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PE Exit Markets Reopen with IPO Surge:
Private Equity Firms Finally See the Exit Window Reappear: (HedgeCo.Net) After nearly two years of suppressed deal activity and delayed exits, a long-awaited shift appears to be unfolding across global capital markets. According to analysts at J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley, the initial […]
Blackstone Warns AI Disruption Risk Is a Top Strategic Focus:
(HedgeCo.Net) When the world’s largest alternative asset manager talks about risk, markets tend to listen. So when Blackstone Inc.president Jon Gray publicly framed artificial intelligence as a top strategic risk consideration—not just an opportunity—it marked a subtle but important shift in how the private-markets […]
Permira & Warburg Pincus Strike $8.4B Deal for Clearwater Analytics
(HedgeCo.Net) Private Equity Titans Permira and Warburg Pincus Lead Take-Private Buyout of Clearwater Analytics. In one of the most consequential deals of the year in alternative investments, Clearwater Analytics — a leading provider of investment analytics focused on institutional clients and alternative […]
Private Equity and Credit: The Rise of “Hybrid” Alts Strategies
( HedgeCo.Net). While headline AUM figures remain impressive, many large private equity firms are quietly shifting their strategy mix — increasingly embracing private debt, real assets, and hybrid structures. CBH+1 According to a recent U.S. industry report, many PE firms are […]
KKR Bets on Asia, Education and “Regime Change” in Global Markets
(HedgeCo.Net). KKR is positioning itself as a leading architect of what it calls a global “Regime Change” in markets—and 2025 is proving to be a pivotal year. The firm’s latest outlook argues that investors must rethink asset allocation for a world of […]
Avenue Capital nears deal for China medical firm
Reuters – Hedge fund Avenue Capital is in the final stages of talks to buy a Chinese medical equipment company backed by a unit of Citigroup Inc in a deal worth over $100 million, sources familiar with the situation said […]
Blackstone plans portfolio IPOs
Forbes – Private equity firm Blackstone Group is planning to list up to eight of its portfolio companies, according to a source who received a letter the firm sent to investors on Friday. The letter details that Blackstone is positioning […]
Onex to float IPO on distressed-debt fund
Report On Business – Onex Corp. is offering retail investors a chance to put their cash beside its executives’ money in a distressed-debt fund that has recently delivered eye-popping returns. The country’s largest private equity firm said yesterday that it […]
Wall Street money rains on Chuck Schumer
Politico – Schumer, No. 3 in the Senate Democratic leadership and the former chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, has offered scads of proposals that the industry doesn’t like on issues from corporate governance to derivatives to the creation […]
Nexar Capital Group Hedge Fund Launch
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Global hedge fund group, Nexar Capital Group SCA, announced the launch of an investment from funds managed by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based private equity firm. The hedge fund firm was founded by industry […]
Citadel scraps plan to sell E-Trade stock
CNBC – Private equity firm Citadel Investment Group LLC said Monday that one of its affiliates has canceled a plan to sell a portion of its stake in retail brokerage firm E-Trade Financial Corp. Under a previously announced plan, Chicago-based […]
Hedge Fund Shareholder Joins Board of Directors
HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – Hedge fund founder J. Winder Hughes, III, has joined wastewater treatment and power generation technology company, ThermoEnergy Corporation, on the Company’s Board of Directors. Hughes is the Managing Director of the private equity firm of […]