BVCA appoints Silverfleet’s MacDougall as new chair

He will be taking over from Cheryl Potter, who retired from Permira at the end of last year

Distressed debt investor Howard Marks is realistic about the world post coronavirus

Government bailouts for non-bank lenders and funds that supplied leveraged securitisations are unlikely in the current climate

Private impact investing likely to outperform public markets in crisis, proponents say

The $500bn global impact market is already outperforming in the public markets and is set to continue during the pandemic crisis

Searchlight appoints distressed debt specialist as senior adviser

Andrew Crowston joins Searchlight from Novalpina Capital, where he worked on the firm’s private equity and special situations fund

Impact investor Vital launches debt facility to help African businesses hit by Covid-19

The impact investing firm's $10m facility will offer ten loans of approximately $1m each with a duration of up to four years

AMB :- Other Voices: ESMA proposes formal limits to leverage potentially affecting alternative funds

Bill Prew, CEO of INDOS Financial, a UK-based independent fund depositary and oversight business, has flagged the following new regulatory proposals potentially impacting alternative investment funds: There was an int...Article Link

Other Voices: ESMA proposes formal limits to leverage potentially affecting alternative funds

Bill Prew, CEO of INDOS Financial, a UK-based independent fund depositary and oversight business, has flagged the following new regulatory proposals potentially impacting alternative investment funds: There was an interesting consultation publishe...Article Link

Property of the Week: An £8.9m apartment facing Hyde Park

The four-bedroom apartment has easy access to green space as well as luxury amenities

Venture capital market shows signs of stalling

Business assumptions are quickly changing as the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll

Covid-19 will trigger ‘significant’ extension of the fundraising cycle

LPs are focused on evaluating the impact of the pandemic in the portfolios before considering new commitments, said Christopher Godfrey, president at investment consultancy and data provider Cepres

AMB :- Fort Ross Ventures collects $235m for tech-focused fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Fort Ross Ventures, a California-based investment firm focused on startups in the U.S., Israel and Eastern Europe, said it has closed a $235m second fund, $35m above the original target. Deman...Article

HgCapital Trust confident Covid-19’s impact on performance will be limited

Although it expects “short-term declines” in its portfolio valuations, the firm said it will continue to drive long-term growth

Covid-19: It is time to start thinking about debt resolution and restructuring

Even if the coronavirus’ impact is contained, it may have already set the stage for a debt meltdown long in the making

Property of the Week: A £1.7m Buckinghamshire mansion

The owners have spent four years renovating and reconfiguring Hebden House

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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