by Sebastian | Jul 26, 2021 | News
Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset management group, has held the final close of Tikehau Special Opportunities Fund II (TSO II) with total commitments of €617m. TSO II, which had an initial target of €500m, is the second vintage of Tikehau Capital’s Special...
by Sebastian | Jul 25, 2021 | News
Global alternative asset manager Blackstone has raised $5.24bn so far for its second Asia private equity fund and has begun raising a third real estate fund for the region, it said during a Q2 2021 earnings call last week. Blackstone expects to hit the $6.4bn hard cap...
by Sebastian | Jul 25, 2021 | News
Bridgepoint has held early-stage talks with possible advisers about a £500 million sale, which could take place next year, Sky News reported. The private equity owner of Burger King UK is exploring a sale of the fast-food chain, days after itself raising £300 million...
by Sebastian | Jul 25, 2021 | News
Blackstone, Carlyle Group and other buyout firms are bidding for U.K. publicly listed companies at a faster rate than they have in years. The reason: Post-Brexit Britain is one of the few markets where investors think big assets are going for cheap. Buyout firms have...
by Sebastian | Jul 24, 2021 | News
Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, has, on behalf of its clients, agreed to acquire a portfolio of eleven Travelodge hotels in Australia with a Gross Asset Value around $450m, from Mirvac and NRMA. Partners Group will acquire the portfolio in...
by Sebastian | Jul 24, 2021 | News
KKR, one of the world’s biggest private equity investors, is joining a scrum of suitors to buy a stake in the commercial rights to rugby union’s World Cup. Sky News has learnt that KKR, which has owned prominent British businesses such as Boots The...