Multistrategy investor EQT recently made three infrastructure deals in the U.S. totaling about $12bn as the Swedish firm bets that rising demand for clean energy will boost returns even as its rivals pour capital into the sector. Stockholm-based EQT earlier this month...
Blackstone Group acquired a minority stake in private equity firm GTCR, a joint release from both firms said Tuesday. Blackstone acquired the ownership stake through its Blackstone Strategic Capital Holdings GP stakes business, which “specializes in value-added,...
Brookfield Asset Management said it has raised $7bn for the initial close of its new impact investment fund, pulling in money from Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund and Canadian pension managers for an investment vehicle that will help businesses cut their carbon...
Private equity giant TPG this morning said it raised $5.4bn for the inaugural round of its TPG Rise Climate fund. It’s the “largest climate-focused fund in the world”. TPG Rise Climate has set a hard cap of $7bn in total capital commitments and...
For more than a decade, the stock market has been shrinking, thanks to share buybacks, leveraged buyouts, cash-based M&A and bankruptcies. That’s all changed recently with the massive supply of IPOs — both of traditional companies as well as SPACs. Patrick Healy,... 