The private equity firm announced a mega fundraise across two funds. Yet another private equity firm has announced a fundraise in the tens of billions of dollars. Leonard Green & Partners announced Monday that it had raised a total of $14.75 billion across...
Île-de-France region received €3.1bn in investments between 2007 and 2015, against inner London’s €2.8bn Paris has emerged as Europe’s main venture capital hub in the last decade, overtaking London, according to a report by Invest Europe and the European...
Credit Suisse’s private fund group may be the most prominent placement agent business of all time — but recent Preqin data show it’s not the most active. It’s worth hiring a placement agent when raising capital for private funds, according to research from...
French private equity group Ardian has become the new anchor shareholder of German EWE, the regional utility said on Friday, in a deal sources said was worth up to 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion). Ardian, through its infrastructure arm, is buying a 26% stake in EWE...
Private equity needs places to put its money, but getting in bed with FIFA for an extended Club World Cup might make more enemies than friends. Soccer’s global body FIFA is looking for money and commercial acumen. The private equity industry thinks it might be a... 