UPDATE – Crowd Intelligence Software Company Armored Things Raises Additional $7m in Seed Funding
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The global alternative investment manager Ares Management closed its Ares Special Opportunities Fund (ASOF) at $3.5 billion. The private debt fund well exceeded its $2 billion fundraising targ...Article Link
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Lyxor Peer Groups suggest hedge fund performance was flat mid-June. Equity-related strategies underperformed and CTA/ Market Neutral L/S outperformed due to the brief risk-off episode on June ...Article Link
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: An overwhelming majority (88%) of private equity investors plan to step up their efforts to manage and measure ESG performance in their portfolio companies over the next two years, said a
Atlanta-based private equity firm Eagle Merchant Partners has acquired a stake in coding for kids platform Code Ninjas.
Tenzing Private Equity, which targets buyout deals in UK SMEs, is looking to raise up to $496m for its sophomore fund.
Mattress maker is given green light to close a contested debt restructuring, despite objections from holdouts including Apollo, Angelo Gordon
The proposals follow similar actions by other European countries including Germany, Italy and Spain as the pandemic-induced fallout raises alarm bells across Europe
The new fund set up by the insurance company Mapfre and asset managers Altamar Capital and Abante will focus on the US and Europe
According to Tiger 21, a group of almost 800 investors with more than $100m in assets each, on average
Glennmont said it considers Italy a 'key market' and plans to further expand its investments in the country
Life-science-dedicated venture capital firm Epidarex Capital has closed its Epidarex Capital III fund on £102.1m.
Netherlands-based Connecterra, a developer of software for the dairy industry, has raised €7.8m in a series-B round led by French biosecurity and food safety company Kersia, ADM Capital and Pymwymic.
Opalesque Industry Update - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), has today published its latest International Statistical Release describing the trends in worldwide investment fund industry in the first quarter of 2020. Worldwide
