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,...
Eurazeo has held the final close of Idinvest Private Debt V, its fifth direct lending fund, at €1.5bn, ahead of its initial €1.2bn target. Along with the Group’s €500m in private debt funds and investment mandates, its current private debt programme now totals...
European mid-market private equity firm Equistone has acquired a majority stake in Vertbaudet, a European e-commerce platform dedicated to childhood. Following this transaction, Equistone now holds a majority stake in Vertbaudet, alongside the executive team. Through...
Leeds Equity Partners has nearly completed raising commitments for its seventh buyout fund and expects to wrap it up by the end of this month with $1.25bn, Connecticut pension documents show. The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds is considering adding $50m...
US buyout house Apollo has agreed to take New York-listed homebuilder The New Home Company private in a $388m all-cash transaction. The firm said it expects an “exciting opportunity” as accelerated housing demand is met with limited supply. The deal sees Apollo buying... 