Private equity'barbarian'KKR spends big and fast to avoid mistakes of 2008 crisis

Private equity'barbarian'KKR spends big and fast to avoid mistakes of 2008 crisis

KKR has spent $18.3b acquiring targets since the COVID-19 crisis started,more than three of its rivals combined,as it pursues a strategy of investing through the downturn.

  • byJan-Henrik Förster

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Canberra's Male Champions of Change still struggling to promote women

Canberra's Male Champions of Change still struggling to promote women

How is it that decades after first realising gender inequity was a serious problem,the good burghers at the Commonwealth public service have yet to act?

  • byKylar Loussikian andSamantha Hutchinson
Pandemic takes its toll as Rockpool split is put off

Pandemic takes its toll as Rockpool split is put off

Spare a thought for the investment gurus at Chris Hadley’s Quadrant Private Equity.

  • byKylar Loussikian andSamantha Hutchinson
'Lost its way':A diminished Victoria's Secret sold in $793m deal

'Lost its way':A diminished Victoria's Secret sold in $793m deal

Victoria's Secret – beset by falling sales and uncomfortable questions about its billionaire founder – is being sold off.

  • byMichelle Chapman andAnne D'Innocenzio
Illiquid gold:Why Future Fund looks beyond our shrinking sharemarket
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Illiquid gold:Why Future Fund looks beyond our shrinking sharemarket

Investment heavyweights such as the Future Fund increasingly see private equity and unlisted assets generating better returns than those in liquid markets.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Village Roadshow mulls blockbuster $1b private equity takeover offer

Village Roadshow mulls blockbuster $1b private equity takeover offer

Private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners'$1b takeover bid for Village Roadshow has landed just weeks ahead of the exit of its longstanding CEO Graham Burke.

  • byJennifer Duke andKylar Loussikian
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The witch-hunt against women in corporate Australia must be stopped

The witch-hunt against women in corporate Australia must be stopped

More female participation at the highest levels of corporate Australia will make for a better capitalism.

  • byMark Carnegie
Australian Venue Co to take over Brunswick's Sarah Sands Hotel

Australian Venue Co to take over Brunswick's Sarah Sands Hotel

Private equity-backed pub group Australian Venue Co will add Melbourne’s historic Sarah Sands Hotel to its growing list of venues.

  • bySimon Johanson
Ticketek snapped up by US private equity firm in billion-dollar deal

Ticketek snapped up by US private equity firm in billion-dollar deal

Ticketek's parent company has been seeking a buyer for the past year.

  • byDominic Powell
Future Fund on the hunt for private equity growth

Future Fund on the hunt for private equity growth

Australia's sovereign wealth fund says it's upping its search for innovative companies globally.

  • byEmma Koehn
Private equity-backed IPOs get a bad name again

Private equity-backed IPOs get a bad name again

The small consolation for investors who have lost money on them is that leveraged buyout firms appear strangely keen to buy many of them back.

  • byChris Hughes