Rack up those data centers
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.
Gu(ardian) of the Secondaries Galaxy
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?
Moving forward as one
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?
Extend and amend…?
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.
Happy New Year! May all your exit wishes come true
How’s the weather looking? If it’s cloudy then fear not as there could be good times ahead for private wealth investors. US-based wealth technology firm InvestCloud has launched its Private Markets Account™ (PMA) to make it even easier for the wealth management industry to manage alternative investments alongside public market assets.