Global M&A lurches back to life

After a weak 2023, a recent flurry of deals is the latest sign of a revival in activity. However political uncertainty is holding back some takeovers


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Private capital has raised more money than it has returned

Returns for me; not for thee


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Investor TCV raises $3bn to back growth-stage start-ups

US firm is confident of opportunities to fund more established tech companies three years after a boom pushed up prices


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Private equity now says sharing is caring

PE firms are turning to profit sharing to help bring in higher returns


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Goldman Sachs pulls in more than $20bn to invest in private credit

Wall Street bank keen to retain its foothold in one of the fast-growing segments of the asset management industry


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Swagger of Wall Street titans masks their servant status

Capital allocators should recognise that they are always the ones in charge


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Higher rates have changed the game for private equity

Employee share schemes have a role to play in solving the sector’s challenges


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Abrdn’s Bird takes flight

Plus, Pierre Andurand’s copper conviction, private equity curtails hedge funds, and Fragile Beauty at the V&A


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Maximizing Your Real Estate Investment: Key Considerations and Strategies

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Hedge funds hit by lack of private equity exits

Failure of private equity firms to return cash to investors is blocking institutions from backing hedge funds


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Hargreaves Lansdown bid shows wealth managers as private equity target

Analysts predict more approaches for UK companies whose stocks lag international rivals’


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Oaktree’s Inter Milan takeover shows risks of private debt in sport

With franchise values skyrocketing, leagues are becoming more lax on capital structure restrictions


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Japan’s ‘wall of money’ is too big a temptation to resist

Private equity funds see the country’s financial institutions and wealthy individuals as an untapped opportunity for capital


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Hargreaves Lansdown rejects £5bn private-equity takeover approach

Board of UK investment site says the consortium’s offer ‘substantially undervalues’ the business


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Starwood’s woes betray the frailties of private capital vehicles

Spike in interest rates and office values crashing means property funds have rattled antsy holders


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Top dealmaker set to leave law firm Skadden Arps as talent war escalates

Co-head of its financial institutions practice off to Paul Weiss


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Johnson & Johnson settlement shows the new stakes in litigation finance

Wall Street firms such as Fortress are backing legal showdowns against big companies


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EQT in discussions to buy UK-listed video game group for £2.2bn

Private equity firm has already made four unsolicited proposals for Keywords Studios


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European private equity groups forced to keep assets longer

Some firms are struggling to exit investments made when the industry boomed while interest rates were low


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‘We had no idea what private equity was about’: Japanese chipmaker CEO on buyout bosses

Fumiyuki Kanai came to value KKR as a tool for change ahead of country’s biggest IPO in five years


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Now everyone hates private equity I’ll buy some

And I’ve found a way to do it that avoids the insane fees


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Private equity’s capitulation is delayed, not cancelled

Efforts to delay exits may help firms avoid worst of a crunch, but the day of reckoning still beckons


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Calpers to direct $25bn to green private market investments

US public pension plan says it will look at real estate, private equity and infrastructure


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Safra private bank assembles new dealmaking team for ultra-rich clients

J Safra Sarasin taps BoA and Goldman Sachs as it looks to expand into advising on M&A and equity capital raises


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Permira to take website builder Squarespace private in $6.9bn deal

Move underlines trend for private equity firms to buy back IPOs that have ‘flopped’


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Gilles Dellaert: ‘We’re seeing a structural shift’

Blackstone’s credit boss on the migration of loans from banks to asset managers


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Mubadala’s $3bn Fortress deal clears crucial US regulatory hurdle

Foreign investment committee authorises sale after concessions on data and day-to-day control


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The Middle East conquers Milken

Plus, what’s the right price for Anglo American shareholders and Spain’s BBVA goes hostile


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Todd Boehly’s investment house in advanced talks to buy private credit firm

Eldridge Industries seeks to acquire Hayfin Capital Management in €1bn-plus deal


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Blackstone in pole position over $1.6bn Hipgnosis takeover

US group Concord walks away from bidding war for London-listed music rights group


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Silver Lake raises record fund for ‘bigger bets’

Plus, FTX account holders get a payday and how Deutsche Bank’s DWS inflated its assets


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Private equity targets India’s healthcare sector with record investments

Increases in doctors’ bills, insurance and ‘lifestyle diseases’ are expected to boost hospital revenues


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CVC agrees sale of troubled Africa tea estates business

PE group divesting less than three years after acquiring plantations from Unilever


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CVC takes stake in owner of paint group Farrow & Ball

Investment by private equity firm values Danish group Hempel at more than $3.6bn


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Silver Lake targets ‘bigger bets’ as it raises its largest fund

Private equity group concludes smaller investments made during the pandemic landed in ‘the regret zone’


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Asda’s owners piled on £1.5bn of liabilities to fund petrol station deal

Issa brothers and private equity firm TDR used property sale and leasebacks as well as borrowing against ground rents


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‘I don’t have a choice’: UK patients turn to medical loans for treatment costs

Boom in healthcare borrowing prompts warnings from doctors and campaigners


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Private equity firms step up plans to edge banks out of low-risk lending

Apollo issues record $40bn of loans in the first quarter, mirroring growth at rivals including KKR and Blackstone


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Blue Owl targets infrastructure investors in hunt for acquisitions

Asset manager seeks to expand further beyond core business of arranging finance for private equity groups


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The case for addressing private equity prejudice

In today’s climate, public markets do not provide enough diversification


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FCA boss ‘not convinced’ private equity poses systemic risk

Nikhil Rathi warns against ‘overkill regulatory mode’ as Bank of England warns of bubble


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Thoma Bravo to buy UK-listed Darktrace for £4.3bn

Offer comes less than two years after private equity group held talks about buying cyber security company


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CVC shares jump in trading debut after long-awaited IPO

Private equity group says €2bn offering oversubscribed multiple times, in sign of strong investor appetite


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