Government launches plans affecting buyout industry and wealthy foreigners living in the UK
US buyout group’s London-based energy division combines counterintuitive strategy with commitment to cut emissions
Private equity firms have been sitting on about 28,000 unsold companies worth $3.2tn
Acquisitions of investment shops have been viewed as a means of catapulting ahead in $1.7tn private credit market
The nascent firm created by a 2021 Spac merger will soon manage more than $200bn
Plus, how Google’s plans to buy Wiz fell apart and GIC looks to buy western companies’ China businesses
Complex layers of leverage could pose a threat to the global economy
Sovereign wealth fund sees ‘opportunity’ as companies exit the mainland amid geopolitical tensions
Appeals court ruling that found financial regulator had exceeded its authority will stand
Calpers and New York State Common Retirement Fund push firms for stronger labour protections
Bain is selling a stake in deal that values Bugaboo at several hundred million pounds
A protracted game of chicken is under way over the ‘carried interest’ loophole
Sale has drawn interest from media groups, investors and billionaires including News UK and National World
Investment platform says discussions with private equity consortium led by CVC ‘ongoing’
Bain Capital, Permira and Veritas Capital among contenders in final round of Nord Anglia auction
The attractions for private credit funds of asset-backed lending are clear
‘Use it or lose it’
Jonathan Gray says portfolio of world’s largest alternative asset manager shows signs of inflation waning
Accounting firm’s US arm proposes takeover of UK and Irish businesses
Plus, the venture capital firms poised for a potentially massive Wiz payday and private equity retreats from returning cash with NAV loans
Federal judge points to conflict in relationships with financial sponsor and debtor in Chapter 11 case
Preqin acquisition gives access to data but does not solve problems such as illiquidity of assets, say industry observers
The tailwind of freakishly loose monetary policy is now over
Use of fund-level net asset value loans to pay dividends falls 90% after institutional investors raise concerns
Investors pay the price for flocking to so-called cov-lite leveraged loans with reckless abandon