Private Equity
RedBird, best known in the market for its deals in the sports, leisure and hospitality sector, is currently negotiating the purchase of an 85% stake in French soccer club Toulouse.
2 min read · 18 June 2020
The phenomenon Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System experienced, known as the denominator effect, is one of the major concerns of public pensions in market crises.
2 min read · 18 June 2020
The target for Fund X is €1.5bn more than the amount it sought for its 2018-vintage predecessor.
2 min read · 18 June 2020
The German fund of funds manager gathered $150m more than its original target for Fund VIII.
3 min read · 18 June 2020
The process is notable in that it is one of the few fund restructurings of size to proceed through the coronavirus downturn.
3 min read · 17 June 2020
Ardian raised the largest-ever secondaries programme at $19bn and Francisco Partners hauled in close to $9bn across two PE funds.
2 min read · 17 June 2020
The US's biggest public pension is planning to leverage as much as $80bn of its assets in order to take positions in riskier asset classes.
4 min read · 16 June 2020
Kimmeridge's Dell said the activist fund is an extension of the firm's PE strategy, which focuses on acquiring low-cost oil and gas assets and managing them efficiently – with ESG criteria in mind.
4 min read · 16 June 2020
The pools in aggregate are expected to raise between $1 billion to $3 billion over the next two years.
2 min read · 16 June 2020
Capital calls in US and European buyout funds fell below 5% in vintages 2017-19, compared with over 15% in the years before the GFC.
2 min read · 15 June 2020