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Private Equity Wire has announced the winners of the Private Equity Wire European Awards 2023, which recognise excellence among private equity fund managers and service providers in Europe across a wide range of categories.
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Permira has held the final close of its latest flagship buyout fund, Permira VIII with total capital commitments of €16.7 billion. The fund saw strong demand from investors, closing above its target size of €15 billion, which represents a ~50% increase in size compared to its predecessor fund.
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Golub Capital has made three new additions to its London-based team – Daniel von Rothenburg as managing director and head of EMEA on the business development team, Philipp Schroeder as a Senior Director, and Mensah Lambie as a principal, both on the Direct Lending team.
Intel
KSL Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on travel and leisure businesses, has made two senior hires – Ana Goizueta has joined the firm as head of investor relations and marketing, and Nolen Taylor has joined as chief financial officer.
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US private equity group Silver Lake, in partnership with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Canada’s largest pension fund, has made a $12.4 billion offer to acquire experience management software company Qualtrics, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s asset management arm has joined a list of private equity suitors interested in acquiring US-based sandwich chain Subway, which has an estimated price tag of around $10 billion, according to a report by Sky News.
Insights
The amount of company data now available to private equity firms has revolutionized the valuation process, but the competitive advantage still lies with humans.
Insights
Hefty price discounts in private equity’s secondary market may indicate the true value of some funds as overallocated LPs seek liquidity.
Insights
Private equity funds have been slow to adjust their valuations to volatile public comparables in 2022. As end-December NAVs are reported, that could be about to change.
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In an M&A market where deal multiples are contracting, private equity managers are heralding to return to more authentic methods of value creation.
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