MassPRIM adding $785m to private equity, real estate debt

MassPRIM adding $785m to private equity, real estate debt

The Massachusetts Pension Reserve Investment Management Board (MassPRIM) has approved an additional allocation of up to $785m to new private equity and real estate debt investments, according to a report by Pensions & Investments Online. The report cites MassPRIM...
Blackstone Sees Australian Firms Warming to Private Equity

Blackstone Sees Australian Firms Warming to Private Equity

Australian corporate boards are becoming more receptive to engaging with buyout firms than they have been at any time in the prior decade, according to Blackstone’s head of private equity in the region. Public company boards’ “views on private equity are beginning to...
FREYR raises $265m and forms Nidec JV amid KKR talks

FREYR raises $265m and forms Nidec JV amid KKR talks

Norwegian lithium-ion gigafactory firm FREYR has raised over a quarter of a billion dollars and completed the previously-announced JV with Nidec Corporation to develop energy storage solutions. Last month, Bloomberg reported that the company, which listed on the NYSE...