Managers
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has completed the sale of a diversified portfolio of 20 limited partnership private equity fund interests in mostly North American and European buyout funds to private investment firm Ardian for around CAD2.1bn.
Big name private equity firms including KKR and Carlyle are increasingly pivoting from their traditional buyout strategies to the private credit sector as they look to combat a prolonged slump in dealmaking, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Following a challenging year marked by rising interest rates and slower growth, successful private equity firms are adapting to the changing environment, according to Dechert’s 6th annual Global Private Equity Outlook report.
Europe’s biggest buyout firm CVC has put its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) in Amsterdam later this month on hold, due to what it sees as “unfavourable market conditions”, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Several big name private equity firms including Ardian, Brookfield, Tikehau Capital and CVC, have all established offices in the Gulf recently as they look to tap into the resources of the region’s cash-rich sovereign wealth funds and families, according to a report by Reuters
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Global investment firm Carlyle has launched Farmfront Group, a new global platform of irrigation providers created following its 2022 acquisition of Ocmis Group and the recent acquisitions of three European irrigation firms – Irrimec, Otech, and RKD.
RRJ Capital, a Hong Kong and Singapore based private equity firm led by ex-Goldman Sachs banker Richard Ong, is considering making a €5bn bid for Vodafone’s Spanish business, according to a report by Investing.com.
Private equity firm Integral Corp is aiming to launch a find of around $3.3bn in the next four to five years by leveraging the funds it raised in an initial public offering in Tokyo last month, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Recent market jitters haven’t deterred CVC Capital Partners from its plan to go public, with the European private equity major said to be close to finalising details of what would be the largest IPO in Europe this year, according to a report by Reuters.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
