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Month: March 2020

Firms continue to seek hires despite coronavirus crisis

There has been an increase in inquires for people who have restructuring skills

Covid-19 to reshape secondary market

Market upheaval and anticipated portfolio writedowns promise to dramatically damp secondary deal volume

Private equity firms left exposed as coronavirus shutters UK restaurants

Buyout houses are holding consumer assets they can’t offload now or in the foreseeable future

AMB :- Other Voices: Management fee – you are always on my mind

By: Robert Seber, Vinson & Elkins This Q&A attempts to answer some questions that may be on the mind of private equity sponsors who are nervous about the reactions of their LPs to the current

AMB :- TorQuest Partners hits $1.375bn Fund V hard cap

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canadian-based manager of private equity funds TorQuest Partners announced the final closing of its fifth fund with $1.375 billion of committed capital. TorQuest Partners Fund V, which was ta...Article Link

Other Voices: Management fee – you are always on my mind

By: Robert Seber, Vinson & Elkins This Q&A attempts to answer some questions that may be on the mind of private equity sponsors who are nervous about the reactions of their LPs to the current

AMW :- Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds enjoy $15bn inflows of investor capital in February: hedge fund news, week 13

In the week ending March 27th 2020, the eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report said that investors were bullish on hedge funds in February, allocating another $14.78 billion to funds around the world. February inflows

Former Citigroup economist Buiter: the helicopters are coming

Policymakers are setting the stage for a massive experiment with hitherto unorthodox Modern Monetary Theory

L Catterton applies lessons learned in Asia to coronavirus-hit US companies

The consumer-focused firm’s companies include restaurant chains and fitness providers

UK competition watchdog invites comments on KKR’s acquisition of OverDrive

KKR announced the acquisition of OverDrive from Rakuten USA in December

Property of the Week: An £8.9m apartment facing Hyde Park

The four-bedroom apartment has easy access to green space as well as luxury amenities

Paul Tudor Jones says don’t think of Covid-19 as a ‘pandemic Godzilla’

Billionaire hedge fund manager who called the 1987 market crash predicts stocks will rebound in a few months

HSBC halts hirings and firings because of pandemic

Bank says it recognises the question of job losses is a concern for staff

Can Investors Time Their Exposure to Private Equity?

Posted by Gregory W. Brown (University of North Carolina), on Friday, March 27, 2020 Editor's Note: Gregory Brown is professor of finance and director of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at University

Socialising and mental health during the Covid-19 crisis

Being isolated from colleagues can lead to workers feeling lonely and lacking motivation

WallStreetBets announces first live trading championship

Opalesque Industry Update - WallStreetBets today announced it will host the world's first live esports-style stock market trading competition, The WSB Championship. The competition, which will be held October 28-30 at America's largest esports arena,

AMB :- Three quant lessons from COVID-19

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Many quantitative firms have suffered substantial losses as a result of the COVID-19 selloff. In this note, Prof. Alexander Lipton and Marcos Lopez de Prado highlight three lessons that quant...Article Link

AMB :- Evanston Capital Management buys out TA Associates stake

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The private equity manager TA Associates has exited an investment in hedge fund investor Evanston Capital Management (ECM). The alternative investment management firm with approximately $3 b...Article Link

Moody’s downgrades banks as Europe heads towards recession

The outlooks for the Belgian, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish banking systems are now negative

GRO Capital invests in Danish virtual waiting room software provider

GRO Capital typically deploys between €10m and €50m of equity, acquiring both majority and minority stakes

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