Clock Ticking for Private Equity to Spend Through Tougher Times

Clock Ticking for Private Equity to Spend Through Tougher Times

Time is ticking away for private equity firms to get ready for their next wave of deals. Rising interest rates, inflation and recession risks have eroded consumer confidence and left buyout firms facing a new reality of higher financing costs and potentially lower...
BGH Capital, Sixth Street to buy Pushpay Holdings for $895mln

BGH Capital, Sixth Street to buy Pushpay Holdings for $895mln

Private equity investors BGH Capital and Sixth Street offered to buy New Zealand’s Pushpay Holdings for $895m in cash, the payment platform provider said on Friday. The consortium, which collectively holds a 20.34% stake in Pushpay, offered to buyout the company...
KKR raises $6bn for biggest Asia infrastructure fund

KKR raises $6bn for biggest Asia infrastructure fund

KKR & Co Inc has raised nearly $6bn for its second Asia Pacific infrastructure fund at the first-close, marking the biggest ever private equity fundraising for the sector in the region. The record commitments to the fund just seven months after its launch...
Lee Equity Partners buys majority stake in Bradford Health Services

Lee Equity Partners buys majority stake in Bradford Health Services

Lee Equity Partners, a growth oriented middle market private equity firm, announced that funds managed by the firm acquired a majority ownership interest in Bradford Health Services. Lee Equity acquired Bradford Health from Centre Partners and certain other investors,...
Amundi, Buyout Firms Vie for KBank Asset Manager

Amundi, Buyout Firms Vie for KBank Asset Manager

Europe’s largest fund manager Amundi and global buyout firms CVC Capital Partners and TPG Inc. are among shortlisted bidders for a stake in the asset management business of Thai lender Kasikornbank Pcl, according to people familiar with the matter. The private equity...