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RidgeLake Partners joins GP stakes market with $500m pot

The partnership between New York Life affiliate PA Capital and Ottawa Avenue Private Capital is targeting fund managers in the lower mid-market.

4 min read · 04 August 2020

Apollo’s AUM crosses $400bn as Rowan takes ‘semi-sabbatical’

The firm is back in market with a follow-up to its hybrid value fund and is on track to hit its $20bn fundraising goal for the year, co-founder Josh Harris said on its latest earnings call.

4 min read · 30 July 2020

Carlyle’s Lee: 'We’re by no means out of the woods'

The fair value of Carlyle's private equity portfolio climbed 13% in the second quarter, and co-chief executive Kewsong Lee says there's more to be done in terms of recovery.

2 min read · 30 July 2020

US buyout multiples soar during coronavirus – report

A spike in US buyout multiples was driven by opportunistic investing and certain sectors experiencing a 'sugar-rush' of sudden demand, according to PwC.

1 min read · 29 July 2020

AMG’s investment pipeline to include more growth capital

Dialogues with potential new investments are expanding beyond just succession and liquidity-driven transactions and into growth capital, chief executive Jay Horgen said on the firm's latest earnings call.

3 min read · 29 July 2020

BlackRock expects alternatives boost from wealth channel

The investment giant estimates capital commitments from private wealth investors will make up close to a fifth of its alternatives assets by year-end, says alternatives chief Edwin Conway.

2 min read · 28 July 2020

CPPIB’s Woolhouse to lead TPG secondaries push

The CPPIB secondaries head will lead TPG's secondaries investment strategy in Europe and the US.

2 min read · 27 July 2020

Blackstone’s Gray: DC money will first go to private real estate, secondaries

In the firm’s Q2 earnings call, Jonathan Gray pointed out where in private markets he thinks investment from defined contribution benefit plans will get directed to first.

2 min read · 27 July 2020

Five questions with Blackstone Life Sciences’ Nicholas Galakatos

The newly formed investment arm leveraged the full power of Blackstone for its $4.6bn fundraise, and continues to do so as it deploys the fund.

5 min read · 27 July 2020

EMPEA chief: Private capital doesn’t stop

Cate Ambrose, chief executive of the industry association, discusses why the pandemic and increasing political isolationism underscores the need for more private capital in emerging markets.

3 min read · 22 July 2020

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