Managers
FalconPoint Partners a new private equity firm focused on investing in North American middle market “real economy” businesses operating in the business services and industrials sectors has launched in New York.
The Riverside Company, a US private equity firm focused on making control and non-control investments in growing businesses valued at up to $400m, is considering strategy options for direct lending arm Riverside Credit Solutions, including a sale of the business, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Alternative asset management major Apollo Global Management has raised $35bn from Asian investors since implementing a plan to revamp its business in the region at the beginning of 2022, according to a report by Bloomberg.
CVC Capital Partners, a private markets major with approximately €186bn in AUM, has revived plans for an initial public offering in Amsterdam, which could raise between €1bn and €1.5bn and give the business a valuation of €13bn to €15bn.
LA-based private equity firm OpenGate Capital has partnered with Ownership Works, a nonprofit founded by KKR’s Co-Head of Global Private Equity Pete Stavros that is aiming to generate at least $20bn of wealth for employees over the next decade.
KKR & Co has set its sights on increasing AUM at the private investment firm to at least $1tn in the next five years, and has laid out a plan to scale its core businesses to reach the target, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Alternative fund managers, including private equity fund managers, are losing investment mandates or clients because of compliance issues, according to research from Ocorian and Newgate Compliance, both providers of regulation and compliance services for funds, corporates, capital markets and private clients.Â
Investment manager Barings has filed a lawsuit against Corinthia Global Management and former employees Ian Fowler and Kelsey Tucker after the Nomura Holdings-backed private credit asset manager recruited over 20 employees from Barings in recent years, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firms KKR & Co and Blackstone and hedge fund major Citadel are discussing ways to deal with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s crackdown on the financial industry’s use of disappearing messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal, according to a report by Bloomberg.
WH Equity Partners, a US private equity firm focused on growth investments and buyouts in the small and mid-cap sectors, has been launched by Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer Peter Weinbach and Senior Managing Director Grant Harshbarger.Â
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
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