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The numerous market headwinds, including inflation, rising interest rates and a looming recession can result in profitable investment opportunities. But private equity managers need to close deals quickly to take full advantage of these prospects, and access to the right technology can give them an edge in a highly competitive environment.
Venture capital giant Sequoia Capital is to write down its $214 million investment in struggling cryptocurrency exchange FTX to zero, according to a report by Fortune. The report cites a note sent to investors as saying that the investment would be written off completely after a liquidity crunch “created a solvency risk for FTV”.
Brighton Park Capital Management, an investment firm that specialises in collaborating with software, healthcare, and tech-enabled services businesses, has completed a $1.8 billion fundraise for Brighton Park Capital Fund II and related vehicles (BPC II), exceeding its target of $1.5 billion.
HighBrook Investors, a deep value-oriented real estate private equity firm investing in Europe and the US, has closed its most recent fund, HighBrook Property Fund IV, which was oversubscribed at $632 million.
A consortium led by Canadian alternative investment manager Brookfield Asset Management is leading an $11.8 billion offer for Origin Energy, Australia’s second largest power producer and energy retailer, according to a report by Private Equity Insights.
The report cites data from Refinitiv as revealing that if completed, the takeover would rank as one of the biggest private equity-backed buyouts of an Australian company. The deal requires Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval to proceed.
Origin’s share price soared as much as 40% as news of the deal broke but has since given back
VoLo Earth Ventures, an emerging venture capital firm that invests in early-stage climate tech companies, has held the final close of its inaugural fund, VoLo Earth Climate Fund I, with total commitments of approximately $90 million, nearly doubling the Fund’s $50 million target.
FundCount, a provider of accounting and investment analysis software for single and multi-family offices, fund administrators, hedge funds and private equity firms, has joined the Cyprus Investment Funds Association, the fund industry’s sole recognised body located in Cyprus.
Alternative asset management firms who made commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in 2022, particularly towards gender parity, have made ‘notable progress’, according to a new report from executive search and corporate advisory firm Jensen Partners.
Private equity GPs remain cautiously optimistic about dealmaking, fundraising and performance, according to Investec’s 12th annual GP Trends Report.
Vodafone Group Plc has agreed the partial sale of its mobile-phone masts business Vantage Towers to a consortium led by private equity firms Global Infrastructure Partners and KKR & Co in a deal that values the business at $16 billion.
Vodafone’s current 81.7% stake in the business will be put into a joint-venture company Oak BidCo which will then look to acquire the listed shares which account for the remaining 18.3% of the company. Vodafone will also sell a stake in the Oak BidCo at €32 per share to the GIP-KKR consortium, which will end up with between 32 and
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