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Key hires this week were made at a variety of private markets firms including at alts giants such as PIMCO, Warburg Pincus and Nuveen Private Capital. As evident in this week’s hiring dispatch, firms are looking for niche sector expertise, ...

Victory Capital has struck a deal to acquire First Eagle Investments from Genstar Capital and employees for total consideration of approximately $7 billion. The deal will boost Victory Capital’s organic growth profile and expand distribution, underscoring the firm’s push to ...

ICG, the $127 billion alternative asset manager, named Luke Schlafly as global head of Insurance within its Client Solutions Group (CSG), a new position created to bolster ICG's global insurance relationships and develop solutions for the sector. Schlafly will report ...

New year, new job was the theme this week, as multiple firms made key hires and promotions. Notable moves included a new head of portfolio risk at Apollo, a new CIO role focused on responsible investing at Man Group, and ...

France's Amundi and U.K.-based ICG have formed a long-term partnership that links the two European asset managers across distribution, product development and governance, including a plan for Amundi to acquire a minority economic interest in ICG. The agreement includes a ...

Quant hedge fund Metori Capital Management delivered strong returns for investors in 2024, outflanking the CTA industry benchmark with a statistics-based, diversification-first approach, which the firm believes can yield further gains in a potentially volatile year ahead. Metori, which manages ...

Three significant private capital deals were announced today: Starlight's £500 million U.K. build-to-rent acquisition, LLCP's $575 million continuation fund close and KKR's $370 million Lighthouse investment. Today's edition of The Aggregator covers 10 additional moves in real estate, technology, and ...

Happy Friday! Nothing to report stateside in today's private capital roundup, but there was some international activity as KKR outbid Bain for Japanese software firm Fuji Soft, plus a wealthtech acquisition in Europe and a $100 million venture capital fund ...

KKR played a role in the two biggest deals included in our weekly newsbriefs, and they were both data-related -- a $7.9 billion Warehouse Credit Facility for CyrusOne and a $1.2 billion strategic growth investment in Nasuni. Another development that ...

Santa Monica, Calif.-based consulting/financial services firm Wilshire is adding hedge funds to its alternative investment offering with the purchase of Lyxor Asset Management from its parent European asset manager, Amundi.