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AMB :- AI attracts a surge of private capital in APAC

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: By 2030, Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to add $15.7tn to the global economy, a figure greater than the combined GDP of China and India. Of this sum, $6.6tn will likely

Venture Capitalists and COVID-19

Posted by Will Gornall (University of British Columbia), on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 Editor's Note: Will Gornall is Assistant Professor of Finance at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. This post

Mark Carney’s new job as an ESG-focused fund manager

A vocal proponent of the transition to a net-zero economy, Carney will develop a group of funds that combine positive social and environmental outcomes with strong risk-adjusted returns for investors

Do Reps and Warranties Insurers Pay Claims?

Law firm Lowenstein Sandler has just published a report, Getting Paid: A Look at Representations & Warranties Insurance, that explores whether insurances companies actually pay reps and warranties (R&W) claims. According to Lowenstein Sandler the

PE Actively Supporting Portfolio Companies

According to a new report from Lincoln International, as the initial shockwaves of the global pandemic subside, both middle market private equity firms and lenders have proven supportive as portfolio companies navigated the financial challenges

Global economy at risk of repeating mistakes of the 2008 financial crisis

Avoiding policy errors of the 2008 economic meltdown should be a top priority, says Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser to Allianz

AUA’s TruFood Adds Simply Natural

TruFood Manufacturing, a portfolio company of AUA Private Equity since June 2019, has acquired Simply Natural Foods. Simply Natural is a co-manufacturer of confection products including sugarfree, organic, and kosher functional bars (products that include

Lakeview Banks Big Multiple on UAS Sale

Lakeview Equity Partners has sold its portfolio company, UAS Laboratories, to Chr. Hansen at an enterprise value of $530 million. Lakeview acquired UAS Laboratories in April 2013. United Agricultural Services Laboratories (DBA UAS Laboratories) is

Canyon Bridge’s Kuo: Globalisation is needed to boost growth after lockdown

Countries must resist becoming protectionist if the world economy is to emerge from its Covid-19-induced slowdown

VC Profile: Edge Investments

As Edge Investments begins raising its second-generation fund, Katharine Hidalgo talks to chief investor relations officer and investment director David Fisher about the portfolio, LP sentiment and the creative economy

London’s finance sector under scrutiny over Russia report

The UK’s National Crime Agency estimates over £100bn in illicit funds impacts the economy each year

Schroders considers investment trust to inject equity into UK SMEs hit by the pandemic

'For the UK economy to recover there needs to be greater availability of equity,' Schroders says

EBRD to turn half green, despite opposition from US

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s board of directors has approved a proposal to accelerate its transition towards being a green bank, including devoting over 50% of its investments to the green economy by

Caryle’s Rubenstein: US set for long recession post Covid-19, businesses must prepare for “very different” economy

Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein believes the US is set for a long recession in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic - and that business must be ready for a very different economy when it opens

Here’s what the stats say about LP and GP activity during the coronavirus

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

Impact investor Durreen Shahnaz: ‘we must go beyond social bonds’

Durreen Shahnaz is founder and chief executive of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), which calls itself the world’s first social stock exchange. She tells GlobalCapital about how we can rebuild a better economy, with the help

Silverfleet’s Ian Oxley: Tech-focused opportunities in a post-Covid-19 world

The way in which technology has come to the fore during the pandemic will only quicken as the economy emerges from lockdown

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