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In Alternative Views, Private Equity Wire® goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on private markets. In this episode we discuss GP stakes with Ajay Chitkara, managing partner of Bonaccord Capital Partners, who implement this strategy with minority stakes in mid-market investors.
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TOP STORY: JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are facing a growing number of shareholder lawsuits over their roles as financial advisers on major take-private transactions, highlighting a potential new source of legal risk for banks closely tied to the private equity industry, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Rising interest from GPs in buying allocators allows them to capture the upside from structural trends. As long as they avoid conflicts of interest.
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Vista Equity Partners is exploring a potential sale of Allvue Systems, a private markets software and data provider that could command a valuation of as much as $3bn including debt, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
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Carlyle-backed alternative data and analytics provider YipitData is exploring a potential sale that could value the business at between $2.5bn and $3bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
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Private equity firms could be on the verge of joining the global M&A resurgence, with buyout groups sitting on around $1.5tn of capital that could increasingly be deployed into acquisitions, according to a report by Bloomberg citing comments from a senior Goldman Sachs executive.
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KKR has made a roughly $9bn offer to acquire UGI, the Pennsylvania-based natural gas and electricity distributor, in a move that could give the private equity firm exposure to rising demand for reliable power from artificial intelligence data centres, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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In Alternative Views, Private Equity Wire® goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on private markets. In this episode we discuss private-equity evergreens with Ethan Vogelhut, head of buyout investments Americas, at Schroders Capital.
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General Atlantic is once again preparing for a potential public listing, working with JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs on an initial public offering that could come as soon as this year, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the plans.
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PayPal Holdings is in negotiations with payments group Stripe and private equity firm Advent International over a potential takeover, with the parties discussing a higher price after an initial offer was rejected, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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