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Blackstone closes latest real estate fund

Blackstone has closed its latest global real estate fund, Blackstone Real Estate Partners X, with $30.4 billion of capital commitments — the largest real estate or private equity drawdown fund ever raised.  The private equity giant’s three opportunistic real estate strategies – Global, Asia, Europe – now have $50 billion

Carlyle Group

Carlyle Group abandons healthcare analytics investment

The Carlyle Group has dropped its long-planned investment in healthcare analytics company Cotiviti, despite having lined up $5.5 billion in debt and a $1 billion preferred stock investment for the deal, according to a report by the Financial Times. Carlyle had reportedly sought to lower its purchase price late in

KKR

CVC commits support for KKR’s acquisition of April Group

CVC Credit is supporting KKR’s acquisition of French insurance broker-distributor April Group with the commitment of senior credit facilities. CVC’s Private Equity business, through CVC Capital Partners Fund VII, acquired April – which is France’s second largest insurance broker-distributor with €1.5bn premiums in 2022 – in June 2019 from its

General Atlantic formally launches credit operation

Growth equity firm General Atlantic has completed its acquisition of Iron Park Capital Partners, a global investment manager focused on public and private credit markets, to form General Atlantic Credit. 

CVC and Elliott bid for parts of Cineworld

Buyout firm CVC Capital Partners and activist hedge fund Elliott Management are among the suitors to have tabled bids to acquire parts of struggling cinema chain Cineworld, according to a report by Sky News.

Kain Capital opens new Manhattan office

Kain Capital LLC, a private equity firm focused on the technology enablement of healthcare services companies, has moved into new office space at One World Trade Center in New York City. This marks the firm’s return to a physical location after staff worked remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic. To date,

Ares Management Corp

Ares and Mubadala launch $1bn global credit secondaries JV

Private equity investment manager Ares Management Corporation has partnered with Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi’s global sovereign investor, to form a joint venture that will invest around $1 billion in global credit secondaries opportunities.

Great Hill Partners opens London office, adds to team

Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that targets investments of $100 million to $500 million in high-growth companies across the software, digital commerce, financial technology, healthcare, and digital infrastructure sectors, has opened a London office to support its investment activity in the UK and Europe.  The London office will

Tiger Global cut VC fund valuations by a third last year

Tiger Global Management slashed the value of its investments in venture funds by about 33% last year, which equates to around $23 billion, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an unnamed source. Around $9 billion of that markdown by the firm’s venture unit, which is led by Scott Shleifer,

Blackstone to open new Frankfurt office

Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, is to open a new office in Frankfurt, Germany. The new flagship location will occupy 1,300 square meters in the OMNITURM in Frankfurt’s financial district and serve as a hub for Blackstone in Germany. The new office will host professionals across Blackstone’s private

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