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Month: January 2020

Unigestion targets €700m for newly launched secondary fund

Larger than its predecessor, the vehicle will target small, non-auctioned secondary deals below €50m

Opalesque Roundtable: Digital fiat currencies are coming, but they won't sideline Bitcoin

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: More governments are considering digital fiat currencies. However, none of them are fully developed yet...Article Link

AMB :- Public pension funds trim costs to improve efficiency

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Public retirement systems managed to cut down their administrative and investment expenses and took other cost-efficiency measures in 2019, said a survey. The majority (62 percent) of survey p...Article Link

AMB :- Opalesque Roundtable: Digital fiat currencies are coming, but they won’t sideline Bitcoin

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: More governments are considering digital fiat currencies. However, none of them are fully developed yet. Delegates at the recent Opalesque Miami Roundtable offered their ideas about whe...Article Link

Cerulli: Is an absolute return to the good days possible?

Opalesque Industry Update - Despite the disappointing performance of absolute return funds over the past 18 months, these products still offer opportunities for investors looking for diversification and uncorrelated returns in volatile markets, according to

Finland’s eQ holds first close for two Northern Europe-focused funds

The firm has raised €201m across two strategies targeting both primary and secondary transactions

Ex-KKR Spain head joins newly launched private equity firm

bd-capital was set up by ex-Advent International and Whitbread executives in June 2019

Tech-focused private equity firms pursue billions as sector deals rise

Hg and Francisco Partners are prospecting for new capital after raising record sums in recent years

Saudi sovereign wealth fund in talks to buy Newcastle United

The acquisition would be a major coup for Saudi Arabia as it focuses on sports and entertainment

UK pensions group to sack managers dragging their feet on climate change

‘We have a climate emergency on our hands and it would be irresponsible of us to accept the status quo,’ says Brunel's chief responsible investment officer

Briarwood Partners launched to fundraise for investment boutiques

The launch comes at a time when an increasing number of people are leaving larger, established investment firms to set up their own businesses

Gentlemen first: Investors put up hurdles in front of female founders

Biases and expectations of failure are some of the problems women face when pitching to male investors

Number of female partners at private equity & hedge funds stall for third year

Fox’s 2019 research – which looked at the entire population of partnerships regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority – revealed that women make up only 14% of senior employees

AMB :- European private equity fundraising hits record in 2019

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New data from Pitchbook says that 2019 was a record year for European Private Equity fundraising, with €86.4 billion raised across 89 vehicles. Nearly three-quarters of total capital was rai...Article Link

AMW :- Opalesque Roundup: Investors redeem more from active long only than hedge funds: hedge fund news, week 04

The global hedge fund industry saw outflows of -$97.93 billion in 2019, according to the just-released December/Year-End 2019 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows report. Despite these redemptions, total hedge fund industry AUM rose past $3.3

Soho House backer Active Partners bets on UK consumer with new fund

AP III has raised £100m to back high-growth consumer brands in the UK and in Europe

Firms relax dress codes and offer free lunches to retain next generation of dealmakers

Buyout groups have come under increasing pressure to attract a new generation to their ranks due to an ageing workforce and advances in technology

KKR begins process to delist German media giant Axel Springer

Shareholders will receive €63 a share, the price KKR paid Axel Springer's minority shareholders last year

Recession worries and rising competition drive up secondary pricing

The most in-demand fund in the six-month period was Lindsay Goldberg IV

WithumSmith+Brown PC welcomes Kim Waldman to new business development role

Opalesque Industry Update - WithumSmith+Brown (Withum) PC, a top nationally ranked advisory and CPA firm, has announced the appointment of Kim Waldman to its New York City office team where she will spearhead all business

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