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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Investments
      Directors’ Deals: Fever-Tree director increases stake

      Gross margin forecasts increase but sales largely disappoint

      Fever-Tree branded drinking glasses
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Leveraged loans
      Investors devour risky corporate debt in boost to LBO business

      Demand for Worldpay and Syneos Health bonds and loans shows ‘hunger for new supply in high-yield’

    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The tech IPO window is open, but not wide open

      Investors want companies to be making profits, not just promising future growth

      Arm chief Rene Haas rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq in New York. Public equity markets are the lifeblood of capitalism, and dynamic growth companies should be the lifeblood of public markets
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      LexAdevinta ASA
      Adevinta/Permira: low valuations in European classifieds catch private equity’s eye Premium content

      Public markets may have lost interest in the region’s online ad sector, but the Oslo-based business is an attractive target

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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Unhedged
      Bad correlation is back Premium content

      And private equity adds leverage

      A montage of the New York skyline and $100 bills
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Due Diligence
      Dealmaking roars back with a Splunk Premium content

      Plus, private equity titans discuss private credit in Paris and how Mike Ashley’s legal fight with Morgan Stanley stems back to Archegos

      Due diligence logo
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Phoenix Group Holdings PLC
      Phoenix takes stake in Hambro Perks in push to invest pensions in private companies

      The UK government is encouraging more retirement savings into higher-growth areas

      A person holds a smartphone with a Hambro Perks logo on it in front of a computer screen
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe
      Complex financial deals demand novel ideas and legal support

      Lawyers face greater scrutiny over acquisitions

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    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      FTC lawsuit targets serial acquisitions by private equity

      Complaint alleges New York-based firm consolidated market to become ‘dominant player’ for anaesthesia services in Texas

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    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Lex
      Private equity: financial engineering prevents valuation check Premium content

      The sector finds continuous ways to bypass the issue of true price discovery and keep their fee stream running

      People enter Goldman Sachs head office
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Goldman Sachs Group
      Goldman raises $15bn to buy stakes in private equity funds

      Latest sign of support for ‘secondary’ strategy amid broader slowdown in buyout fundraising

      Goldman Sachs’ headquarters in New York
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Due Diligence
      Private equity’s new financial engineering play Premium content

      Plus, energy tycoon Daniel Křetínský joins auction for The Telegraph and the Bruce Springsteen concert that also played host to a Big Law poaching battle

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    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Big Mamma restaurant group sells majority stake to private equity

      Deal with McWin values French-owned Italian company at €270mn

      Big Mamma’s Circolo Popolare in London
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      LexAsset allocation
      Private equity consolidation: mega manager may go the way of Big Tech Premium content

      Dearth of M&A and IPOs have kept managers from returning cash to their limited partners

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    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Inside BusinessJonathan Guthrie
      Private credit’s push into Europe is gaining momentum

      Activity still forms only a small fraction of traditional lending but it is building

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    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Private equity M&A set to whittle sector down to 100 ‘next-generation’ firms

      Split between managers that can raise money and those that cannot will lead to consolidation, predicts Partners Group CEO

      David Layton
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      News in-depthPaul Weiss
      ‘Project Springsteen’: how law firm Paul Weiss raided rival Kirkland in London push

      New York company hires lawyers from Chicago-based outfit in bid to build European private equity practice

      A montage showing the Paul Weiss website on a smartphone and the Kirkland logo in the background
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Due Diligence
      The Hollywood power brokers in line for a $200mn windfall Premium content

      Plus, the litigation powerhouse that took on Argentina and Peter Orszag plots a comeback for Lazard

      Due Diligence logo
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Creative Artists Agency LLC
      CAA’s top team eyes over $200mn payout in Pinault deal

      Senior managers and agents could sell shares, according to financial terms seen by the FT

      Bryan Lourd
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      ‘Defending the portfolio’: buyout firms borrow to prop up holdings

      Loans secured against private equity funds being used to support struggling businesses amid surge in interest rates

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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Private capital sector too complacent about risks, says global regulatory body

      Iosco warns ‘hidden risks’ in $13tn industry could be exposed by higher interest rates

      Jean-Paul Servais pictured during a press conference of FSMA
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Sport
      Private equity plunges into US college sports with Learfield deal

      Fortress, Charlesbank and Clearlake take control of marketing group representing campus teams and athletes

      The University of Texas at Austin defeated the University of Alabama football team last week.
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Blackstone Group LP
      Blackstone combines internal units as it sets sights on ‘next $1tn’

      Merging insurance and credit arms signals growth prospects lie away from private equity and property pursuits

      A sign outside the Blackstone headquarters in New York
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      LexBirkenstock
      Birkenstock: $8bn IPO valuation could lead to blisters Premium content

      Revenues are rising but the ambitious sandalmaker might have to accept a discount on this flotation figure

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    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Hedge funds
      Credit hedge funds profit as companies face soaring borrowing costs

      Cheaper debt with higher yields offers distressed debt-focused funds opportunities to increase returns

      Richard Deitz, head of VR Capital
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