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STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION | Investments in agriculture faced a challenging year in 2024, continuing the steep downturn that began in 2023. In August, the aggregate deal value had fallen 48.7% year-on-year to around $1.5bn from just over $3bn – according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. In contrast, the total aggregate deal value in 2022 stood just shy of $25bn.
The European mid-market for GP stakes is emerging as a compelling opportunity for private equity investors, according to a newly released whitepaper from Armen, a private investment firm focused on the sector.
Carlyle Group’s fourth-quarter earnings fell short of market expectations, primarily driven by weaker proceeds from asset sales, highlighting the headwinds facing the private equity sector even as other parts of the group’s operations delivered strong results, according to a report by Reuters.
Digital private equity manager Moonfare has expanded its operations to Australia, providing eligible investors in the country with access to carefully curated funds from top-tier private equity managers such as KKR, EQT, and the Carlyle Group.
Billy Rahm, the former Head of Real Estate at private investments firm Centerbridge Partners, has launched Everview Partners, a New York-based investment firm focused on real assets businesses across North America, according to a report by Bloomberg.
KKR & Co saw its shares drop to a two-week low on Tuesday after its Q4 AUM fell short of analyst expectations. Despite a 15% year-on-year increase to $638bn, the alternative asset manager missed the consensus estimate of $643.4bn, according to a report by Reuters citing LSEG data.
Blackstone has reported stronger-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter of last year, fuelled by a resurgence in dealmaking and early signs of stabilisation in the troubled commercial real estate sector, according to a report by Reuters.
Investcorp, the Middle East’s largest alternative investment firm, is exploring the possibility of a public listing within the next three to five years as it targets doubling its assets under management (AUM) to $100bn, according to a report by Reuters.
A $14bn lawsuit filed by jailed Russian billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov against US private equity firm TPG and Russian state-owned entities Rosatom and Transneft has been dismissed by London’s High Court, according to a report by Reuters.
Despite ongoing inflationary pressures, Centerbridge Partners sees significant potential in the US consumer credit market for 2025, and is set to target areas including consumer loans, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), and data centre financing, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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