Managers
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 the Financial Times.Â
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.Â
More than half of large PE firms are looking to acquire an artificial intelligence business, according to the second annual Global M&A Trends and Risks Report from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and M&A intelligence specialist MergerMarket.
HIG Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $60bn of capital under management specialising in providing both debt and equity capital to mid-sized companies, has opened a new office in Dubai.
Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, has reported a 4% increase in distributable earnings for the final quarter of last year on the back of an increase in assets sales across real estate credit and hedge funds, according to a report by Reuters.
Private equity professionals are anticipating slower fundraising and more conservative deal valuations and returns in 2024, according to the latest edition of Investec’s Annual Private Equity Trends report.
Jason Howard, an alternatives industry veteran known for advising and investing in General Partners, has launched New Catalyst Strategic Partners, an independent alternative investment firm that will provide seed and growth capital to emerging, developing and diverse firms led by experienced investors.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
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