Private Equity Assets Under Management Contract for First Time, Bain Reports
Bain & Company released its annual private equity report, which arrives with an unpleasant statistic: Private equity assets under management fell to $4.7 trillion as of mid-2024,...
General Catalyst Explores Possible Public Listing
Axios reports General Catalyst is exploring an initial public offering that would make it the first American venture firm to go public, following a path...
Microsoft Data Center Pullback Raises Overcapacity Questions for Infrastructure Investors
KKR’s €22bn Italian Telecom Deal Faces Early Setback as FiberCop Misses Targets
Take-Private Deals Surge 25% in Value as Private Equity Fills Strategic Buyer Void
Editor's Picks
BlackRock Loses $560m Equity in Alacrity Debt Restructuring
A BlackRock private equity fund has agreed to cede control of insurance claims manager Alacrity Solutions to lenders, wiping out the full $560 million...
Point72 Hires Blackstone’s Todd Hirsch to Launch Private Credit Strategy
Point72 Asset Management has hired Blackstone senior managing director Todd Hirsch as head of private capital. Hirsch will report directly to Point72...
Court Invalidates Serta Simmons’ $875m Uptier Exchange, Setting Key Precedent
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated Serta Simmons Bedding’s 2020 uptier exchange, ruling that private transactions with select lenders fall...
Bain Capital Plans Hostile Tender for Fuji Soft if KKR Bid Fails
Bain Capital said on Wednesday it plans to launch an unsolicited tender offer for Fuji Soft, should an ongoing tender from rival suitor KKR fail. It’s been...
Women’s Sports Give Investors a Second Chance to Capture Upside
Private equity interest in sports has never been higher, nor have team valuations. With many of the obvious themes—media rights appreciation, sports...