Private Equity

North America

Ardian on making the mid-market breakthrough

There may be plenty of opportunity in the US upper mid-market buyout arena, but there’s also a lot of competition. European entrants need to stand out from the crowd, says Ardian’s Thibault Basquin.

6 min read · 29 August 2019

Baker McKenzie on trade war threats and opportunities

As protectionist trade policies impact supply chains of mid-market American businesses, private equity firms are both winners and losers, argue Baker McKenzie partners Michael Fieweger and Mark Mandel.

6 min read · 29 August 2019

Wind Point pulls in new investor for Fund IX

The firm has been cautious about its fund sizes and measured in coming back to market with successive funds.

2 min read · 28 August 2019

US surpasses Europe as top destination for UK companies – report

UK growth companies want to make the most of the US economy’s strong performance, according to ECI Partners’ Growth Index 2019.

3 min read · 28 August 2019

Lexington targets $2.5bn for latest co-investment fund

The secondaries player is in the market with its ninth flagship and fifth co-investment funds.

2 min read · 27 August 2019

StepStone appoints private equity head as co-chief executive

Scott Hart will work closely with chief executive officer Monte Brem.

1 min read · 25 August 2019

Why this Microsoft founder’s family office avoids PE funds

Vulcan Capital's chief investment officer Chris Orndorff explains why the firm has invested less than 1 percent of its portfolio through funds.

3 min read · 22 August 2019

CalPERS hits highest PE commitment level post-GFC

The US's largest public pension made $4.3bn of commitments in the first half of the year.

1 min read · 20 August 2019

Blackstone’s growth unit hires ex-Navab, ex-Carlyle exec Ram Jagannath to run healthcare efforts

During his 12 years at Carlyle Jagannath worked broadly across the healthcare sector, most recently as a managing director

2 min read · 20 August 2019

CPPIB adds fourth private equity office as it crosses C$400bn mark

San Francisco will be the Canadian giant's second US location, where it expects its on-ground-presence in the technology ecosystem to help various initiatives.

2 min read · 15 August 2019

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