Opalesque Industry Update - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published its latest monthly Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet, which provides net sales data of UCITS and AIFs for November 2019. Bernard
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: North America continued to attract the highest number of venture capital (VC) investments and funding during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019 though the region experienced a dip in investments...Article Link
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 2019 saw record private equity fundraising with mega PEs and tech-focused PEs attracting the lion's share of capital, said a study. Mega-funds dominated the PE space in 2019, pushing up fundr...Article
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Critics of Ethos Capital's acquisition of PIR have argued that private equity ownership could lead to potentially damaging levels of censorship
Firm executives respond to issues of transparency and public image at a Pennsylvania pension meeting
The firm has promoted Jim Strang to the newly-created position of chairman Emea, with Richard Hope succeeding him
Schwarzman says there’s little doubt something ‘very profound’ appears to be happening
Funds that are listed on the stock market, but invest in private assets, are vulnerable to all kinds of conflicts — it is not clear they are regulated properly
Issuance of Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies has boomed as big financial players have got involved
Since the company listed in September last year it has seen its shares rise 93% above its listing price
Stone Point Capital, which backed Duff & Phelps between 2013 and 2015, plans to reacquire the company alongside Further Global
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Ardian has raised €3bn for its latest European middle market private debt fund. The vehicle beat its €2.5bn target and is a billion larger than its predecessor fund which closed
By: Anne-Marie Godfrey, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP In recent years, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has increasingly focused on private equity funds' obligation to be licensed under the...Article Link
By: Anne-Marie Godfrey, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP In recent years, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has increasingly focused on private equity funds' obligation to be licensed under the Securities
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Chicago-headquartered Wynnchurch Capital closed its fifth private equity fund, Wynnchurch Capital Partners V, reaching its hard cap of $2.3 billion in capital commitments. The Wynnchurch Capi...Article Link
Opalesque Industry Update - GoldPoint Partners announced the successful closing of its fourth fund-of-funds, GoldPoint Partners Select Manager Fund IV, L.P. The Fund closed on $678 million of commitments, a 150 percent increase from its
Blackstone's Refinitiv and Merlin Entertainment deals help propel bankers to the top of the rankings
USS says it has worked out a way to let its DC savers invest in trophy assets such as Heathrow
