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Month: April 2020

AMB :- HPS Investment Partners closes its sophomore European Asset Value Fund on $1.5bn.

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global credit investment firm HPS Investment Partners announced the closing of its second European Asset Value Fund (EAVF II) with more than $1.5 billion of capital. The New York-based in...Article

AMB :- S&P Dow Jones Indices launches climate change index range

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI) has launched two indices designed to track the performance of companies that are committed to deep decarbonization, with climate and...Article Link

AMB :- Private equity-backed buyout deal activity remains steady in Q1 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global private equity-backed buyout deal figures hold up in comparison with quarterly averages, but the aggregate deal value in Asia tumbles, said a study. "Against the odds, private equ...Article Link

Blackstone’s Byron Wien weighs in on employment and the healthcare system

Unemployment could reach 20%, Wien said in his monthly market commentary

How capitalism must change to survive the pandemic

Private equity has been the last holdout of excessive investment fees relative to performance, but the bubble must deflate, Jackson Hole Economics' co-founders argue

Trends in US, UK public pension allocations could be upended due to COVID-19 pandemic

Opalesque Industry Update - United States and United Kingdom public pensions' over- and under-allocations to various asset classes could mean billions of dollars flowing into or out of asset classes in the near future, according

Investors seek to cut commitments in ‘early secondaries’

Private equity secondaries market expected to see a wave of sales from early summer

UK government to invest £250m in high-growth startups

The match funding is part of the government's £1.25bn bailout package for struggling startups

Deal hungry bankers chase Saudi Arabian cash

M&A has largely dried up across Europe, the Middle East and Africa — but Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is still doing deals

Health first: venture capital rushes into medical start-ups

In an analysis of US medical venture funding across 17 areas of the human body, the industry set records in both the blood and immune system categories

Aurelius adds to UK team as it eyes distressed deals

The firm anticipates a rise investment opportunities in the distressed market

AMB :- Real estate investors target larger fund commitments in the year ahead

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private real estate funds investors appear to be making some changes in their approach to real estate investing in the coming year, revealed a study by Preqin. Although the level of

Going Private Transactions

Posted by Warren S. de Wied, Philip Richter, and Robert C. Schwenkel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Saturday, April 18, 2020 Editor's Note: Warren S. de Wied, Philip Richter, and Robert C.

PE firm’s acquisition of .org domain delayed as attorney general speaks out against deal

Icann and PIR have agreed to extend deadline for review to May 4

Cash is king as M&A goes MIA

Companies are building cash fortresses to bolster their balance sheets against the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis instead of putting it to use

Gordon Brown and Lawrence Summers: Debt relief is the best pandemic aid

The lesson from the past is that global recessions and their human costs are best addressed quickly and boldly

Private equity firms offer cash lifelines to public companies

Private equity firms are turning their attention to public companies to profit from the coronavirus pandemic

Property of the Week: A regency townhouse in period Peckham for £1.8m

The house has been updated and beautifully restored at the same time

UK government green lights PE firms’ access to Covid-19 loan scheme

The plan brings relief to 4,330 UK businesses and 840,000 individuals in the industry

UK competition watchdog starts formal probe into KKR’s takeover of OverDrive

The regulator had previously invited comments on the transaction from interested parties

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