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IK hits hard-cap on its first flagship fund post-acquisition

IK X Fund closed on €3.3bn after receiving a fundraising extension from LPs, PEI understands.

3 min read · 01 April 2025

Placement Agent Ranking 2024: Private equity's top external fundraisers – updated

PEI's latest Placement Agent Ranking lists the most active external fundraising firms by new capital raised for clients in the 12 months to end-May.

2 min read · 01 April 2025

Level Equity eyes $825m Fund VI as LPs tee up more capital for growth equity

Level Equity is offering a management fee discount to LPs who invest in Fund VI’s first closing, a practice that has become increasingly common in a tough fundraising market.

2 min read · 26 March 2025

US buyout shop Audax Private Equity launches Hong Kong office

The office is led by Audrey Low, a former principal in the institutional client group at Apollo Global Management.

2 min read · 24 March 2025

Side Letter: Inside (Japanese) baseball

A baseball anecdote underscores the nuances associated with business succession opportunities. Plus: CVC more than doubles its realisations; and Quilvest closes its latest buyout fund. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 20 March 2025

New State closes oversubscribed Fund IV for ‘old school private equity’

In a tough fundraising market in which GPs are spending record amounts of time on the road, New State Capital Partners Fund IV wrapped up in less than six months.

3 min read · 18 March 2025

Side Letter: NEXUS 2025 dispatches – day two

Thoma Bravo has continued its run of realisations at a time when many others are struggling to generate liquidity. Plus: Why Alaska Permanent is unfazed by uncertainty; and preferred equity firm Dawson sets up shop in the US. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

5 min read · 12 March 2025

Side Letter: NEXUS 2025 dispatches – day one – updated

Tariffs were the talk of the town at day one of NEXUS 2025 in Orlando yesterday. Plus: wealth advisers are urged to get with the times; and one of Asia's most prominent funds of funds has closed below target. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 11 March 2025

Nordic returns with new flagship after IR team shakeup

PEI last month reported that IR head Pär Norberg was stepping down from his role and that EMEA IR managing director Lena Ulrich was to leave the firm after an extended period.

2 min read · 06 March 2025

CVC collects €4.6bn to hold assets for up to 15 years

The firm's latest long-hold fund, Strategic Opportunities III, will back as many as a dozen deals, managing partner Lorne Somerville tells PEI.

3 min read · 04 March 2025

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