Pollen Street Capital and investment trust board go to war over planned sale

Pollen Street Capital and the board of an investment trust it advises are locked in a fight over the potential sale of the investment trust to Waterfall Asset Management, with the board describing Pollen Street’s

Carlyle scores 4x return on the sale of dental software maker

The €376m cash transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of the year

AMB :- Optimistic hedge fund investors to allocate more capital, reposition defensively

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Hedge fund performance improved over 2019, but investors are demanding more from hedge funds. "Performance resurges from 2018, but investors are looking to rebalance their portfolios in ...Article Link

Investindustrial hires Asia chairman from Deutsche Bank

The European private equity group wants to expanding its presence in Asia to further support the growth of its portfolio companies

CDR bids for Huntsworth in mid-market take-private

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has launched a take-private bid for UK based healthcare marketing and PR firm Huntsworth, bidding an enterprise value of £524m for the company. The debt financing for the deal is a

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

Pollen Street fights back after trust sacking

War of words between secured-lending trust and its manager continues, as Pollen Street rebuffs accusations of wrongdoing

Ardian acquires real estate portfolio from Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Opalesque Industry Update - Ardian, a world leading private investment house, has signed an agreement with Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena for the acquisition of a portfolio composed of 28 properties, owned by the

Ardian acquires Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s real estate portfolio

Opalesque Industry Update - Ardian, a world leading private investment house, has signed an agreement with Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena for the acquisition of a portfolio composed of 28 properties, owned by the

UK buyout firm Bregal Freshstream parts ways with its only investor

The firm launched in 2015 and raised all €600m of its debut fund from a single backer

Private equity leaders place their presidential bets

Industry executives are supporting Trump and centrist Democrats such as Biden and Buttigieg, while shunning Sanders and Warren

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

Pension funds question PE firms’ jurisdiction of choice after Cayman put on EU ‘blacklist’

The €119bn Danish public pension fund ATP said it will not invest in the Cayman Islands going forward

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

Oaktree’s Howard Marks: ‘I don’t think we’re in a bubble’

The co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management on what five decades of experience have taught him about anticipating a financial crash

Opalesque Exclusive: Private equity continues to outperform despite growing uncertrainty

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: 2019 was another banner year for private equity, according to the latest Global Private Equity Report from Bain & Company. While there were some signs of a slowdown compared to

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Private equity continues to outperform despite growing uncertrainty

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: 2019 was another banner year for private equity, according to the latest Global Private Equity Report from Bain & Company. While there were some signs of a slowdown compared to

Private equity returns slip behind public stock markets

Europe’s smaller buyout industry has held onto its performance advantage over the stockmarket, according to Bain & Co

Private equity firms change their hiring strategies for portfolio company executives

Firms in the US and UK are hiring groups of people in one joined-up round of recruiting

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