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Aim is to take advantage of economic headwinds to acquire promising businesses at a discount
Family-backed French firm scours market for targets as it starts managing outside money for first time
The change in circumstances is dramatic after decades of triumphalist money making
Sale of legal ranking specialist to US investment group Abry Partners is latest deal in sector to attract investor capital
Sale of Eugin Group marks latest bid by private equity to capitalise on demand for fertility services
Plus, European start-ups look to challenge OpenAI and Disney runs into trouble on the cricket pitch
Buyout firms’ contrasting outcomes linked to handling of risky succession from founding partners
We are not the borrowers you are looking for
Colm Kelleher’s comments countered by Apollo’s Marc Rowan who says asset management industry adds ‘robustness’
How dangerous is higher for longer?
Rapid increases in borrowing costs prompt concerns about more defaults on $13tn of debt, but companies are finding new ways to survive
Japan’s prime minister bets on stimulus to tackle the pain of inflation
Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive targets cadres indirectly taking shares in unlisted companies
Potential for ‘contagion’ to wider financial sector and real economy as private capital groups have flooded in
Plus, Endeavor considers leaving the public market and Apollo invests in its future leaders
European private equity group’s decision comes amid heightened market uncertainty
Heads of private equity, credit and insurance will give up current packages for $550mn in stock grants
UK opposition party has pledged to raise taxes on buyout bosses if it wins power, a commitment set to be tested by the industry
Plus, oil megadeals fuel hopes for a gush in fees and a busy week for telecoms dealmaking
The firms that used the era of cheap money to become the new financial titans are wrestling with rising interest costs
White Wolf’s planned funds will hold private equity and commercial real estate companies
Deal raises more capital for US buyout group’s expansion at a time when borrowing costs have soared
UK law firm is latest business to take PE money to help expand non-core units
Insiders describe lack of transparency and poor methodology in some corners of the market
Shareholders should gird themselves for a fight with the sharp-elbowed private equity group and Ari Emanuel
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