Francesca Friday is a Due Diligence Reporter/Producer for the Financial Times, with her work also appearing in the Observer. She specializes in covering private equity, financial institutions, and investment strategies. Francesca's articles provide in-depth analysis and insights into the complex world of finance and the impact it has on the global economy.
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By: Maria Heeter
Several Tiger Global Management employees focused on raising capital for the New York firm’s venture funds have taken buyout offers, according to a person familiar with the matter. The departures of the staff, who worked with prospective investors, come as the firm has struggled to raise money for its latest venture capital fund after a collapse in startup valuations soured its paper returns for earlier funds.
Private equity firms are on the hunt for a red-hot skill set: wealth managers who can convince the richest 1% to invest in PE funds.
Mustafa Siddiqui, a 14-year Blackstone veteran who has led its bets on other private equity firms since 2020, has decided to leave the firm, Bloomberg reported.Before that, Siddiqui ran the firm’s energy and natural resource investments across Europe, the Middle East and Africa out of its London office. Josh Blaine, a senior managing director who helps run the firm’s secondaries business – a
Private equity firm KKR struck a deal to buy Broadcom’s end-user computing business for around $4 billion as the chipmaker looks to offload extraneous businesses following its acquisition of cloud software company VMware late last year.The Broadcom unit, which allows companies to manage digital workspaces across multiple platforms such as desktop computers and mobile phones, will become a
Apollo CEO Marc Rowan has said the firm's climate initiative will become one of its biggest investment vehicles. Photo by Getty.
By: Francesca Friday
Private equity firm KKR has hired Ruchir Swarup, a former BlackRock executive who was most recently chief technology officer of wealth management software provider Addepar, as its new chief information officer.Swarup replaces the firm’s former top tech executive Emilia Sherifova, who left KKR at the end of last year, according to a person familiar with the matter. While at BlackRock, Swarup
By: Francesca Friday
Private equity firm KKR has agreed to acquire Canadian software company Mdf Commerce, which sells technology that helps governments manage bids and contracts with suppliers. The all-cash take private deal values Mdf Commerce at C$255 million, or roughly US$189.2 million, a near 58% premium to Friday’s closing price on the Toronto Stock Exchange.KKR is making its investment via its
In the first three months of 2024, Tesla produced 433,371 vehicles and delivered only 386,810.
Apple is cutting about 600 employees at facilities near its Cupertino, Calif. headquarters.
Microsoft is opening a new A.I. hub in London, Suleyman’s hometown.
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