M&G Investments has ambitions to become the European champion in private markets following news that it is acquiring a majority stake in P Capital Partners, one of Sweden’s well-established private credit managers.
DeepSeek has made headlines with the reported low cost training of its models. But this is not deterring investment firms like Blackstone, who do not expect these latest developments to impact data centers.
Ardian has just raised $30 billion for its ninth generation secondaries fund. That makes it the largest secondaries fund ever launched, reflecting the incredible rise to prominence of private equity secondaries; will it be on track to exceed last year’s $150 billion in deal volume?
Apollo Global Management is weighing up a massive $9.5 billion investment to help Seven & I Holdings, the parent company owner of the iconic 7-Eleven convenience stores, go private. Will Apollo execute the right martial art moves to get the management buyout, led by the founding Ito family, over the line?
Snowy conditions have greeted us as we head in to 2025 but will there be a blizzard of investment activity for GPs with 2020/2021 fund vintages? Apparently they are sitting on more than $500 billion of dry powder (globally) and the five-year investment clock is beginning to tick louder.