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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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May 2024 | It’s the talk of the town, and certain themes crop up in most conversations on private credit: What happens if interest rates drop, or don’t? Can portfolio companies sustain the pressure of higher-for-longer? Does private credit really pose a systemic risk? What strategic pockets of opportunity are emerging in the market? How will banks and private lenders co-exist in the future? And what can firms do to gain a competitive edge? This report addresses the big questions.
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Goldman Sachs Alternatives has held the final close of West Street Loan Partners V, its latest large-cap senior direct lending vehicle, with $13.1bn of total capital, plus more than $7bn in related managed accounts and $550m of co-investment vehicles.
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A consortium led by US private investment firm KKR and Singapore Telecommunications is leading the race to acquire a $1bn minority stake in Asian data centre provider ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, according to a report by Reuters.
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Private equity’s challenges in returning capital to clients are increasingly affecting hedge funds, which depend on the same pool of institutional investors including pension plans, foundations, and endowments, for their fundraising efforts, according to a report by the Financial Times.Â
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New York-based banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co is actively seeking to acquire a private credit firm to strengthen its private capital operations within its $3.6tn asset management division, according to a report by Bloomberg.Â
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The Australian Retirement Trust, a pension fund valued at AUD260bn ($174bn), plans to increase its private credit allocation over the next year, targeting opportunities in Europe and North America.Â
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The private credit market can be expected to double in growth over the next five years, according to Michael Arougheti, Co-Founder, CEO and President at $429bn global alternative investment manager Ares Management.Â
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Israel-based identity security company CyberArk has agreed to acquire Venafi, a machine identity management company backed by software-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo, for approximately $1.54bn — to be paid in $1bn cash and $540m in CyberArk shares.Â
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