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Due diligence: Measuring ‘covid bump’ as tough as assessing distress

The permanent positive and negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic on businesses are equally difficult to analyse, according to panellists at PEI’s virtual Operating Partners Forum NY.

3 min read · 19 October 2020

Bain Capital hits target for tech fund with nearly $1.1bn, plans to keep raising

Bain Capital was targeting $1bn, with the firm kicking in an additional $100m to invest in North American growth-stage and mid-market tech companies.

2 min read · 16 October 2020

Bain Capital hits target for tech fund with nearly $1.1bn, plans to keep raising

Buyouts last year reported Bain Capital Tech Opportunities Fund is targeting $1 billion, with Bain kicking in an additional $100 million.

2 min read · 16 October 2020

RedBird recruits ex-Goldman Sachs partner for new West Coast office

While at Goldman Sachs, Gordon had a role in the $575 million IPO that this year launched RedBall Acquisition Corp, a sports-focused SPAC sponsored by a RedBird affiliate.

2 min read · 15 October 2020

Vista chief Robert Smith, lauded for charitable and investment prowess, settles tax evasion case

Smith won't be prosecuted but will pay $139m and "continue" to cooperate with the feds.

3 min read · 15 October 2020

Apollo's Kleinman says firm has plowed almost $5bn into covid-ravaged aerospace industry this year

The firm's co-president says there are many opportunities, even in the most troubled industries, as long as investors go in with the right expectations.

2 min read · 15 October 2020

Dislocation funds that have emerged from chaos

After a quiet start to the year in private debt fundraising, dislocation strategies have burst on to the scene with their promise of high returns amid the covid-19 turmoil. But without the resources to do proper due diligence, have investors had their heads turned?

9 min read · 15 October 2020

Symphony tunes in to the tech fundraising binge with $1.85bn sixth fund

The veteran technology firm is the latest to fundraise amid what is widely seen as a favorable environment for the sector.

2 min read · 14 October 2020

Ex-Gemspring, Altamont execs eye debut fund for services investments

Rainier Partners is among a select few first-time funds braving the fundraising markets that lean toward more established managers as LPs look for familiarity.

2 min read · 14 October 2020

General Atlantic veteran Dzialga's Brighton Park tops Fund I's $750m target

Brighton Park is not yet ready to wrap up fundraising, a source told Buyouts, adding the inaugural offering has a hard cap of $1bn.

3 min read · 14 October 2020

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