Banner Ridge Partners alleges credit shop Brightwood reneged on a $253.5 million continuation fund deal in which Banner Ridge was to acquire secondhand stakes in Brightwood funds
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General Atlantic is taking a minority stake in HighLevel, a software provider that caters to marketing and advertising agencies serving smaller businesses
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The bankruptcy of California fruit grower Prima Wawona tops a series of setbacks for private-equity owner Paine Schwartz Partners
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Businesses and investors are increasingly concerned about ESG risks even as investment strategies with that label have fallen out of favor
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LeapFrog Investments in Africa says rising demand and declining costs of clean-energy technologies make it easier to show impact investing’s value to potential fund backers
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Private-equity fundraising showed signs of life in the first quarter, despite sluggish exits and distributions to fund investors, PitchBook Data figures show
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Sales or stock offerings of private-equity portfolio companies remain muted, but the first quarter has brought some hints of improvement
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Buyout firm SK Capital has closed its sixth flagship fund with almost $3 billion in commitments, above the firm’s target after fundraising for several years
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Macquarie Group is leading a $500 million asset-backed financing facility for artificial intelligence infrastructure company Lambda
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Investment manager AXA IM’s private-equity arm has agreed to acquire W Capital, a specialist in backing secondary transactions led by fund managers wsj.com/articles/frenc…

Midmarket private-equity firm Clarion Capital Partners sees opportunities in the digital transformation of several sectors as it wraps up a new $676 million buyout fund
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Buyout firm EQT AB is acquiring risk-management software developer Avetta, whose supply chain-focused programs help clients avoid risks involving contractors and shipping
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Bain Capital continues to pave the way for the next generation of firm leadership with the promotion of several senior executives
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Surging interest in private-credit investing stokes demand for talent at private-markets asset managers with debt strategies as their investment capital swells
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Carlyle and Sixth Street are among a small but growing number of private-equity firms backing women’s professional soccer teams as interest in women’s sports deals grows
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The private capital arm of Commonfund has raised a total $1.2 billion in fresh capital to back secondhand stakes in private-equity funds and portfolio companies
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New emissions-disclosure rules for U.S. companies may boost the carbon-credit market, where polluters can buy carbon offsets to compensate for their emissions
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India, South Africa and some Balkans countries present emerging-market opportunities that are relatively less risky for clean-energy investment firms, experienced executives say
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Hunter Point Capital, a firm founded in 2020 by private-equity veterans Bennett Goodman and Avi Kalichstein, has closed a $3.3 billion debut fund
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More private-equity firms have jumped into the carbon-credit market, where skeptics abound but new SEC rules are expected to bring greater transparency and reliability
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