Private equity firm CVC beats half-year profit expectations

July 30 (Reuters) - Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners beat market expectations for its half-year net profit on Thursday, boosted by growth in fundraising and a rise in fee-paying assets under management.

The Amsterdam-listed asset manager exceeded market expectations across all its key metrics, ending the first half of the year with €434 million ($497 million) of adjusted profit after tax, against 407 million forecasted by analysts polled by the company.

• The company said it was planning to pay out €275 million, or 26 euro cents per share, in interim dividend, marking a 12% yearly rise.

• The company's fee-paying assets under management grew 9% year-on-year to €153 billion, driven by steady fundraising momentum across all of its funds.

• It said that it reached "another record" for realisations, which refers to converting an investment into cash either by sale or an exit, as it managed to return nearly €24 billion to investors in the last twelve months ending on June 30.

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(Reporting by Mateusz Rabiega in Gdansk, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)