Platinum Equity announced today the final close of its latest global buyout fund, Platinum Equity Capital Partners V, with $10 billion in total capital commitments. “We are very grateful for the support of our investors worldwide who have entrusted us with their...
The M&A market hasn’t returned from holiday break yet. Mergers and acquisitions are off to the slowest start in five years, with just $23.8 billion in deals announced globally since Jan. 1. That compares with $134.1 billion in transactions in the first week of...
Private-equity firms are holding on to a record pile of cash. Increased competition might make it harder to spend, however, in order to get the same double-digit returns that have made the group so popular. The industry — which includes venture capital — had a total...
Matthew Hansen will be joined by the former deputy chair of BNP Paribas’s business in Ukraine, in a new venture making investments in Europe’s finance sector A former executive from buyout group Cerberus and the former deputy chair of BNP Paribas’s Ukrainian arm have...
Family offices, which handle the wealth of the very rich and their kin, are increasingly poaching young talent from buyout firms, challenging the private equity industry’s claim as the destination of choice for aspiring dealmakers. The five executive headhunting firms...
