The Carve-Out | Carlyle makes United move, Apollo lands at Soho Place, GI maps out Atlas deal
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This week in private equity
? The Carlyle Group has emerged as a potential new bidder for Manchester United, as the sale of the Red Devils goes to a third round. Rival bids from Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani and Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, are still in the frame... Read more ?
?? Abrdn is considering breaking up its $12 billion private equity arm and selling it piece-by-piece after struggling to find a buyer for the entire portfolio... Read more ?
? US private equity giant KKR’s co-CEOs are aiming to double earnings over the next five years, as founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts prepare to hand over control of the firm... Read more ?
?? US private equity group Apollo has strengthened its footprint in Europe with an expanded regional hub at 1 Soho Place in London... Read more ?
?? Apollo is also reportedly close to opening talks with UK-based oil and gas engineering company John Wood Group over a ￡1.66 billion takeover... Read more ?
?? GI Partners is to take infrastructure and environmental solutions provider Atlas Technical Consultants private in an all-cash deal valued at around $1.05 billion, including debt... Read more ?
The week in numbers
?? 70% –?the proportion of institutional investors who intend to increase their allocations to private equity this year, according to BlackRock Alternatives' inaugural Global Private Markets Survey... Read more ?
?? $1.6bn – the total raised by Gallatin Point Capital for its second fund, exceeding the initial target of $1.5 billion... Read more ??
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?? 82% –?the proportion of private equity investors who see income generation as the most important factor driving private markets investments... Read more ?
?? 88,000 sq ft – the size, over four floors, of US private equity firm Apollo's expanded regional hub in London... Read more ?
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Embracing automation – Douglas A Trafelet, Director of Business Development, Equipped AI, outlines the growing adoption of technology solutions in the private equity space. Read here ?
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