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Family office Kemnay explores $1b-plus secondary sale amid volatility

Secondaries 2 days ago

In a slowing market, Benford Capital wraps up $200m Fund II...

Fundraising 2 days ago

DOWNLOAD: Private equity fundraising slows in Q1, as uncertainty grips market

Featured May 19 2022

Alaska Permanent’s direct investments take hit amid tech turmoil

LP News May 18 2022

Off-duty: The Jordan Co. chief Rich Caputo on coaching high school...

People – Firms May 18 2022

Proposed SEC rules could hurt diverse-owned firms

LP News May 18 2022

DEEP READS

Cover Story

Growing wild: growth equity needs some pruning

Kirk Falconer

May 2 2022

Wildly successful growth equity may wilt a bit in the short term as beaten-down tech valuations and other macro concerns prevail. But expect growth equity's ascent to continue, GPs told Buyouts, powered by digitalization trends.

Turnaround deal of the year: KPS Capital Partners and TaylorMade

Cover Story April 1 2022

International Deal of the Year: Accel-KKR and Seequent

Cover Story April 1 2022

Deal of the Year: Francisco Partners carves out Capsule with surgical...

Cover Story April 1 2022

Deals of the year, and what a year it was

Cover Story April 1 2022

SPECIAL REPORTS

Deal Sourcing in the Mid-Market

Buyouts staff

October 1 2021

Deal Sourcing in the Mid-Market Dealflow is in high gear, spurred on by inflation pressure and the potentiality of rising taxes. To keep up with...

Five keys to navigating deal sourcing in the mid-market

Mid-market October 1 2021

Dealflow is spurring optimism, yet inflation poses real risk

Mid-market October 1 2021

Private equity firms look for new ways to expand their marketing

Mid-market October 1 2021

US mid-market earnings soar compared with pre-pandemic

Deals and Exits October 1 2021

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

MiddleGround Capital: Deal activity booms despite challenges

Manufacturing April 1 2022

Roundtable: Secondaries sector enjoys massive growth and likely will break record...

Secondaries December 1 2021

Ocorian: How US funds can raise capital overseas

Fundraising December 1 2021

BluWave: More effective sourcing of service providers promises many benefits

Family Office December 1 2021

MidOcean Partners: Taking a mission-oriented approach to sourcing

Mid-market October 1 2021

Argand: The value of a global approach to mid-market sourcing

Mid-market October 1 2021

Bertram Capital: Team integration and tech drive enhanced sourcing

Mid-market October 1 2021

GCM Grosvenor: The importance of sourcing the right co-investment deal

Mid-market October 1 2021

MiddleGround Capital: Putting data, branding and creativity at the heart of...

Mid-market October 1 2021

SourceScrub: New data sources are powering mid-market dealmaking

Mid-market October 1 2021

FRESH FUNDS

In a slowing market, Benford Capital wraps up $200m Fund II in a jiffy

Fundraising

Kirk Falconer

2 days ago

DOWNLOAD: Private equity fundraising slows in Q1, as uncertainty grips market

Featured

Kirk Falconer

May 19 2022

Onex continues strategy growth with launch of transportation fund, new hires

Fundraising

Kirk Falconer

May 16 2022

Ex-Golden Gate tech chief sets ambitious target for debut

Emerging Managers

Chris Witkowsky

May 16 2022

Three things to know about Brookfield’s spin-off and dual listing

Fundraising

Carmela Mendoza

May 13 2022

Thoma Bravo secures north of $20bn for 15th flagship software fund

Featured

Kirk Falconer

May 11 2022

TPG shrugs off challenges to raising $18.5bn Fund IX, second healthcare fund

Fundraising

Kirk Falconer

May 10 2022

Albaron Partners, with Blackstone, Bain pedigree, readies debut fund for untapped healthcare

Emerging Managers

Chris Witkowsky

May 10 2022

LP ZONE

Alaska Permanent’s direct investments take hit amid tech turmoil

LP News May 18 2022

Proposed SEC rules could hurt diverse-owned firms

LP News May 18 2022

Strategy and performance outpace ESG and diversity in manager selection, survey...

ESG May 13 2022

Amid flood of comments, SEC provides more time for public say...

People – Firms May 10 2022

CalSTRS to build strategy to take advantage of esoteric opportunities

LP News May 9 2022

MassPRIM eyes widening CIO authority to seize VC opportunities

LP News May 5 2022

SECONDARIES

Secondaries

Family office Kemnay explores $1b-plus secondary sale amid volatility

Chris Witkowsky

2 days ago

It remains to be seen if the Kemnay portfolio, like others in the volatile markets, will actually transact with sellers being asked to take potential steep discounts on some fund interests.

Water Street, JLL close single-asset deal for life sciences platform Eversana

Secondaries May 13 2022

Connecticut’s pension system eyes portfolio rebalancing with secondaries sale

LP News May 4 2022

Clearlake and Insight consider GP-led for Diligent, Appriss

Featured April 27 2022

North Castle works on process for more time, capital with CR...

Secondaries April 26 2022

NEWSMAKERS

Off-duty: The Jordan Co. chief Rich Caputo on coaching high school...

People – Firms May 18 2022

Former BlackRock PE exec joins NYS Common

People - LPs May 17 2022

Three things to know about Brookfield’s spin-off and dual listing

Fundraising May 13 2022

Amid flood of comments, SEC provides more time for public say...

People – Firms May 10 2022

Off-duty: Advent’s John Maldonado on building Genoa, life as an army...

People – Firms May 4 2022

Goldman Sachs recruits Andre Alfaro for private equity team

People – Firms April 25 2022

Off-duty: Grafine’s Elizabeth Weymouth on Denmark, Dave Matthews Band and carving...

People – Firms April 22 2022

First-timer Avance expands investment bench with ex-MSD Partners executive

Emerging Managers April 19 2022

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COMMENTARY

Opinion: NY State Teachers’ chose secrecy in secondaries advisory contract

LP News

Chris Witkowsky

May 5 2022

Opinion: Do PE firms formed by industry experts still need PE talent?

Fundraising

Chris Witkowsky

April 8 2022

‘Proactivity is critical’ when buying in the competitive industrials sector

Opinion

Mary Kathleen Flynn

April 1 2022

Leading indicators and the advantages of data-driven insights

guest column

Guest Writer

April 1 2022

Analysis: Drowning in re-ups, LPs urge GPs to push fundraising into 2023

Fundraising

Chris Witkowsky

March 25 2022

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ROUNDTABLES

Secondaries

Roundtable: Secondaries sector enjoys massive growth and likely will break record...

Amy Carroll

December 1 2021

The return of the LP portfolio sale is poised to push private equity secondaries over $100bn this year. But does the industry have the human capital to keep up?

DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Deal of the Year

2022 Deal of the Year Awards

Chris Witkowsky

December 2 2019

The editors of Buyouts honor exceptional buyouts with our Deal of the Year Awards.

FUNDRAISING DATA

DOWNLOAD: North American fundraising soars in 2021, brings in $475bn of fresh capital

Featured

Kirk Falconer

January 31 2022

Nearly $475bn of fresh capital was secured by 854 buyout, growth equity, venture capital and other PE vehicles in 2021, up 19% from $399bn raised a year earlier, according to Buyouts’ data.