Sports-focussed private investment firm Apex has launched a new fund aimed at acquiring minority stakes in smaller European sports teams and leagues, targeting assets valued between €50m and €500m, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti says the firm has deliberately avoided the wave of partnerships between alt asset managers and traditional investment houses aimed at accelerating access to retail investors — particularly in the fast-evolving 401(k) channel, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firm Carnelian Energy Capital is seeking to sell six North American oil and gas investments, in a move that would represent the bulk of its oil and gas portfolio and roughly 40% of its overall investments, according to a report by Reuters citing people familiar with the matter.
Jean-Marie Laurent Josi, CEO of Brussels-based private equity firm Cobepa, has warned that the private equity industry faces a potential downturn, with only the thriving secondaries market preventing a major correction, according to a report by Bloomberg.
CVC has created a new President role, appointing Peter Rutland, as the firm accelerates succession planning ahead of its next fundraising, according to a report by the Financial Times citing people familiar with the matter. Rutland currently leads financial services buyouts at the firm.
Lumexa Imaging, a US diagnostic imaging services provider backed by private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), has raised $462.5m through an initial public offering, according to a report by Reuters. The flotation values the Raleigh, North Carolina-based business at $1.75bn.
Apollo Global Management has moved its rapidly expanding complex lending business out of its private equity buyout division, underlining the firm’s strategic pivot toward private credit, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Stockholm-based private equity firm EQT AB is set to facilitate the deployment of 10,000 humanoid robots across its portfolio companies through a partnership with a robotics startup it backs, 1X Technologies AS, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Default rates in the US private credit market are expected to ease next year as interest rates fall, though the asset class remains one of the most vulnerable segments of the credit landscape, according to a report by Reuters citing BofA Global Research.
Global law firm Goodwin has appointed three partners – Anu Balasubramanian, Jamie Holdoway and Chetan Sheth – to the firm’s private equity practice in London. Balasubramanian will be joining as Chair of European private equity, working with the M&A, debt finance, and private investment funds teams in London, Paris, Munich,
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