Euh may join former Goldman Sachs execs running private equity firms
Euh Ho-sun, an executive director at Goldman Sachs’ Seoul office, handed in his resignation recently to establish his own private equity firm (PEF), according to industry sources and media reports.Better known as the son of former KB Financial Group Chairman Euh Yoon-dae, he has advised on large-scale acquisition deals and various capital markets transactions, including […]
New Zealand Rugby to push with private equity despite All Blacks’ concerns
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) will continue to have dialogue with players opposed to private equity investment in the All Blacks to build support for the sale of a minority stake to U.S. firm Silver Lake, NZR Chief Executive Mark Robinson said on Tuesday. Silver Lake has offered to buy up to a 15 percent stake […]
Quadrant’s TSA Management snaps up Worley consulting unit
TSA Management’s life in Quadrant Private Equity’s stable is off to a flying start, with the group set to snare an infrastructure consulting business from ASX-listed Worley Street Talk can reveal TSA has inked a deal to take control of Worley’s Capital Projects Advisory team, which sits in its consulting/strategy arm Advisian. The CPA team […]
Private Equity Thinks Student Property Is a Post-Covid Winner
Private equity firms are ramping up their investments in the U.K.’s student accommodation market, pumping hundreds of millions of pounds into a resilient sector with an eye on high rental returns in post-Brexit, post-Covid Britain. More than one-third of deals for student property in 2021 so far have been financed by private equity, compared to […]
Panoramic Ventures Gains Momentum with Expansion of Leadership Team
On the heels of its February launch, Panoramic announces additional team members to deliver on its mission to invest in overlooked founders. Atlanta-based Panoramic Ventures today announced the expansion of its leadership team, including the promotion of a new General Partner and the addition of a Vice President of Marketing and a Vice President on […]
Vista Equity Partners Promotes New Leadership to the Firm’s Private Equity Endeavor and Foundation Funds
Rachel Arnold Appointed Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Endeavor Fund; Patrick Severson Appointed Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Foundation Fund Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, today announced the Firm will be making the following leadership appointments to its private equity […]
Private Equity Dealmaking Hits Record Highs Amid Covid-19
Deal value across Asia-Pacific region reached a record high of $185 billion in 2020, up 19 percent from 2019 and 23 percent over the previous five-year average, spurred on by investor activity in China, India, and Japan. Dealmaking was the bright spot in 2020, reaching a fresh peak of $185 billion, helping Asia-Pacific assets under […]
Social impact fund Valloop delivers compound annual growth of 16.1 per cent over five years
Social impact fund Valloop, which was created to help employees and management buy the companies they work for, has delivered compound annual growth of 16.1 per cent over a five-year period between September 2015 and September 2020 Valloop’s model has dramatically lowered the cost of entry for investing in private markets funds with a minimum […]
Wharton Private Equity & Venture Capital Club Announces Virtual 25th Annual Conference
Private equity and venture capital professionals, academics and students to congregate April 8 and 9 for virtual event The Private Equity & Venture Capital Conference, a student-organized event at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, will hold its 25th annual Wharton Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference on Thursday, April 8 and Friday, […]
How is football in Europe being transformed by U.S. private equity firms?
Football is changing, again. Many fans who have spent years watching their teams, either live in a stadium or on the television, have long had to face the fact that their teams are (more often than not) no longer owned and run locally. Russian oligarchs, Gulf nations and Chinese billionaires have regularly bought into European […]
