Fund news
Altera raises $136.5m across three lower mid-market investment strategies
Lower mid-market investor Altera has closed a trio of private markets funds with a combined $136.5m in capital commitments.
Deal news
Deal Roundup: New Mountain picks up majority SAM stake from Peak...
New Mountain Capital has acquired a majority stake in geospatial and infrastructure services provider SAM from Peak Rock Capital.
People news
IK Partners hires Ardian’s Fernandez-Albiñana to lead new Madrid office
IK Partners has expanded its European footprint with the launch of a Madrid office, appointing former Ardian managing director Gonzalo Fernandez-Albiñana as partner and head of Spain and Portugal.
Features
Private equity suffers ‘lethargic’ three years – but investors remain bullish...
Private equity has endured a tricky three years as the boom from the end of the Covid-19 pandemic slowed - but investor confidence in the asset class remains high for 2025, research from Preqin shows.
LP News
Coller Capital expands European private wealth push through Cherry Bank partnership
Secondaries major Coller Capital has entered a distribution partnership with Italy's Cherry Bank to offer the lender's wealth management clients access to its private credit secondaries strategy.
Knowledge Bank
AI, megadeals and strategic capital reshaping M&A landscape: Bain & Company
The global M&A market remains on course for another exceptionally strong year, with deal activity increasingly driven by strategic transformation rather than financial engineering, new research from Bain & Company shows.
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IK Partners hires Ardian’s Fernandez-Albiñana to lead new Madrid office
IK Partners has expanded its European footprint with the launch of a Madrid office, appointing former Ardian managing director Gonzalo Fernandez-Albiñana as partner and head of Spain and Portugal.
Altera raises $136.5m across three lower mid-market investment strategies
Lower mid-market investor Altera has closed a trio of private markets funds with a combined $136.5m in capital commitments.
Deal Roundup: New Mountain picks up majority SAM stake from Peak Rock, Balance Point...
New Mountain Capital has acquired a majority stake in geospatial and infrastructure services provider SAM from Peak Rock Capital.
Starwood Capital closes $10.2bn opportunistic real estate fund
Starwood Capital Group has raised more than $10.2bn at the final close of its latest opportunistic real estate vehicle.
Hamilton Lane raises $3.8bn for sixth direct equity fund
Hamilton Lane has held a $3.8bn final close of its sixth flagship direct equity fund, marking a significant increase from the firm's prior $2.1bn vintage.
Coller Capital leads $250m continuation fund for Behrman Capital’s Shurco
Behrman Capital has closed a $250m single-asset continuation vehicle for specialty industrials portfolio company Shurco.
KKR agrees $4.2bn EDF renewables acquisition, ACON backs YumEarth
KKR has agreed to acquire EDF power solutions' renewable energy operations in the US and Canada from EDF Group in a transaction valuing the...
Ruya Ventures closes oversubscribed $50m debut deep tech fund
Solo GP Rick Hao has held the final close of Ruya Ventures' inaugural venture capital fund on $50m, with the vehicle set to back early-stage deep technology companies across Europe, North America and Asia.
Antin Infrastructure hires IFM’s Welsh to lead investor relations expansion in Australia
Antin Infrastructure Partners has appointed former IFM Investors executive Duncan Welsh as a principal in its investor relations team, as the infrastructure investor expands its institutional fundraising presence across Asia-Pacific.
Tapestry VC launches $80m third fund backed by British Business Bank
Early-stage venture capital firm Tapestry VC has launched its third fund with $80m of commitments to invest in repeat founders across Europe and North America.
