Private Equity

DJs try to stop the music at KKR’s festivals

The private equity giant’s takeover of a European festivals operator has sparked a boycott from some artists

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Inflexion partner plots new firm

London-based tech dealmaker is in the process of leaving the private equity house, according to people familiar with the matter

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What’s the biggest risk facing private equity? Buyout bosses share their thoughts

Concerns include AI threats to the software market and private equity’s expansion into wealth

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Why Brookfield is sending its investments to private school

The asset management giant has made an $825m investment into Spring Education Group, according to people familiar with the matter

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Meet the newest member of private equity’s investment committee: Artificial intelligence

Senior industry figures predict that AI agents will have voting rights on dealmaking decisions

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Private equity parties like it is 1999

Nostalgia for more certain times hangs over this week’s SuperReturn summit in Berlin

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Franklin Templeton ups private markets push with Apera buy

US asset manager says acquisition of European private credit firm will boost alternative credit assets to almost $90bn

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Inflexion promotes its largest ever cohort

The European mid-market private equity firm has made 30 appointments across its teams in the year-to-date

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Private credit is soaring. Meet the people behind the boom

The European market has seen enormous growth since the financial crisis. Financial News’s sister title Private Equity News is recognising the leaders who have shaped its development

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Private equity has hit an ‘unwanted milestone’

Bain & Company said the lack of firms raising more than $5bn underlines a drop both in the average fund size and the number of funds closing

Meet the Twenty Most Influential in Private Credit

The inaugural list from FN’s sister title PEN recognises the people behind the growth of the sector in Europe

Why private equity’s wealth management push is stalling

Regulatory headwinds, ballooning debt burdens and sky-high valuations are giving buyers pause for thought

Lombard Odier’s UK growth kick

Catch up on the top news in wealth management this week

Liquidity looms large as buyout bosses prepare for summer summit

Buyers are proactively engaging sellers to unlock deals, with senior figures expecting some of those conversations to ramp up in Berlin next week

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L&G acquires real estate group Proprium to fuel private markets push

Deal is the latest for the UK asset manager amid plan to grow private markets assets to £85bn

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Ares opens Milan office in wealth push

FN revealed that the $546bn alternatives manager was mulling a move to Italy’s financial capital last year

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