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Month: March 2020

Oakley Capital invests in luxury luggage brand Globe-Trotter

The company's founder Toshiyasu Takubo will retain a minority stake in the company

Investindustrial hires Asia chairman from Deutsche Bank

The European private equity group wants to expanding its presence in Asia to further support the growth of its portfolio companies

Private equity sets its sights on booming professional sport

Firms and executives are increasingly taking a bigger slice of the sporting action

ESG too big to ignore, private equity executives say

At this year’s SuperReturn conference in Berlin, ESG was pretty much all anyone wanted to talk about

Numis joins search for private market fees as IPOs suffer

City broker hires former Goldman analyst to lead new team helping companies raise private money amid a slump in IPOs

Bankruptcy case reveals the risks of cross fund investing

Energy-focused EnCap Investments had to write off $1.1bn invested in Southland Royalty when the exploration and production company sought bankruptcy protection in late January

Equity UCITS sales bounced back in Q4 but bond funds remain 2019 bestsellers

Opalesque Industry Update - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published its latest Quarterly Statistical Release describing the trends in the European investment fund industry in the fourth quarter of 2019 as

AMB :- ESG factors link to credit risk, says study

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have a more significant effect on sovereign credit spreads in developed markets than emerging ones, says a study. A research by Federated Her...Article Link

AMB :- CTAs hit by equity slump but still up in February

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: CTAs, Special Situations, and L/S Equity Directional strategies suffered the most this week from their long exposures to equities, said Lyxor in its weekly brief. Merger Arbitrage strategies ...Article Link

AMB :- Bregal Investments closes latest growth equity fund at $1.5bn

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New York-based growth-focused private equity firm Bregal Sagemount has closed its Bregal Sagemount Fund III, at a hard cap of $1.5 billion, exceeding its $1.35 billion target. The prior fund, ...Article

CDR bids for Huntsworth in mid-market take-private

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has launched a take-private bid for UK based healthcare marketing and PR firm Huntsworth, bidding an enterprise value of £524m for the company. The debt financing for the deal is a

Livingbridge adds four to its investment team as it continues hiring spree

Three new associate directors and one investment manager will be based at the firm’s offices in London, Manchester, and Boston

Bregal Sagemount collects $1.5bn for third fund

The close comes as Bregal has notched returns of 2.5 to three times invested capital in five realized investments made through its second fund, person says

Top tips for general partners when pitching to investors

The “dos” and “don’ts” at investor meetings

ICG hires managing director from Barings

Rob Faulkner will join the firm in June

CVC aiming to collect up to €20bn in record fundraising

The firm is preparing to launch the largest-ever buyout fund in the region with a €20bn target

CVC is aiming to collect up to €25bn across two strategies in record fundraising

The firm is preparing to launch the largest-ever buyout fund in the region with a €20bn target and a €5bn strategy designed for long-term investors

Walmart in talks with buyout groups over Asda sale

Apollo and Lone Star Funds would be part of the long list of potential buyers, according to recent reports

Clayton Dubilier & Rice to take UK’s Huntsworth private in £400m deal

The healthcare communications agency's share price surged 51% following the news

Dyal Capital to offer investors chance to cash out stakes in evergreen fund

Dyal bought stakes in firms that include Silver Lake and Vista Equity Partners using money from its $5.3bn fund

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