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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

Apollo Global Management

PE majors eye SVB loan book

Private equity majors Apollo Global Management Inc, Blackstone Inc, and KKR & Co Inc, have all expressed an interest in acquiring a book of loans held by failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), according to a report by Bloomberg.

General Atlantic expecting H2 valuations drop

General Atlantic, a US-based growth equity investor with over $86 billion in assets under management, is expecting private company valuations to fall in the second half of the year as startups begin to to run out of cash, according to a report by Bloomberg.

GA partners with Abu Dhabi wealth fund

General Atlantic has teamed up with with Abu Dhabi wealth fund ADQ and International Holding Co (IHC), the biggest listed company in the emirate, to form a new venture which, according to ADQ, will be the region’s largest multi-asset class alternative investment manager.

NAV facilities gain popularity with PE funds

Growth in Net Asset Value credit facilities has increased exponentially in importance among private equity and other alternative investment funds since the pandemic relative to the secondary trading of assets as a means of creating liquidity, according to the Citco group of companies.

Investcorp makes Tokyo move

Investcorp is to open a new office in Tokyo with a focus on acquiring high-end Japanese manufacturers, according to a report by the Financial Times. The office will initially be home to five staff with that number reportedly expected to double over the coming year. Investcorp, which manages more than

Blackstone office in Manhattan

Blackstone boss pockets $1.26bn in 2022

TOP STORY: Steve Schwarzman, the chief executive officer of private equity giant Blackstone earned around $1.26 billion in pay and dividends in 2022, according to a report by Reuters.

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