Private Equity
HighPost was established in 2019 by David Moross, a veteran of PE investing in the consumer sector, and Mark Bezos, brother of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and a former consumer brand developer.
3 min read · 03 August 2022
All-male teams are particularly prevalent in Denmark and the Netherlands, representing 65% and 68% respectively.
2 min read · 03 August 2022
The firm plans to expand retail offerings across all its asset classes in an attempt to fill the 'white space' in the market, says head of investor relations Craig Larson.
2 min read · 02 August 2022
The firm's other flagship PE offering, Ares Special Opportunities Fund II, remains in the market after its hard-cap was bumped up to $7.1bn from $6.1bn.
3 min read · 02 August 2022
Competition for portfolio companies and dry powder may help valuations, but immense tailwinds exist.
4 min read · 01 August 2022
Fundraising in the first half of 2022 fell, yet both the number of funds seeking to raise capital and the volume of capital they are targeting have hit a record.
2 min read · 01 August 2022
Private equity performance has held relatively steady compared with the pain in the public markets so far this year. That may start changing over the new few weeks.
2 min read · 29 July 2022
The double fundraise comes less than two years after the close of Waterland Private Equity Fund VIII, which closed on its €2.5bn hard-cap.
2 min read · 29 July 2022
Blackstone’s fundraising pace is illustrative of firms that are able to push through market volatility and slowing pace of fundraising to hit ambitious targets.
2 min read · 28 July 2022
Areas that represent continued growth for the firm include credit, investment solutions and infrastructure, chief executive Kewsong Lee said on the firm's second quarter earnings call.
3 min read · 28 July 2022
