Stand-up comedian and Hollywood actor Kevin Hart on Tuesday launched a new media company called HARTBEAT, with a $100m investment from private equity firm Abry Partners. Abry, which focuses on investments in the media, communication and information services space,...
Mid-market private equity firm Palatine has held a first close of £125m on its second Impact Fund, it has been reported. According to market sources several investors are believed to be in final due diligence which could take the amount raised to over £150m. That...
Buyout firm KKR said on Monday it has raised $19bn from investors for its latest flagship North America private equity fund, its biggest fund ever. KKR said the fund includes $2 billion invested by its employees, affiliates and from the firm’s balance sheet. The...
KKR announced the closing of the previously announced transaction whereby KKR purchased all the shares of Mitsubishi UBS Realty, a leading Japanese real estate asset manager. KKR has completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of MC-UBSR from Mitsubishi...
Ardian announced it has raised $5.25bn for its latest infrastructure secondaries fund – Ardian Secondary Fund VIII Infrastructure. The fund, which was significantly oversubscribed and reached its hard cap within nine months, is the largest infrastructure secondaries... 