Atalaya Capital Management, an investment management firm focused on asset-based private debt and special opportunities, has closed its oversubscribed eighth Special Opportunities Fund with $1.8bn of commitments from both new and existing partnerships with investors....
Private equity firm Carlyle Group on Monday appointed former Goldman Sachs Inc (GS.N) executive Harvey Schwartz as chief executive officer, effective Feb. 15. The Wall Street veteran will replace co-founder and interim CEO Bill Conway, who will remain co-chairman of...
Sixth Street is set to join a handful of private equity funds bidding for rights to broadcast German soccer, the Financial Times reported on Monday, only days before a key meeting between the German Football League and potential bidders. The Bundesliga has been in...
Last year, Spain’s private equity industry saw a record number of deals completed, despite the total capital invested in the country dropping. PitchBook data recorded 381 Spanish PE deals in 2022—a 12.4% increase from the previous year. Deal value was down by...
Cvent Holding is exploring a sale that could value the cloud-based event-software provider at about $4bn, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The firm has attracted interest from private equity firms including Blackstone, the source added.... 