Private Equity
Private credit is soaring. Meet the people behind the boom
The European market has seen enormous growth since the financial crisis. Financial News’s sister title Private Equity News is recognising the leaders who have shaped its development
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Private equity has hit an ‘unwanted milestone’
Bain & Company said the lack of firms raising more than $5bn underlines a drop both in the average fund size and the number of funds closing
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Meet the Twenty Most Influential in Private Credit
The inaugural list from FN’s sister title PEN recognises the people behind the growth of the sector in Europe
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Why private equity’s wealth management push is stalling
Regulatory headwinds, ballooning debt burdens and sky-high valuations are giving buyers pause for thought
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Lombard Odier’s UK growth kick
Catch up on the top news in wealth management this week
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Private equity firms bolster European legal teams
Catch up on this week’s top legal news
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Liquidity looms large as buyout bosses prepare for summer summit
Buyers are proactively engaging sellers to unlock deals, with senior figures expecting some of those conversations to ramp up in Berlin next week
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L&G acquires real estate group Proprium to fuel private markets push
Deal is the latest for the UK asset manager amid plan to grow private markets assets to £85bn
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Standard Chartered looks to hire 25 sponsors dealmakers in investment bank push
The UK lender has outlined plans to bolster returns from financial institutions
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Ares opens Milan office in wealth push
FN revealed that the $546bn alternatives manager was mulling a move to Italy’s financial capital last year
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CVC co-founder eyes move to Milan
Relocation for the private equity tycoon would mark one of the highest-profile departures yet from the UK to a more tax-friendly jurisdiction
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Trump tariffs ice deals, but banks push more into private equity
New levies on US imports have frozen M&A activity, but financial sponsor bankers tell Financial News that they’re bolstering their teams regardless
Paul Weiss hires two A&O Shearman partners in London growth push
New York law firm raids Magic Circle rival in London
On pause: Inside private equity’s month of tariff turmoil
War rooms, lobbying efforts and portfolio protection: senior figures in the buyout industry warn of a ‘moment of reckoning’ one month on from President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs
Senior Cinven figure joins exodus to Milan
Italy has lured in dealmakers from Astorg and Goldman Sachs as London battles tax fallout
Freshfields hires third Paul Hastings infrastructure partner in London
Magic Circle law firm boosts London finance team
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Sidley hires Weil funds partner trio in London
Weil’s global funds co-head leads team to rival US law firm in London
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TowerBrook plans Milan and Dublin offices as $4bn fundraise beckons
Plans for Fund VII come amid expansion moves across Europe and UAE
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Inside UBS’s cross-selling wealth unit
Catch up on the top news in wealth management this week
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Private equity firms to slow wealth deals after UK boom: ‘It’s been like stacking shelves’
Why a red-hot market might start to cool
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