Blackstone has withdrawn its bid to acquire a stake in the company holding the media rights to German football’s Bundesliga as opposition from fans to the involvement of foreign private capital reached fever pitch, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Alternative fund managers are concerned about the growing threat they face from money laundering risks and their organisation’s focus on anti-money laundering management is set to increase over the next 24 months, according to new research from Ocorian, a provider of regulation and compliance services for funds, corporates, capital markets
UK investment firm Coller Capital, one of the world’s largest investors in the private equity secondary market, is relocating its Hong Kong office to Henderson Land Development’s new skyscraper, which is set to open later this year.
The value of the shares held by the founders and top executives of some of the largest US private equity groups, including Carlyle, Blackstone, KKR, Apollo Global, and Ares Management, have risen by $40bn — the most since the beginning of last year on the back of a surge in
Credit-focused alternative asset manager Apollo Global Management has experienced a record year in annual earnings — prompting the firm’s CEO, Marc Rowan, to take a “victory lap” — and is setting targets to double its private credit origination business and put the asset class into retirement accounts, according to a
California-based hedge fund and activist shareholder Butler Hall Capital has issued an open letter to French skincare company L’Occitane, urging its board of directors to relist on a US exchange and reconsider the company’s valuation following news of Blackstone’s potential bid to acquire the business.
Harvey Schwartz, CEO of The Carlyle Group, the world’s fifth largest private equity firm, and former President and Co-COO at Goldman Sachs, has set new targets for the private equity firm’s growth and profitability, after a period of high interest rates and senior management issues, according to a report by
Alternative asset, equity and fixed income fund managers have identified private equity, renewable energy and hedge funds as the alternative asset classes most likely to increased inflows in 2024, according to new research by fund management solutions specialist Carne Group.
Darren Battistoni (pictured), Managing Director at Charlesbank Capital Partners, a Boston-based private investment firm that invests in middle-market companies primarily in North America, sees the firm strongly positioned for the future with its combination of hyperspecialization and collaborative partnerships with management teams.
Abu Dhabi Global Market, the city’s international financial centre, embarked on a trade mission to the US last week, in response to “unprecedented demand” from major US-based global asset managers in the hedge fund, private equity and venture capital space.
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