Oliver Smiddy

Oaktree will join peers such as Blackstone, KKR and Apollo with a public listing it said would allow it to transition beyond its founders, Howard Marks (pictured) and Bruce Karsh.

Medical foundation the Wellcome Trust, helmed by CIO Danny Truell (pictured), has vowed to triple its exposure to Africa over the next five years.

An academic has slammed performance data published by the private equity industry, adding that academic studies consistently show returns are broadly comparable with public equities.

The alternatives manager has held final closes for two South American vehicles with a Brazilian focus, bringing its total assets under management in emerging markets to $14bn.

Sir Bob Geldof delivered a keynote address at PEI’s Africa Forum on Wednesday in which he urged the industry to help make Africa 'one of the polar financial centres of the world'.

3i has quadrupled its money on Swedish agricultural equipment manufacturer Ålö after a lengthy eight-and-a-half-year ownership period.

Permira is soon to launch its fifth buyout fund with a target that speaks to a radically changed environment to that of 2006, when it last hit the fundraising trail.

Private equity group Helios, co-led by Tope Lawani (pictured), has closed its latest fund on $900m after two years in the market. It is understood to be the biggest fund raised for Africa.

Family office-backed FF&P PE has held a first close for its latest private equity “club” fund, with which it hopes to help plug a perceived funding gap for smaller companies in the UK.

French group AXA Private Equity, led by Dominique Senequier (pictured), has sealed the acquisition of a $1.7bn portfolio of assets from Citigroup, 14 months after a similar deal with Bank of America.