Hillhouse targets over $3 billion for new fund

Hillhouse targets over $3 billion for new fund

Private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group is raising a fund targeting over 20 billion yuan (2.32 billion pounds), said people with knowledge of the matter, as it readies itself for opportunities offered by the eventual normalisation of the Chinese economy. Hillhouse...
Playboy Enterprises explores deal to return to the stock market

Playboy Enterprises explores deal to return to the stock market

Playboy magazine owner Playboy Enterprises is exploring options that include going public through a merger with a blank-check acquisition company, according to people familiar with the matter. A deal with a blank-check firm – referred to on Wall Street as a...
Private Equity Using Loans for Payouts at Fastest Pace in Years

Private Equity Using Loans for Payouts at Fastest Pace in Years

Private equity firms are hitting the U.S. leveraged loan market at the fastest pace in years to fund shareholder payouts with about $8.6 billion of dividend recapitalization deals launched this month. That’s the most since $9.9 billion came in all of September 2017,...
Private equity plays a starring role in 2020’s SPAC boom

Private equity plays a starring role in 2020’s SPAC boom

For most of their existence, special-purpose acquisition companies were mostly unknown. But this year, they’ve become some of the hottest investment vehicles on Wall Street, offering companies an alternative to a traditional IPO and opening up fertile new ground...
Questa Capital corrals $348m for second healthcare fund

Questa Capital corrals $348m for second healthcare fund

Investment firm Questa Capital Management has raised $348m for its second medical growth equity fund, Questa Capital Partners II, after backing successful companies such as EPIX Therapeutics with its debut fund. Questa held a final closing on its $199m first fund in...