AMB :- Blackstone poaches chief technology officer from Barclays

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The world's largest private equity firm Blackstone Group has appointed John Stecher, formerly group chief technology officer and group innovation officer at Barclays, as its chief technology o...Article Link

EQT invests in management and regulatory software provider Rimes

The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of the year

Private equity comes under pressure for more transparency on marking of assets

Private equity firms have long been judge and jury when valuing their portfolio companies, but pressure from investors for more transparency is building up

Greta Thunberg, Donald Trump and the future of capitalism

Some lament the animosity toward those who speak about climate change, but Trump and his supporters appear to understand something their liberal detractors do not: their politics is the only authentic defence of contemporary capitalism

Private equity stocks slide after Apollo fee warning

Shares have been on a tear since private equity firms converted to corporations

Sortis launches $10M growth venture fund

Opalesque Industry Update - Sortis Holdings Inc. (SOHI), a Portland, Oregon-based alternative investment fund manager, has launched Sortis Growth Venture Fund. The $10 million fund is a hybrid venture capital and consumer-focused private equity fund

Opalesque Exclusive: The hedge funds of funds with 27 year track record that's actually enjoying inflows

Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: A conversation about outperformance and manager selection with Cedric Kohler, Head of Advisory at Geneva-based Fundana. Fundana was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1993 as one of the first

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: The hedge funds of funds with 27 year track record that’s actually enjoying inflows

Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: A conversation about outperformance and manager selection with Cedric Kohler, Head of Advisory at Geneva-based Fundana. Fundana was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1993 as...Article Link

The 10 risks that can cause economic and financial trouble in 2020

The most probable scenario for the global economy this year is growth, but it is more useful to identify which unlikely events would alter this

Bain Capital spin out Core Equity hires trio

The firm, which has its European base in Brussels, has hired Pierre Heinrichs from Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) as a partner

Unigestion targets €700m for newly launched secondary fund

Larger than its predecessor, the vehicle will target small, non-auctioned secondary deals below €50m

Ex-KKR Spain head joins newly launched private equity firm

bd-capital was set up by ex-Advent International and Whitbread executives in June 2019

Briarwood Partners launched to fundraise for investment boutiques

The launch comes at a time when an increasing number of people are leaving larger, established investment firms to set up their own businesses

Number of female partners at private equity & hedge funds stall for third year

Fox’s 2019 research – which looked at the entire population of partnerships regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority – revealed that women make up only 14% of senior employees

Private equity executives warn on hazards of public disclosure

Firm executives respond to issues of transparency and public image at a Pennsylvania pension meeting

Blackstone CEO says businesses must address climate change

Schwarzman says there’s little doubt something ‘very profound’ appears to be happening

Warburg Pincus’ potential bid for Quilter highlights appeal of wealth management

Wealth management groups are set to be a hot takeover target this year

Standard for Classifying a Minority Stockholder as a Controlling Stockholder

Posted by Francis J. Aquila, Melissa Sawyer, and John L. Hardiman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Editor's Note: Francis J. Aquila, Melissa Sawyer, and John L. Hardiman are partners at Sullivan

ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Roundtable Series – Miami 2020

In the future, every stock, every bond, every currency, every commodity and more assets will be digitized and cryptographically secured on a blockchain. But, not only that: whoever is first to issue the digital currency

Buyout firms return to Italy despite fragile economy

Deal volumes in Italy were up 25% in 2019 year-on-year, with firms spending approximately €10bn on 161 transactions in 2019

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