Private Equity
Värde – which means “value” in Swedish – has a flagship strategy focused on searching opportunistically for complex situations in less efficient markets where there is an imbalance in capital supply and demand.
3 min read · 15 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
Coller Capital has closed its inaugural credit secondary fund at $1.4 billion, beating its initial target of $750 million.
2 min read · 02 February 2022
The deal will free up liquidity for existing investors, while allowing a new group of investors to gain exposure across three Eurazeo vehicles consisting of senior and subordinated debt and equity.
2 min read · 06 January 2022
About 90% of Penfund’s deals involve mid-market companies backed by sponsors like Leonard Green & Partners, Hellman & Friedman, Genstar Capital and OMERS Private Equity.
3 min read · 17 December 2021
Crescent in January sold a 51% stake to SLC Management, the alternative asset unit of Sun Life, for up to $338m.
3 min read · 04 November 2021
Carlyle, which declined to comment, has not yet announced a final closing, suggesting that Fund II remains in the market. The vehicle’s hard-cap is not known.
2 min read · 01 November 2021
Carlyle has since January raised $40bn across its strategies, including private debt, up 124% year over year.
2 min read · 29 October 2021
Fund V is expected to hold a third close in November, bringing potential commitments to more than $543m.
3 min read · 27 October 2021
Private credit has had less new firm formation than on the buyout side, with new firms focusing on the lower- to mid-market.
2 min read · 06 October 2021