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Month: March 2020

European fundrasing expected to continue 2019 trend

The early prognosis for 2020 in the continent is for continued capital aggregation, private equity executives say

AMB :- BV Investment Partners pulls in $1.1bn for buyout fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Boston-based middle-market private equity firm BV Investment Partners has closed its tenth fund on its $1.1 billion hard cap in a first and final close. BV Investment Partners Fund X&`s t...Article

Pollen Street fights back after trust sacking

War of words between secured-lending trust and its manager continues, as Pollen Street rebuffs accusations of wrongdoing

IK hires from Duke Street as it looks to build up UK presence

Tom Salmon will be based in IK’s London office, primarily focusing on investments with an enterprise value of up to £100m

The Hollywood drama that cost a BlackRock fund $75m

The investment giant fired a fund manager over a conflict of interest after his daughter got a screen role in a movie he financed

Blackstone offers sweetener to early life sciences fund investors

The firm is seeking nearly four times the amount raised by a predecessor fund

Women make small inroads in getting private equity jobs

Venture capital in 2019 had the largest proportion of women

KPMG’s former pensions arm reopens after buyout

Isio, its new name, advises more than 1,000 clients on over £90bn of pension assets

Omers’ Redman swaps private equity for being a patron of classical music

Redman spent more than 10 years at Omers, which he joined to establish its European private equity business.

Advent hires head of European retail team from Towerbrook

Chavanne, who will take on the role of managing director, has more than 14 years’ experience

Other voices: The impact of CFIUS on private equity and hedge fund investors

By: Abbe Dienstag, Richard Gilden Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel On Feb. 13, 2020, final regulations became effective updating and refining rules regarding transaction reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States

AMB :- As India, Middle East hedge funds advance, HFRI China, Japan Indices fall to begin the year

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hedge funds investing in Emerging Markets and developed Asian regions began 2020 with a surge in realized asset volatility driven by the spreading coronavirus, a report from HFR said. Accordin...Article Link

AMB :- The private equity industry stands at $1.5tn dry powder in 2019

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: According to BDO's 2020 U.S. Private Capital Outlook report, the private equity industry stands at the beginning of a new decade with more dry powder on hand than ever - $1.5

Opalesque Exclusive: Quantology Absolute Return bucks the trend with a positive start to the year

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Paris-based hedge fund Quantology looks to finish February in positive territory, beating many of its peers as equities drop on coronavirus fears. Quantology Absolute Return is a quantitative long/short equity

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Quantology Absolute Return bucks the trend with a positive start to the year

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Paris-based hedge fund Quantology looks to finish February in positive territory, beating many of its peers as equities drop on coronavirus fears. Quantology Absolute Return is a quant...Article Link

AMB :- Other voices: The impact of CFIUS on private equity and hedge fund investors

By: Abbe Dienstag, Richard Gilden Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel On Feb. 13, 2020, final regulations became effective updating and refining rules regarding transaction reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment...Article Link

Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund AUM hits all-time high, helped by $10.38 bn inflows: hedge fund news, week 09

In the week ending February 28th 2020, 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

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