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GenTwo, a Swiss-based B2B Fintech platform specialised in securitisation of bankable and non-bankable assets, has raised $15m in a Series A led by US-based Point72 Ventures, the VC associate of Steve Cohen’s hedge fund firm Point72 Asset Management.
Private equity firm Alvarez & Marsal Capital has joined the growing number of private equity and hedge fund firms succumbing to the lure of the Sunshine State with plans to open a new office in West Palm Beach, according to a report by Bloomberg.
US-based investment firm Tiger Global has sold its remaining stake in Indian food delivery firm Zomato in a deal valued at INR11.24bn ($136.08m), according to a report by Reuters citing exchange data.
Investors are increasingly looking to the private credit space to provide investment opportunities. Lee Kruter, Partner & Head of Performing Credit at GoldenTree Asset Management, one of the largest independent asset managers focused on credit, highlights some of the current market dynamics, and how the firm is positioning to capitalise on the opportunity…
Apollo Global Management is stepping up its lending to private equity buyout firms looking to raise cash to help them return money to investors, by making more than $4bn in so-called net asset value (NAV) loans, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firms, including buyout major KKR & Co, are beginning to add hedge funds to their ‘white lists’ of approved lenders used to arrange funding for leveraged buyout deals, according to a report by Bloomberg.
CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest buyout investment firms, is again looking at a multibillion-euro stock market listing that could happen before the end of this year, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Global private investment giant KKR & Co has reported a 23% fall in second quarter earnings compared with the same period last year, but the company’s performance remains ahead of analyst predictions, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private investment firm Apollo Global Management is planning to sell as much as $1.15bn of convertible stock to help its Athene annuities unit to “capitalise on attractive opportunities” generated by market turbulence, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A golden age of private equity buyouts has come to a end and returns in the $4tn industry will no longer be driven by rising valuations, according to a report by the Financial Times quoting Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Marc Rowan.
His warning comes as the private equity sector faces new challenges presented by a period of lower economic growth and higher interest rates, which makes the cost of borrowing to take companies private, more expensive.
“In the [private] equity business, this year has really marked the end of an era,” said Rowan on Thursday, adding that PE
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