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Month: March 2020

AMB :- 70% of surveyed institutional investors say coronavirus affect their daily investment-related operations

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: About 70% of surveyed institutional investors said that the outbreak is affecting their daily investment-related operations, including current trade executions and forecasting investments, and...Article Link

AMB :- 70% of surveyed institutional investor says coronavirus affect their daily investment-related operations

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: About 70% of surveyed institutional investors said that the outbreak is affecting their daily investment-related operations, including current trade executions and forecasting investments, and...Article Link

PE-owned UK care homes under the spotlight amid coronavirus pandemic

Buyout firms have targeted the care home sector in the past decade but concerns have been raised about hygiene and health standards

Friend or Foe? The Convergence of Private Equity and Shareholder Activism

Posted by Aneliya S. Crawford and Matthew J. Gruenberg, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, on Saturday, March 21, 2020 Editor's Note: Aneliya S. Crawford is a partner and Matthew J. Gruenberg is special counsel at Schulte

Property of the Week: A £1.7m Buckinghamshire mansion

The owners have spent four years renovating and reconfiguring Hebden House

KKR European tech director moves to Asia Pacific role

Lucian Schoenefelder has been appointed head of technology for the region

How general partners are combatting falling returns

Many private equity firms have said they expect returns to come down, but executives share how they are looking to maintain their performance

Private equity’s five-step playbook for weathering coronavirus

Consultancy McKinsey has issued guidance for the industry as it faces business disruption

The 2008 crisis and Covid-19: a false comparison

Central banks cannot play the same role they did in 2008 because they are addressing the financial repercussions of a shock to the real economy

BT sells Latin American assets to buyout group CIH Technology

The transaction, which is expected to complete during 2020, is part of the telecoms giant's restructuring plan that includes selling its foreign divisions

Net sales of UCITS and AIFs nearly double in January 2020

Opalesque Industry Update - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest monthly Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet, which provides net sales data of UCITS and AIFs for January 2020.

Pension funds stick with private equity allocation plans amid market turmoil

Many of the largest US pension funds have no plans to halt their private equity commitments as coronavirus fears tank stocks

PE firms act to save portfolio companies from coronavirus troubles

Buyout shops are arranging emergency funds, support networks and other steps to keep their companies alive during the pandemic

AMB :- COVID-19 is hurting investor sentiments, deals down by 1/3

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The concerns around the coronavirus outbreak in China and its subsequent crisis in several other nations are expected to have a large impact on the global economy, which is also hurting

AMB :- Chinese private equity/venture capital deals recover as its coronavirus cases diminish

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Local private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) fund managers say they expect deal activity in China to recover in the coming months as the number of new coronavirus infections in

Tikehau creates new division and remains committed to fund launches despite Covid-19

Assets under management at the French firm was up 17% to €25.8bn year-on-year

3i Group warns on coronavirus hit to its retail and travel companies

Chief executive officer Simon Borrows said the firm has plenty of firepower to look after the group and its portfolio if it is necessary

Macquarie closes $645m infrastructure debt fund

The vehicle made 18 debt investments in transport, utilities, and energy infrastructure in the UK, Europe, the US, and Australia

Oilfield services investors brace for a slow motion downturn

Months could pass before oil field services providers feel the full impact of an oil price collapse

ECB unveils new €750bn bond-buying programme

https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/ecb-announces-new-e750bn-bond-buying-programme-20200319

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