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New research by private equity placement agent MCAM Group reveals that 42% of private equity firms now have continuation funds, a mark of a growing trend that reflects the industry’s shift away from the traditional 5-7 year buy-and-sell cycle.
Private equity firm Lion Capital has expanded its partnership with Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, as part of a merger of the North American and International operations of the celebrity chef’s global dining empire into a single holding company.
Global private investment firm KKR has acquired a stake in Employment Hero, a specialist in employment management solutions, from SEEK Investments, the manager of the SEEK Growth Fund, a long-term investment fund focused on human capital management.
KKR is grappling with a projected €449m earnings shortfall at FiberCop, the Italian telecom network business it acquired from Telecom Italia last year in a landmark €22bn carve-out deal, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Australia’s Insignia Financial has set a deadline for binding takeover bids as three global private equity firms — Bain Capital, CC Capital Partners, and Brookfield Asset Management’s UK unit — compete for control of the pension management firm, according to a report by Yahoo Finance.
Tikehau Capital has successfully raised a record €1.2bn for the third generation of its special opportunities strategy, exceeding its initial target of €1bn and nearly doubling the size of the previous vintage, which closed at €617m.
Invalda INVL Group has successfully completed a first closing of its second-generation private equity fund (INVL Private Equity Fund II), reaching €305m in capital commitments and exceeding its original fundraising target of €250m.
HMRC, the UK tax authority has abandoned a controversial crackdown on private equity firms, averting a potential tax hit that could have amounted to hundreds of millions of pounds in retrospective liabilities, according to a report by the Financial Times.
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, has expanded its Private Equity group into London, with the appointment of a new team led by senior executives Natasha Dillon and Derrick Estes.
General Atlantic has partnered with KAYALI Co-Founder Mona Kattan to acquire the fragrance brand from Dubai-based Huda Beauty in a deal that involves buying back a stake held by private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners since 2017, according to a report by Reuters.
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