Virtual Briefing: ESG and rebalancing through secondaries
Palico's Clair Woolston Commons, Cambridge Associates' Chris Varco, Unigestion's Paul Newsome and Unquote's Denise Ko Genovese discuss whether the current crisis will lead to an ESG rethink.
Palico's Clair Woolston Commons, Cambridge Associates' Chris Varco, Unigestion's Paul Newsome and Unquote's Denise Ko Genovese discuss whether the current crisis will lead to an ESG rethink.
Struggling UK restaurant operator Azzuri Group has been bought by Towerbrook Capital Partners amid the company revealing it could slash up to 1,200 jobs as it battles to overcome the Covid-19 crisis.
The losses would still be dwarfed by those stomached during the financial crisis
Distressed debt investing, long neglected by investors, is showing signs it could thrive under the pandemic
Swedish firm Priveq Investment recently held a first and final close for its sixth fund, raising the vehicle entirely online. Partner and CEO Louise Nilsson talks to Eliza Punshi about the firm's investment strategy for
Aircraft seat manufacturer Zim Flugsitz, a portfolio company of Aurelius, has entered self-administration proceedings under German insolvency law.
A cloud of uncertainty was placed on the private equity fundraising market back when global coronavirus lockdowns began. While a lot of theories suggested LPs would be less interested in backing funds, or be hamstrung
The crisis was heralded as a chance to level the playing field for working mothers in banking – it has not worked out that way
The scale at which the European private equity industry has been besieged by the coronavirus crisis is becoming increasingly clear thanks to new data from PitchBook, with fundraising, dealmaking and exit activity all falling to
GardaWorld Security has acquired WorldAware from LLR Partners. LLR acquired WorldAware (then iJET International) in December 2013. GardaWorld was acquired by Rhone Capital and members of its senior management team in March 2017 from Apax
According to a new study by Willis Towers Watson (WTW), private equity-owned companies appear to be weathering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across multiple sectors and geographies. According to WTW, despite the subdued operating
Bistrot Pierre is the latest restaurant chain to restructure as the Covid-19 crisis creates funding challenges for the sector
Private equity plans to take over world-famous Cirque du Soleil on the cheap after coronavirus pushed it into bankruptcy protection have been scuppered by creditors, who are reportedly set to agree a recapitalisation of the
US venture capital fundraising has already hit one of its highest total since 2006 this year with only two quarters gone, despite massive headwinds from the coronavirus crisis impacting on dealmaking and exit activity, new
Private equity hopes of taking control of the world-famous Cirque du Soleil on the cheap after coronavirus pushed it into bankruptcy protection appear over, with creditors nearing an agreement for their own bid.
The head of investments at the UK’s largest pension fund on coping with crisis, bond market dislocations and recruitment plans
Fitch has downgraded Malaysia for the first time since the Asian financial crisis, slashing the sovereign rating by one notch to BBB+ due to the Covid-19 crisis and political uncertainty.
Bertrand de Mazières is one of the best known and most respected figures in European debt capital markets. As director general of finance at the European Investment Bank (EIB), he oversees one of Europe’s most
The impact of the coronavirus crisis is likely to be felt around the world for years to come, with the economic aftermath potentially outstripping the 2008 financial crash. And that uncertainty over how the future
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private equity portfolio companies are largely weathering the storm caused by the coronavirus crisis, new research from risk management firm Willis Towers Watson shows. The report revealed tha...Article Link
