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Distressed debt levels at private equity-owned companies have surged amid persistent high interest rates, with the amount owed by portfolio companies of the world’s 50 largest PE firms up 18% since mid-March to $42.7bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing rankings from Private Equity International.
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The vast majority of limited partners are expecting to either increase or maintain their allocations to private markets investments over the next year, according to Coller Capital’s semi-annual Global Private Capital Barometer.
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Private multi-asset alternative investment firm Bain Capital is to acquire PowerSchool Holdings, a provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, in a transaction valuing the business at $5.6bn.
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Private equity leaders are cautioning that the industry is likely to face years of lower returns as they work to sell off assets accumulated during the investment boom of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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The SEC has suffered a major setback in its bid to increase oversight of the private equity and venture capital industry after a US appeals court threw out a new rule requiring managers to provide investors with fees and expenses each quarter.
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Funds managed by private investment firm Apollo Global Management are to lead an investment of $11bn to acquire a 49% equity interest in a joint venture entity related to Intel’s Fab 34 chip manufacturing facility in Leixlip, Ireland.
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Private credit investor Pemberton Asset Management is partnering with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to raise at least $1bn to provide net asset value loans to private equity firms, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Impact investing was formulated on the thesis that every investment should have a positive influence, whether on environment or society. The sector boasts more than $1tn in assets as of 2022, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), yet its continued branding as a separate asset class is what frustrates proponents of its all-encompassing avatar.
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With Japan already the destination for about 40% of its investment activity in Asia, private investment major KKR & Co is now weighing up a move into the country’s private credit market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Golden Goose, the Italian luxury sports brand owned by British private equity firm Permira, is planning to raise €100m by floating at least 25% of the business on the Milan Stock Exchange, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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