, which has hammered the broader economy for several weeks as business activity slows, is causing sellers to delay bringing secondary deals to market.

3 min read · 11 March 2020

Which firms raised the largest funds in February?

ArcLight Capital Partners’ $3.4bn haul for its seventh flagship fund and Odyssey Investment Partners’ $3.25bn for its sixth flagship fund were among the largest funds closed during the month.

2 min read · 11 March 2020

BlackRock on why long-holds and less leverage can be 'compelling'

Dag Skattum, Europe head of the asset manager's Long Term Private Capital fund, says family- and privately owned companies are attracted to a more flexible type of capital.

3 min read · 11 March 2020

Texas Municipal PE head Schelling to leave

Christopher Schelling will move to Windmuehle Funds, an Austin-based alternative investments manager founded in 2018.

1 min read · 10 March 2020

PE firms scramble to organize virtual annual meetings as virus spreads

Happily, most private equity firms today are equipped to tackle meetings with portfolio companies, bankers and limited partners virtually.

3 min read · 10 March 2020

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