Managers
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.
Food manufacturing group Bakkavor has made a change to its board after hedge fund Baupost sold its 20.1% stake in the business to private equity investment firm LongRange Capital, according to a report by ShareCast.
The appetite for risk among alternative fund managers is set to expand over the next 12 months as companies focus on acquisition opportunities amid expectations that inflation and interest rates will fall, according to a new research from Ocorian.
H.I.G. Realty Partners is a leading investor in the lower to middle market, actively investing across sectors and geographies throughout the US. MDs and Co-Heads of H.I.G. Real Estate, US, David Hirschberg (pictured) and Ira Weidhorn, outline some of the current challenges and opportunities in the real estate private equity market.
Private investment firm HIG Capital has shelved plans to launch new funds focused exclusively on investments in the technology sector and will instead deploy capital through other more diversified vehicles, according to a report by Bloomberg.
SCIO, a lender specialising in European asset-based credit, focuses on providing long-term value to investors and borrowers alike. Partner & CIO Greg Branch chats to Private Equity Wire about some of the current challenges and opportunities in the space and the outlook for special situations and asset-based finance.
Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management group with €42.0bn AUM across private debt, real assets, private equity and capital markets strategies, is in advanced discussions with Nikko Asset Management, one of Asia’s largest asset managers, over a business and capital alliance.
Alternative investment firm GI Partners has launched a new venture, UDLR Healthcare, focused on investments in medical outpatient buildings, in partnership with a team of former executives from Healthcare Trust of America (HTA).
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