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Month: February 2020

BlackRock strikes first European deal from long term private capital fund

The asset manager has taken a majority stake in Creed, the provider of fragrances to royal families across Europe

Blackstone global private equity head Joe Baratta to join board

Opalesque Industry Update - Joe Baratta, Blackstone 's global head of private equity, will join its board of directors. Baratta, who has been with Blackstone for 22 years, has overseen the firm's corporate private equity

Other Voices: ESG "creating 90s-style tech bubble" as investors ignore fundamentals

By Graham Clapp, Manager of the RWC Continental European Equity Fund Share prices for ESG focused companies are soaring, as investors ignore fundamentals in the hope of finding the long-term winners which can tackle environmental

AMB :- Asset managers: Fee pressure takes a toll on operating margins

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Operating margins for traditional publicly traded U.S. money managers fell by more than 20% over the five years ended Dec. 31, said a report. However, the balmy market environment generated eq...Article

AMB :- Other Voices: ESG "creating 90s-style tech bubble" as investors ignore fundamentals

By Graham Clapp, Manager of the RWC Continental European Equity Fund Share prices for ESG focused companies are soaring, as investors ignore fundamentals in the hope of finding the long-term winners which can tackle ...Article

AMB :- Other Voices: Branding dominates hedge fund flows

Strong performance alone will not attract assets, says Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO of Agecroft Partners: Over the past decade, a vast majority of hedge fund net asset flows have gone to a small

Other Voices: Branding dominates hedge fund flows

Strong performance alone will not attract assets, says Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO of Agecroft Partners: Over the past decade, a vast majority of hedge fund net asset flows have gone to a small

Hedge funds predicted to increase level of shorting of UK stocks in 2020

Opalesque Industry Update - New research from ETF provider GraniteShares reveals 81% of institutional investors expect the use of leveraged investment strategies to increase over the next five years. Similarly, 58% predict the level of

The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital

Posted by Ramana Nanda (Harvard Business School), Sampsa Samila (IESE Business School), and Olav Sorenson (Yale University), on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Editor's Note: Ramana Nanda is the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard

Corsair Capital raises $1bn for fifth fund

The financial services investor has already completed six deals out of the new fund, which focuses on North America and Western Europe

Yanis Varoufakis: Brexit – a rational choice for the wrong reasons?

As with the 'Nixon shock' in 1971 America, there is a singular underlying historical factor that explains Brexit

Blackstone’s Mr Fix It sees profits in Japanese buy-and-hold play

Newer set of funds focuses on real estate in Japan that offers a more predictable income stream

Singapore wealth fund Temasek cuts bonuses as staff ‘share pains’ of coronavirus impact

The firm has also asked some of its senior executives to voluntarily donate up to 5% of their base salaries for one year

Pemberton opens office in Madrid following key hire from RBS

The firm, which has already invested more than €600m in Spain, plans to expand its operations in the country

Oaktree’s Howard Marks: ‘I don’t think we’re in a bubble’

The co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management on what five decades of experience have taught him about anticipating a financial crash

AMB :- Hedge funds assets reached reached all-time high end of 2019 despite record $15.4bn net outflows in Q4

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hedge fund industry assets under management (AUM) reached an all-time high at the end of 2019, with performance gains helping to offset negative capital flows and push total assets to $3.66tn,...Article

Mayfair Equity invests in Graphcore as the British startup nears $2bn valuation

Bristol-based Graphcore’s chips are used to run artificial intelligence and machine learning programmes

UK FCA opens new portal for reporting net short positions

Opalesque Industry Update - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (amp;quot;FCAamp;quot;) has opened a new portal for reporting net short positions, the Electronic Submission System (amp;quot;ESSamp;quot;), with immediate effect. Position holders should note that the FCA

Private equity-backed IPOs underperform

More than 70% of 90 IPOs backed by buyouts between 2010 and 2014 underperformed

Pollen Street Capital sacked from trust subject to takeover bid

Pollen Street trust’s board accuses private equity firm of 'serious, repeated and ongoing breaches' of its contract

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