by Sebastian | Sep 23, 2021 | News
A record $50bn in secondary deals completed in H1 2021. It is a sign of things to come, with transaction volume poised to reach $100-105bn by the end of the year. Over the last decade the proportion of GP-led deals have increased gradually, surpassing LP-led...
by Sebastian | Sep 23, 2021 | News
Genoa announced on Thursday they have been bought by American private equity fund 777 Partners for a reported $175m as Italian businessman Enrico Preziosi ends his 18-year ownership of Italy’s oldest football club. “The new owner group, which will acquire...
by Sebastian | Sep 23, 2021 | News
Carlyle Group Chief Executive Kewsong Lee said on Wednesday that the U.S. private equity firm will remain a long-term investor in China despite “bumps” that have unnerved some investors. Beijing authorities have rolled out restrictions in the last few weeks on...
by Sebastian | Sep 23, 2021 | News
The takeover of medical supply company Medline Industries Inc. is being funded by the largest leveraged buyout loan in three years, the latest sign of a hot U.S. market coming out of the pandemic. The dollar tranche amounts to $6 billion, the most since Refinitiv’s...
by Sebastian | Sep 23, 2021 | News
SoftBank Group-backed Indian hospitality startup Oyo Hotels and Rooms is expected to file for an initial public offering (IPO) next week to raise around $1bn, a source told Reuters on Thursday. The hotel aggregator is looking to list in India’s financial capital...
by Sebastian | Sep 23, 2021 | News
Mapletree Investments has closed its maiden US office fund, Mapletree US Income Commercial Trust, with $552m in total fund equity raised. In a statement on Thursday, the Temasek-owned company said Music’s target internal rate of return (IRR) of 12% represents...