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Month: May 2020

Emerging markets funds find opportunities in pandemic – HFR

Opalesque Industry Update - Emerging Markets hedge funds continued to navigate a volatile path through the global coronavirus pandemic, posting steep losses in March followed by a strong surge in April and a recovery extending

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to invest in first UK PIPE deal in more than a decade

CD&R is set to invest up to £85m in specialist building products supplier SIG

Private equity firms and investors overcome pandemic’s fundraising hurdles

Raising money for new investment funds has gone virtual as investors and general partners embrace technology to conduct due diligence

KKR rebrands fund and raises $4bn for pandemic-driven dislocation opportunities

The fund, raised in only eight weeks, will focus on “attractively priced” credit risk assets in the secondary markets as well as struggling companies in need of liquidity solutions in Europe and North America

IK closes largest fund to date at nearly €3bn hard cap

The fund will look to initially invest equity of €50m to €200m

Sovereign Capital hires investment director with focus on business services

The appointment follows the hires of Emma Flinn as investment director in March and Peter Eckersley as investment manager in January

Bankers join NHS on the front lines of the fight against Covid-19

Bankers at Barclays, Nomura and Goldman Sachs are among those making masks and joining other efforts during the pandemic

Citi warns coronavirus could could cause 31 million women to lose their jobs

Research by Citigroup forecasts the female job losses will slash global GDP by $1tn

CAIA Association adds to board of directors

Opalesque Industry Update - The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, the professional body for the global alternative investment industry, today announced that Graeme Griffiths, Chief Operating Officer with the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI),

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Metals and mining fund finds opportunity in volatility

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new metals fund has been able to outperform despite significant volatility in the commodities market. Canadian firm Delbrook Capital&`s flagship strategy the Delb...Article Link

Opalesque Exclusive: Metals and mining fund finds opportunity in volatility

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new metals fund has been able to outperform despite significant volatility in the commodities market. Canadian firm Delbrook Capital's flagship strategy the Delbrook Resource Opportunities...Article Link

AMB :- Majority investors expect a negative 2020, but improved sentiments in longterm

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 65% of alternative fund managers expect GDP to shrink by at least 3% in their focus markets this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, said a survey. With the

AMB :- Most portfolio managers unable to view performance attribution of ESG factors

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 71% of portfolio managers are currently unable to view the performance attribution of ESG investment factors, said a research. According to a research by RiskFirst, which looks at portfolio m...Article Link

KKR Completes $4 Billion Fundraise for Dislocation Opportunities

NEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2020-- Leading global investment firm KKR today announced that it has completed a capital raise focused on investing in credit opportunities created by recent market volatility. In total, KKR raised

Edmond de Rothschild spin-out Andera hires IR director to amass €1bn by 2021

The firm said fundraising for four strategies are already underway

Ill-timed healthcare buyouts bruise KKR and Blackstone

Coronavirus adds to woes at US-based physician-staffing companies Envision and TeamHealth, as some patients stay away from hospitals

Coller heads up GP-led secondary deal for €10bn Permira fund

The new vehicle will provide fresh capital to the companies over a five-year period to support further value creation

KKR recruits MD to lead Australia and New Zealand client partner group

Based in Sydney, Nicholas Hyde will run the firm's client partner group in the region

Tikehau IM appoints ex-ECB economist Natacha Valla to advisory board

Natacha Valla will provide strategic orientations and development projects of the asset management activity, as well as helping it to broaden the firm's investor base and product range

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