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TDR close to beating €4bn target for Fund V with initial close

The firm, which closed its acquisition of UK supermarket chain Asda last year, expects to wrap up fundraising by the end of the third quarter.

2 min read · 16 August 2022

Thompson Street Capital holds final close on sixth flagship fund

Investors are generally sticking with their established relationships and avoiding forming new ones in the uncertain environment.

2 min read · 15 August 2022

Asset management teams log extended hours with LPs, survey finds

IR and business development professionals field impromptu calls with LPs and search for allocation possibilities while also assisting with deal flow.

2 min read · 11 August 2022

DOWNLOAD: Private equity fundraising slows in H1, as GPs vie for fewer LP dollars

A total of 417 buyout, growth equity, venture capital and other PE vehicles in North America secured nearly $255bn in H1 2022, according to Buyouts’ data, down 18% from a year earlier.

1 min read · 10 August 2022

Off-duty: Vistria’s Kip Kirkpatrick on hip hop, the beach and doing well by doing good

Vistria was set up to earn superior performance while applying a social lens to investing because “running a business the right way leads to higher returns,” Kirkpatrick said.

3 min read · 08 August 2022

Apollo nabs more than half of $25bn Fund X with help of overseas investors

'We are currently seeing strong support from both existing and new institutional investors, especially from outside the United States,' co-president Jim Zelter said in the Q2 earnings call.

2 min read · 04 August 2022

A Q&A With Lynn Forester de Rothschild about pensions, ESG and the future of capitalism

'Thinking of pension systems only in terms of the stock price return may have worked in 1945. But in 2025, it might not be that simple.'

5 min read · 04 August 2022

Regulatory change could prove an opportunity for UK emerging managers

New fund structures and solvency requirements could lay the groundwork for a wave of emerging managers in the UK, write Adam Palmer and Andrew Poole of governance consultancy ACA Group.

3 min read · 04 August 2022

EU regulators flag ‘misleading’ SFDR disclosures

Separately, the FCA has warned that London-listed companies may face enforcement action for inadequate TCFD-aligned climate disclosures.

2 min read · 04 August 2022

EagleTree targets $1.6bn for sixth flagship fund, raises initial $509m

If it reaches its $2.1bn cap, Fund VI will easily be EagleTree’s largest vehicle to date, almost twice the size of its predecessor, closed two years ago.

2 min read · 03 August 2022

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