Rod James

Buyout firm Carlyle Group and technology investor Insight Partners have acquired risk-management software and services provider Exiger at a valuation of around $1.2 billion, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Fund managers' use of debt will be high on the agenda for limited partners in 2024, says the CEO of their trade association

The bank's asset-management arm aims to take advantage of lower company values while filling a capital void

The bank's asset management arm aims to take advantage of lower company values while filling a capital void

The premium brand is one of the fastest-growing ice-cream makers in the U.S.

The heating, ventilation and air-conditioning market remains popular amid a broader private-equity deal slump

Market players say they expect more secondary buyers to see eye-to-eye with sellers on asset values, unclogging deal flow this year.

The rare financial derivative backed by some Thrivent private-equity holdings gives the insurer access to cash

Global secondary deals reached roughly $112 billion in 2023, up 4% from $108 billion recorded in 2022, yet still short of a record $132 billion achieved in 2021, according to newly released data from Jefferies one of the largest brokers of such deals. Jefferies’ estimate is in line with that of Evercore, another large broker, which put annual volume at around $114 billion. The modest overall annual improvement belies a noticeable acceleration of activity in the second half of 2023, Jefferies said.

Paul Singer’s Elliott Investment is plowing money into a $1.6 billion continuation fund that lets Quantum Capital retain HG Energy as an investment.