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Month: March 2020

KKR to buy Pennon recycling unit for £4.2bn

Coronavirus turmoil didn’t deter buyout shop’s efforts to close UK infrastructure investment

How Carlyle is fighting climate change

Carlyle’s head of impact Megan Starr on how the private equity firm is helping its portfolio companies with ESG issues

Hedge funds reverse two-month redemption trend with $21.2bn in inflows in January

Opalesque Industry Update - The hedge fund industry experienced $21.2 billion in inflows in January, reversing a two-month redemption trend in a turnaround from December's $29.0 billion in redemptions. January's inflows represented 0.7% of industry

Other Voices: Seven ways the effects of the coronavirus will impact the hedge fund industry

By Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners, LLC: The changing landscape caused by the Coronavirus will lead to the largest shake out in the hedge fund industry since the 2008 market crash...Article Link

AMB :- Other Voices: Taking a long-term investment view is the only way to navigate this period

By Mark Walker, managing partner at Tollymore Investment Partners, London: We can make no clear conclusions on how much further markets may decline. We do know that this panic will subside but don&`t know if

AMB :- Other Voices: Seven ways the effects of the coronavirus will impact the hedge fund industry

By Donald A. Steinbrugge, founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners, LLC: The changing landscape caused by the Coronavirus will lead to the largest shake out in the hedge fund industry since the 2008 market crash. Below

Other Voices: Taking a long-term investment view is the only way to navigate this period

By Mark Walker, managing partner at Tollymore Investment Partners, London: We can make no clear conclusions on how much further markets may decline. We do know that this panic will subside but don't know if

Baird Capital backs workspace solutions provider Aura Futures

Baird will support the company’s plan of creating a £200m business in five years

Graphite Capital-backed Hawksmoor announces job cuts due to Covid-19 closure

Graphite Capital, the UK-mid-market buyout firm, invested in Hawksmoor in 2013

Covid-19 halts CapVest’s €3bn sale of Curium Pharma

The company said it will reassess the situation and the strategic options for the business in due course

Private equity investors try to gauge coronavirus cash crunch

Limited partners are hoping the stock market declines don’t keep them from putting more cash into private equity

Central banks and coronavirus: When ‘whatever it takes’ isn’t enough

Unless we get a meaningful fiscal response to the coronavirus crisis, we should be prepared for a steady slide into recession — or worse

SoftBank backs away from part of planned WeWork bailout

Investor told office sharing company it may not buy $3bn of shares from existing investors as planned

Covid-19 is an opportunity for the European union

The coronavirus outbreak could represent a chance for the EU to create a powerful crisis management mechanism

Women are making strides in finance – but the ‘easy part is over’

Progress is stagnating on some fronts, according to Bank of America

Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index down 1.73% in February

Opalesque Industry Update - The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was down 1.73% in February, outperforming the underlying global equity market as represented by the MSCI ACWI (Local) which lost 7.84% over the month. Global equities

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: New York hedge fund says it is "simply not exposed" to mainstream markets

B. G., Opalesque Geneva: By avoiding popular hedge fund strategies, a New York-based fund manager has so far avoided the widely experienced losses. Morgan Stanley analysts estimated that hedge funds across all strategi...Article Link

Opalesque Exclusive: New York hedge fund says it is "simply not exposed" to mainstream markets

B. G., Opalesque Geneva: By avoiding popular hedge fund strategies, a New York-based fund manager has so far avoided the widely experienced losses. Morgan Stanley analysts estimated that hedge funds across all strategies were down

British restaurant investor says coronavirus outbreak puts thousands of hospitality jobs at risk

Luke Johnson, co-founder of private equity firm Risk Capital Partners, is best known for building up PizzaExpress and Giraffe restaurant chains

EP Energy’s Apollo-backed financing collapses after oil rout

It is the second major bankruptcy deal to falter over the turmoil in US energy markets

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