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Blackstone-owned sandwich chain Jersey Mike’s Subs is targeting a valuation of up to $7.94bn in a US initial public offering, giving the private equity firm a potential public-market monetisation opportunity less than two years after acquiring the fast-growing restaurant business, according to a report by Reuters.
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Partners Group has raised more than $15bn in commitments for its newest direct infrastructure investment programme, marking one of the firm’s largest infrastructure fundraises to date despite broader challenges facing parts of the private markets industry, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: As military technologies continue to evolve, space is moving into focus as a new contested domain. Military applications include intelligence gathering and missile defence. To explore the opportunity for private capital, we sat down with Jon Lusczakoski, partner at defence investor AE Industrial.
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In Alternative Views, Private Equity Wire® goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on private markets. In this episode we discuss the valuation gap and higher-for-longer interest rates with Artem Kontyaev, partner at NorthWall Capital, an alternative credit lender for Western Europe.
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At a time when the industry is clearly bifurcating along performance and fundraising, our awards recognise and platform the managers and service providers delivering true value. Entries close soon.
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PayPal’s board believes a $53bn takeover proposal from payments rival Stripe and private equity firm Advent International undervalues the business, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
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STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: Recent global instability has demonstrated the challenge of energy security in a world of complex supply chains. We sat down with Thomas Friedberger, co-CIO of Tikehau Capital, to discuss how investors can approach this challenge.
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Private equity firm EQT has increased its takeover proposal for Australian financial services group Perpetual to AUD2.5bn ($1.75bn), less than two weeks after the company’s board rejected its initial offer as insufficient, according to a report by Reuters.
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Krzysztof Krawczyk thinks the standard investment cycle risks leaving upside on the table. After 11 years at the helm of CVC’s Poland base, he is going it alone looking for long-duration investments.
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Private equity firm Advent International has teamed up with payments platform Stripe to make a joint offer to acquire PayPal in a transaction valuing the digital payments company at more than $53bn, according to a report by Reuters.
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