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Latest News in Private Equity

  • September 09, 2025

    Davis Polk Leads Klarna's Above-Range $1.4B IPO

    Swedish fintech startup Klarna, led by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, priced its highly anticipated initial public offering above its range on Tuesday, raising $1.37 billion, a move that comes months after its public debut was paused amid backlash to President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" announcement in April. 

  • September 09, 2025

    Private Fund Adviser To Pay $9.7M To End SEC Suit

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Tuesday that a real estate-focused Colorado private fund adviser and his two management firms would pay $9.7 million to settle claims of defrauding investors with misrepresentations, which include concealing conflicts of interests in proposed buyout transaction requests he sent to investors.

  • September 09, 2025

    Mich. Judge OKs Auto Mogul's $19M Bid To Reclaim Assets

    A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday allowed a Detroit-area auto parts manufacturer to buy assets in a sale held by his own trust as part of efforts to satisfy a years-old $775 million judgment against it, finding the businessman didn't interfere with the sale or flout a court sales procedure order.

  • September 09, 2025

    McKinsey Expects $106T Global Infrastructure Spend By 2040

    McKinsey said in a report Tuesday that over the next 15 years, $106 trillion is needed worldwide to keep up with demand for new and improved infrastructure, an industry that's expanding in definition along with advances in technology.

  • September 09, 2025

    SEC Sued To Lift Private Market Investment Cap

    A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulation that prohibits individuals making less than $200,000 a year from investing in the private markets is unconstitutionally discriminatory, according to a lawsuit launched against the agency in Texas federal court.

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