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Month: March 2020

Opalesque Exclusive: Monroe Capital eyes opportunities in technology and software lending

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: A small but growing area of private debt could be a new source of opportunity for investors. A new paper from Monroe Capital highlights how technology and software as a

CTA’s positively skewed performance helps reduce tail risk in a diversified hedge fund portfolio

Opalesque Industry Update - By: Donald A. Steinbrugge, Founder and CEO Agecroft Partners Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) are one of only a few hedge fund strategies that performed well throughout the market selloffs of 2000-2002,

Firms with diverse ownership beat their benchmarks – study

Firms owned by women and minorities collectively manage only 1.3% of the investment industry's $69tn in assets under management

Raymond James hires European investment banking co-head from Jefferies

Bertie will work alongside current head of European investment banking and chief operating officer Steve Hufford

European healthcare specialist closes latest fund at €416m

Gilde Healthcare V will focus on companies that enable improved care at an affordable cost

California pension sees surge in subscription line capital calls

Private equity firms are drawing down credit lines to reduce outstanding fund level debt

Ardian hires head of infrastructure in Germany from 3i

Daniel Graf von der Schulenburg joins the firm's Frankfurt office

Majority of LPs put commitments on hold delaying fund closures – report

GPs are negotiating amendments to limited partnership agreements relating to extensions of fundraising periods, according to Cebile Capital

Private equity firm sees a ‘phenomenal time’ to do deals

Centana Growth Partners is going ahead with its planned investment in a fintech company, but has revised the underwriting of the deal in light of changed conditions

First-time funds outperformed mature strategies after 2008 financial crash

With the coronavirus pandemic hitting financial markets concerns around the performance of funds raised in recent years are rising

AMB :- Other Voices: ESMA proposes formal limits to leverage potentially affecting alternative funds

Bill Prew, CEO of INDOS Financial, a UK-based independent fund depositary and oversight business, has flagged the following new regulatory proposals potentially impacting alternative investment funds: There was an int...Article Link

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Diligence gaps raise flags as litigation finance gets boost

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Litigation finance firms could be unexpected beneficiaries of the coronavirus crisis. Litigation funders are usually paid out when cases resolve. However, as cases stall out in courts t...Article Link

Opalesque Exclusive: Diligence gaps raise flags as litigation finance gets boost

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Litigation finance firms could be unexpected beneficiaries of the coronavirus crisis. Litigation funders are usually paid out when cases resolve...Article Link

Other Voices: ESMA proposes formal limits to leverage potentially affecting alternative funds

Bill Prew, CEO of INDOS Financial, a UK-based independent fund depositary and oversight business, has flagged the following new regulatory proposals potentially impacting alternative investment funds: There was an interesting consultation publishe...Article Link

Long volatility and tail risk strategies outshined their peers as equities and oil slumped in February

Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge fund managers were down 1.70% in February, reports Eurekahedge, as the development of the COVID-19 outbreak outside of Mainland China weighed on risk assets throughout the month. More than 90%

Guy Hands’ Terra Firma cancels 2020 graduate intake on virus worries

'It is with regret that Terra Firma is unable to guarantee that we will be in a position to hire any new analysts this year,' says private equity firm

Finnish buyout firm CapMan invests in software provider PDSVision

The investment is the first made by CapMan’s eleventh buyout fund, which raised €170m

Coronavirus busts the myth that finance employees can’t work from home

As the Covid-19 crisis shows, working remotely is not a soft option for people with their foot off the career pedal

Coronavirus lockdown: Massive surge in the use of fintech apps

Opalesque Industry Update - Coronavirus-triggered social distancing, isolation and lockdowns have driven-up the use of financial apps in Europe by 72 per cent in a week, reveals deVere Group, an independent financial advisory organisations. The

The dynamics of co-investment between GPs and LPs to shift after coronavirus

Investor appetite for co-investments in recent years has given private equity firms an upper hand. However, an anticipated fundraising slowdown sparked by the pandemic promises to give an advantage to those investors still willing to

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