BC Partners will retain some economic interest in its $1bn inaugural real estate fund, with a 17-strong team joining Proprium, PEI understands.
The London-headquartered firm held the final close on its sixth flagship fund on €4.5bn last year and has already deployed capital across four deals, partner Rebecca Gibson tells PEI.
Private equity managers are once again hoping to break the dealmaking dam in the year ahead.
The country has taken a larger share of Asia-Pacific's stilted private equity market over recent years.
While deal volume figures from earlier this year looked gloomy, data from the third quarter suggests activity may be picking up.
The firm reportedly paused a multi-asset CV involving this asset in 2023.
Short-term and increasingly passive public markets aren’t always the right fit for major transformations, particularly those being driven by trends such as decarbonisation and AI.
Do customisable models incorporating both public and private markets exposure represent the next step in the democratisation of alternatives?
Companies are staying private for longer, but our economies need fully functioning and vibrant public markets as well.
Thanks to the evolution of a robust private market ecosystem that includes private credit, secondaries and unprecedented amounts of capital, companies are growing bigger and staying private for longer than ever before. Nevertheless, the dream to go public is still very much alive.