IPEM News

Asset-backed finance and life sciences direct lending are just two branches of growth within private credit, as leading firms such as Oaktree Capital Management look to tap in to a…

Lower middle-market GPs are offering co-investments for individual deals to solidify trust with investors. It is not a new tactic but snuggling up to get a closer understanding of how…

Paris-based PE firm, PAI Partners, has squeezed out an impressive EUR7.1 billion from investors for its eighth buyout fund, exceeding its EUR7 billion target when it began fundraising at the…

KKR is enjoying strong tailwinds in its drive towards advancing sustainability and social equity, with news that it has raised $2.8 billion for its second global impact fund. The first…

Private equity firms are having to channel their inner Bee Gee by injecting more equity into portfolio companies to ensure they are ‘staying alive, staying alive.’ Bank and private credit…

The PE exit landscape has entered a barren phase this year with fewer than 900 completed exits in the US through September. EQT’s CEO Christian Sinding has referred to dysfunction…

Ascential, the owners of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Money 20/20, have received an acquisition bid from a consortium of investors but will they bite? The consortium…

Clipway, a new PE secondaries firm founded by former Ardian executive Vincent Gombault, has received minority stake investments from General Atlantic and French asset manager, Carmignac. The firm, which is…