by Sebastian | Nov 19, 2019 | News
This week, US private equity toppled a record. Domestic funds have now raised more capital in 2019 than any other year before. Brookfield closed its fifth flagship PE fund on $9 billion on Monday, tipping US totals into the all-time-high territory. (Though the firm is...
by Sebastian | Nov 19, 2019 | News
Harvard University’s $40.9 billion endowment plans to boost investments in buyout funds and venture capital—alternative assets that can produce higher returns but are riskier because they’re more illiquid than stocks and bonds. N.P. “Narv” Narvekar, chief executive...
by Sebastian | Nov 19, 2019 | News
The amount of money invested in the four largest venture capital megadeals in Spain surpassed €4bn in equity as of the end of September, according to Capital & Corporate. The figure, alongside the 22 large operations that reached €100M by September, confirm the...
by Sebastian | Nov 19, 2019 | News
Decision by Apollo, Blackstone and others to switch from partnership to corporation status pays off The shares of America’s biggest private equity firms have soared, swelling the fortunes of moguls such as Leon Black and providing them with firepower for deals after...
by Sebastian | Nov 19, 2019 | News
Renewable power producer Pattern Energy Group Inc said on Monday it agreed to be taken private by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for $2.63 billion. Shareholders of Pattern Energy, which owns wind and solar projects in North America and Japan, will...
