by Sebastian | Sep 27, 2022 | News
It is no secret that limited partners like sovereign wealth managers and pension funds have been increasingly seeking to deploy capital on their own in recent years, as opposed to paying fees for others to invest on their behalf. Mubadala, a United Arab Emirates...
by Sebastian | Sep 27, 2022 | ITPEC, News
The total value of Dutch pension funds’ private equity investments has exceeded the €100bn mark for the first time ever, according to data from pension regulator DNB. Dutch funds’ private equity investments have doubled in three years’ time, from €50bn at the start of...
by Sebastian | Sep 27, 2022 | IPEC, News
Goldman Sachs Group has closed a $9.7bn private equity fund, its largest since 2007, that seeks to invest in companies with an enterprise value of about $750m to $2bn, the bank said on Tuesday. The fund sits under the Wall Street giant’s asset management arm and...
by Sebastian | Sep 27, 2022 | News, UKPEC
Biffa Plc has agreed to be taken over by private equity firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP) in a deal valuing the British waste-management company at about $1.41bn. The 410 pence per share deal, which comes nearly three months after Biffa first announced that it was...
by Sebastian | Sep 27, 2022 | News
A KKR led group has withdrawn a $13bn bid for Australian hospital operator Ramsay Health Care after talks hit a stalemate, killing Australia’s biggest deal of the year and sending the target’s shares tumbling. The decision announced by both sides on Monday...
by Sebastian | Sep 27, 2022 | News
The owner of European vacation-rentals business Awaze is looking for a sale, according to a media report.The owner of European vacation-rentals business Awaze is looking for a sale, according to a media report. U.S. private equity firm Platinum Equity created Awaze...