Private Equity

Financial services

Mapping out the US's largest first-time funds

These are the biggest first-time funds being raised by US-based managers.

2 min read · 10 August 2020

Big data and artificial intelligence reach a tipping point

Scale and ability to process data are the keys to success in the future of fintech, says Blythe Masters, industry partner at Motive Partners.

2 min read · 04 August 2020

Argand Partners on the industrial digital revolution

The arrival of the pandemic has spurred digital transformation, accelerating trends already in motion, says Tariq Osman, partner and co-founder at Argand Partners.

7 min read · 03 August 2020

Nordic Capital: Putting tech at the forefront of financial services

An early mover in online banking, the Scandinavian financial services sector’s ongoing digitalisation continues to offer opportunities for investors, say Nordic Capital’s Christian Frick and Christopher Ekdahl

7 min read · 30 June 2020

Volcker limits rolled back on some, not all, PE fund investing by banks

Volcker rule changes exempt VC funds, allowing banks to invest in them like other LPs, but not other strategies like mid-market buyout and growth equity.

3 min read · 29 June 2020

Bain’s Abrahamson sees ‘truly high-quality’ tech companies emerging from covid-19 downturn

"Customers are scaling back on tech spending for the first time in a long time. The effects are diverse and tech companies will be impacted differently," Bain Capital's Darren Abrahamson said.

6 min read · 27 April 2020

Permira merges teams in push for more services deals – exclusive

The firm has merged its financial services and industrial tech and services teams to tap more attractive deals as a result of market dislocation.

2 min read · 20 April 2020

OpenGate Capital, forged in the last market downturn, is ready for the next one

OpenGate's earliest transactions were done at the height the financial crisis, “the best university anyone could ever go through,” founder and CEO Andrew Nikou told Buyouts.

4 min read · 31 March 2020

Illinois Teachers commits $750m to PE, seeks co-investment consultant proposals

The $54.2bn pension's contracts with its current consultants expire June 30.

2 min read · 03 March 2020

Serent Capital expands partnership team with close of $750m Fund IV

Serent promoted Stewart Lynn and Prital Kadakia, increasing the number of partners to five, including founders Kevin Frick and David Kennedy.

3 min read · 03 March 2020

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