Private Equity

North America

KKR proclaims ‘excitement’ in face of market volatility

The firm has $58bn of dry powder to deploy in what it expects will become a lower-priced environment.

3 min read · 25 October 2018

Operating Partners Forum: Value creation in 5 charts

Transforming a portfolio company requires overcoming some significant roadblocks, operating partners say.

1 min read · 19 October 2018

Blackstone fundraising boom continues with $24bn in Q3

The firm has pulled in $125bn in the last 12 months in what founder Stephen Schwarzman called an ‘industry record’.

2 min read · 18 October 2018

Rattner: credit quality deterioration 'well underway'

The chairman and chief executive officer of Willett Advisors – which manages the personal and philanthropic investment assets of Michael Bloomberg – and former Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury, shared his thoughts on the US economy at the PDI New York Forum in September.

5 min read · 18 October 2018

Operating Partners Forum: The human dimension of value creation

‘Enhancing talent’ is named the number one lever for growth by a survey of CEOs unveiled at Wednesday’s Operating Partners Forum in New York

3 min read · 18 October 2018

CDPQ launches $3bn JV to hold assets for up to 15 years

The Canadian pension has teamed with Generation Investment Management and will target companies with strong ESG attributes.

2 min read · 10 October 2018

Alaska reaps reward for going direct

The sovereign wealth fund’s $7.2bn private equity and special opportunities portfolio returned 32.7% for the year ending 30 June.

2 min read · 02 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: Riverside tastes success with cookies

The Riverside Company picks up the lower mid-market/small-cap award for the Americas for Tate’s Bake Shop.

2 min read · 01 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: Brookfield's ‘stunning improvement’

Brookfield Asset Management scoops the large-cap Americas award after it turns around loss-making GrafTech.

2 min read · 01 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: Apax delivers in digital

Apax Partners’ impressive growth strategy for GlobalLogic wins the Editors’ Award for the Americas.

2 min read · 01 October 2018

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