Property of the Week: A £6m cliff-top home with a glass elevator

The Gunnery was a World War II gun emplacement

California teachers’ pension takes stock of coronavirus impact

The effects of the coronavirus on one of the largest US public pension systems has been limited by the structure of its private equity investments

ESG too big to ignore, private equity executives say

At this year’s SuperReturn conference in Berlin, ESG was pretty much all anyone wanted to talk about

AMB :- ESG factors link to credit risk, says study

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have a more significant effect on sovereign credit spreads in developed markets than emerging ones, says a study. A research by Federated Her...Article Link

CVC is aiming to collect up to €25bn across two strategies in record fundraising

The firm is preparing to launch the largest-ever buyout fund in the region with a €20bn target and a €5bn strategy designed for long-term investors

CVC aiming to collect up to €20bn in record fundraising

The firm is preparing to launch the largest-ever buyout fund in the region with a €20bn target

Women make small inroads in getting private equity jobs

Venture capital in 2019 had the largest proportion of women

Other voices: The impact of CFIUS on private equity and hedge fund investors

By: Abbe Dienstag, Richard Gilden Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel On Feb. 13, 2020, final regulations became effective updating and refining rules regarding transaction reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States

AMB :- Other voices: The impact of CFIUS on private equity and hedge fund investors

By: Abbe Dienstag, Richard Gilden Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel On Feb. 13, 2020, final regulations became effective updating and refining rules regarding transaction reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment...Article Link

Property of the Week: A penthouse at the BBC’s old HQ for £7.6m

The duplex is set over two floors in a historic Mid-Century Modern building

Hand sanitisers awash at PE conference as firms search for silver lining to coronavirus

As the industry tried to come to grips with the full impact of the outbreak for the world economy, there was also some optimism

AMB :- Other Voices: ESG "creating 90s-style tech bubble" as investors ignore fundamentals

By Graham Clapp, Manager of the RWC Continental European Equity Fund Share prices for ESG focused companies are soaring, as investors ignore fundamentals in the hope of finding the long-term winners which can tackle ...Article

Other Voices: ESG "creating 90s-style tech bubble" as investors ignore fundamentals

By Graham Clapp, Manager of the RWC Continental European Equity Fund Share prices for ESG focused companies are soaring, as investors ignore fundamentals in the hope of finding the long-term winners which can tackle environmental

The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital

Posted by Ramana Nanda (Harvard Business School), Sampsa Samila (IESE Business School), and Olav Sorenson (Yale University), on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Editor's Note: Ramana Nanda is the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard

Singapore wealth fund Temasek cuts bonuses as staff ‘share pains’ of coronavirus impact

The firm has also asked some of its senior executives to voluntarily donate up to 5% of their base salaries for one year

Revolut confirms $500m fundraising led by US fund Technology Crossover Ventures

Fresh cash injection gives the start-up a valuation of $5.5bn

AMB :- Venture capital fundraising see a steep drop-off in fund closures in Q4, 2019

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Venture capital fundraising is typically strongest in the final quarter, but in 2019, an unexpectedly sluggish Q4 dampened the annual total. According to a Preqin report, at the end of Q3

AMB :- US venture capital deal hit record-high total value in 2019 at $104bn

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The aggregate value of venture capital deals for US-based companies reached a new peak of $104bn in 2019. Despite this, the annual number of deals has decreased continually since 2014 (6,809)...Article

Property of the Week: An Edwardian maisonette for £1.25m

The three-bedroom apartment echoes the Edwardian townhouse it’s set in

Deloitte: ESG-mandated assets on pace to account for 50% of all professionally managed assets by 2025

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The US has often lagged behind other jurisdictions in terms of its appetite for ESG investments, but that may be changing. A new report from Deloitte suggests that the number

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