RedBird Capital Partners announced on Friday that it has purchased Telegraph Media Group for £500 million (nearly $675 million), concluding a protracted bid to acquire the news company. The deal makes US-based RedBird the sole controlling owner of The Telegraph,…
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Barings LLC has raised $950 million for a new private-equity and infrastructure fund, underscoring growing investor appetite for mid-market and niche strategies amid a turbulent global investment environment. The Charlotte-based investment manager, which oversees $442 billion in assets, said the…
SYDNEY — Macquarie Group Ltd. is hitting pause on major divestments from its renewable energy portfolio as global market volatility continues to cloud valuations and temper investor appetite. The Australian financial giant, one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors, signaled…
NEW YORK — A new player has entered the alternative investment scene. Renown Capital Partners, a freshly launched private equity firm spun out of hedge fund heavyweight Moore Capital Management, is aiming to raise $500 million for its debut fund,…
TaskUs, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASK), a global provider of outsourced digital services and customer experience support, announced Monday that it will be taken private in an all-cash transaction led by its co-founders and an affiliate of private equity giant Blackstone. The…
Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) says it is directing over $100 billion of capital into industries reshaped by trade friction. In a Q2 2024 investor briefing, the firm highlighted a multibillion-dollar allocation across private equity, credit and infrastructure to capitalize on…
StepStone Group (NASDAQ: STEP) said its latest middle-market growth-equity fund, StepStone Growth Partners V, closed at $720 million, beating its $700 million target. The firm’s new fund follows StepStone’s 2021 Tactical Growth Fund IV, which raised about $705 million. In StepStone’s view, this latest close…
Chicago, May 2025 – Conagra Brands has agreed to sell its Chef Boyardee canned pasta business to private equity firm Pinnacle Partners for $600 million in cash. The deal – expected to close in Q1 of fiscal 2026 – transfers an iconic, 97-year-old…
