Bain's annual Global
Private Equity Report highlights how leading PE firms have begun adapting to a demanding environment.
Private equity reported a 9 % increase in dry powder in the past year, reaching $ 755 billion as of June 2015.
Not exact matches
SPECIAL
REPORT: The mergers and acquisitions market was eventful in the March quarter, with Chinese and
private equity investors to the fore, multiple WA businesses on the block, and a surprise advisory switch on a key takeover.
Women - led teams received just $ 1.9 billion of the total $ 85 billion invested by venture capitalists in 2017, which is just 2.2 percent of the year's total, according to data from VC database PitchBook, an M&A,
private equity, and VC database,
reported by Fortune.
PE PREDICTIONS: Our friends at PitchBook shared a
report of
private equity predictions for 2018.
Private equity firms didn't strike any deals above $ 2.5 billion in the first quarter, CNBC
reports.
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is
reporting that an investor group consisting of venture capital and
private equity firms are combining resources to make a bid to acquire the Internet phone company from eBay.
Other investors looking into the deal included Baring
Private Equity Asia, said the Wall Street Journal, which initially
reported the deal.
A majority of
private equity executives and debt investors are expecting a recession to hit the UK in the next two years, a
report showed.
While the BCG
report has the rosy title of Capitalizing on the New Golden Age in
Private Equity, it says the industry faces some serious growing pains as more and more investors keep throwing money at the industry as alternatives (such as hedge funds) have sucked wind.
Aside from Google, Time and
private -
equity funds Bain and TPG remain interested in making a bid, according to the
report.
The
report, which cites an unnamed source, said the
private equity groups are interested in all of HPE, not just individual business units, like the IT services business group that was spun off and merged with Computer Sciences in May.
The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources,
reported on Tuesday that Hunt Valley, Maryland - based telecom Sinclair Broadcast Group has expressed an interest in buying the weather - focused television network from an ownership group that includes
private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group, as well as Comcast's NBCUniversal.
The
private equity firms together with Humana would get Kindred's home and hospice care operations, the WSJ
reported, citing sources it did not identify.
The Street
reports several
private equity buyers have expressed interest in a deal that would value the company at around $ 2.5 billion.
Roark's offer is at a 34 percent premium to the stock price on Nov. 13, the last trading day before media
reports that
private equity firm had made an offer of more than $ 150 per share.
More specifically, the regulator is examining how
private equity firms
report a key metric of their past performance when they market new funds to investors.
The SEC expects
private equity firms to
report average net IRRs alongside gross IRRs with equal prominence in marketing materials when they are seeking to raise a new fund.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining how
private equity firms
report a key metric of their past performance when they market new funds to investors, as the regulator boosts its scrutiny of the industry, according to people familiar with the matter.
At issue is how
private equity firms
report how they calculate average net returns in past funds in their marketing materials, the sources said.
The SEC's review comes after the agency put together a dedicated group earlier this year to examine
private equity and hedge funds that had to register with it as part of the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial reform law, Reuters first
reported in April.
The SEC's focus on the average net IRR disclosures, which has not been previously
reported, marks a new phase in the agency's efforts to regulate
private equity and comes at a time when the industry is already under pressure from investors to simplify its fees and expenses structure.
Wilson's choices include partnering with a
private equity firm in a buyout of the company, launching a proxy battle to gain additional board seats, or selling his stake, The Wall Street Journal
reports.
And, whether we're talking about hedge funds or mutual funds,
private equity or real estate trusts, there is not a single field with more than 5 percent of its assets managed by minority or women - owned firms, according to a recently released Knight Foundation
report.
«Early
reports made much — probably too much — of the involvement of the Koch brothers
private equity fund in financing the deal.
For 2013, Ares
reports $ 306 million in net economic income, a metric favored by publicly - traded
private equity firms that don't believe GAAP accounting best explains their financial performance.
Kushner's family real - estate business, Kushner Companies, received hefty loans from Citigroup and
private equity group Apollo Global Management last year, the New York Times
reported on Wednesday.
The New York Times
reported on Wednesday that the
private equity firm Apollo Global Management and Citigroup extended loans totaling more than half a billion dollars to Kushner Cos last year after their officials held separate meetings with Kushner.
The New York Times
reported on the weekend, citing sources, that BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-chief executive in 2011, has approached two U.S.
private equity firms about making a possible bid.
CNBC's Kate Rogers
reports on Verifone to be acquired by a group led by
private equity firm Francisco Partners for $ 3.4 billion in an all - cash deal.
Last week,
reports surfaced claiming that Yahoo had shortlisted 10 potential buyers for its core Internet business, with possible bidders including Verizon (VZ) and
private equity firm TPG Capital.
Crain's New York Business has
reported that a «senior»
private equity insider filed a compliant with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year about the so - called transaction fees that PE firms often charge when they buy a company.
This Bain Brief was excerpted from the Global Healthcare
Private Equity and Corporate M&A
Report 2018; the sidebar on due diligence is excerpted from the 2017 r
Report 2018; the sidebar on due diligence is excerpted from the 2017
reportreport.
Mr. Thomas said his client has
reported that many
private -
equity firms decline to disclose the existence of such fees before deals close, a practice that allows them to extract cash from their targets without investor approval.
(Reuters)- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA.TA)(TEVA.N) is close to a deal to sell its women's health assets outside the United States to
private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, the Fly
reported, citing Bloomberg.
Mr. Marino joined the Firm in 2003 and is responsible for the day - to - day operations, compliance and financial
reporting of the
private equity funds as well as participating in the review, operational due diligence and closing of portfolio investments.
Private equity consortiums are
reported to be circling the Anglo - Dutch giant's spreads business.
Earlier, The Information
reported that
private equity firms including KKR & Co LP (KKR.N), Apollo Global Management LLC (APO.N) and Carlyle Group LP (CG.O) were «sniffing around» Hewlett Packard Enterprise, contemplating a buyout worth more than $ 40 billion.
The highest
reported bid so far is one from U.S. chipmaker Broadcom and its partner, U.S.
private equity firm Silver Lake.
Earlier this month, VCCircle
reported that car - servicing startup Carcrew Technology Pvt. Ltd, backed by the TVS Group, secured $ 2 million (Rs 13 crore) in a fresh pre-Series A round led by a
private equity firm.
Mergermarket notes in its Q1 - Q3 Trend
Report that deal values for
private equity buyouts reached a six - year high in the third quarter, at US$ 7.5 billion.
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Report: B2B Software →
NEW YORK More acquisitions of U.S. companies by
private equity firms are being done through companies that are already owned by buyout funds, rather than the funds directly, a market
report showed on Thursday, indicating this «bolt - on» strategy is catching on.
To paraphrase (read the
report itself for fuller explanations), sprinters are looking for a quick path to exit, often through re-financings, and their added value lies in their ability to extricate themselves rapidly from complex situations; marathon runners are (unsurprisingly) in it for the long run, seeking to convert debt to
equity, taking control of borrowers and turning them around
private equity - style; the milers have the ability to target either a quick exit or an extended process depending on the circumstances.
This AlixPartners
report says that the relationship between portfolio company CEOs & their
private equity owners is often pretty rocky — and that it too often leads to disruptive & costly departures.
The
report focuses on
private company growth
equity valuation and financing data, as well as the top investors and companies that participated in transactions throughout 2014 in the B2B software industry.
The
private equity firm is
reported to be plotting a three - headed bid for the Italian airline.
S.H. «Jim» Fogleman, III is the Chief Financial Officer — Investment Services of Cherokee where he oversees fund - and investment - level financial
reporting and compliance matters on behalf of the Cherokee
private equity funds.
The highest 75th percentile base
reported this year was $ 177,500 for a
private equity or LBO job.
In addition to that,
reports later in the week said that the company is in talks to partner with a leading
private equity fund to buy Anadarko Petroleum's south Texas oil and gas assets in a deal that could be worth up to $ 3.5 billion.