Private Equity
Kelso & Co has raised nearly $2 billion for its 11th buyout fund, reported the Wall Street Journal.
1 min read · 14 March 2022
The PE giant is bullish on an M&A surge in 2022, with bilateral deals deemed the safer route as investors flee high-risk public listings.
4 min read · 14 March 2022
US public pension Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Association has backed three private equity vehicles.
1 min read · 14 March 2022
Alaska's House of Representatives appears to recognise the difficulty in divesting Russian assets held in commingled funds. Plus: More changes at the top for OMERS PE and Rhône Group has closed its latest fund below target. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 14 March 2022
As secondaries has exploded in popularity over the past few years (reaching a record volume level last year of about $130bn), the growth of the talent pool has not kept up.
2 min read · 11 March 2022
OMERS also promoted Geoff Bird to head of business services and Mark Van Wart to head of healthcare and hired Lane McDonald, formerly with Partners Group, as managing director, operations.
2 min read · 11 March 2022
The $81bn sovereign wealth fund is one of the first institutional investors to signal that it is looking at cutting exposure to the country held via a PE portfolio.
2 min read · 11 March 2022
While private equity is sitting on high levels of unspent capital, firms may find they have to hold assets longer than anticipated to wait out some of the economic flare-ups.
3 min read · 11 March 2022
Distress opportunities could open up in the months ahead as inflation, rate hikes and geopolitical disturbances – above all, the war in Ukraine – create more economic uncertainty.
2 min read · 10 March 2022
Rhône has closed its sixth buyout fund at $2.4 billion.
3 min read · 10 March 2022
