Private Equity Wire

Aug 28, 2024 | privateequitywire.co.uk | Nadya Oppenheim

Sign up to our free newsletter August 28, 2024 -2:45 pm TA Associates and Montagu Private Equity have agreed to become co-controlling shareholders of Harvest, a French fintech owned by Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co. The transaction has already received relevant regulatory approvals. Harvest provides wealth management and finance software to more than 4,600 clients, according to its website. The fintech is led by CEO Virginie Fauvel CEO of Harvest.

Aug 28, 2024 | privateequitywire.co.uk | Nadya Oppenheim

Allocations, Deals, Intel Sign up to our free newsletter August 28, 2024 -2:00 pm Australia’s largest pension fund AustralianSuper has written off over AUD1.1bn in equity and loans linked to US-based online education start-up Pluralsight, marking the fund’s largest single loss in its venture capital investments to date, according to a report by the Australian Financial Review.

Aug 27, 2024 | privateequitywire.co.uk | Nadya Oppenheim

Sign up to our free newsletter August 28, 2024 -9:38 am The NFL has officially lifted some of its strictest ownership rules, allowing certain private equity firms, including Arctos Partners, Ares Management and Sixth Street Partners to purchase stakes in franchises, according to a report by Bloomberg. The move is widely expected to inject billions of dollars into the league and drive up team valuations even further.

Aug 27, 2024 | privateequitywire.co.uk | Nadya Oppenheim

Sign up to our free newsletter August 27, 2024 -2:00 pm Magnetar Capital, the $17.5bn money manager known for alternative credit and hedge fund investing, has closed a new $2335m venture capital fund – the Magnetar AI Ventures Fund – which will focus on investments in generative AI startups.

Aug 27, 2024 | privateequitywire.co.uk | Nadya Oppenheim

Sign up to our free newsletter August 27, 2024 -2:15 pm Law firm Jackson Walker has hired Patrick H Rose, IV as Partner in the corporate & securities practice group in its Dallas office.  Rose most recently served as Partner at US law firm BakerHostetler. He has previously worked at Wick Phillips, Kane Russell Coleman Logan, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz and XTO Energy Inc, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, according to his LinkedIn profile.