USS CIO Simon Pilcher: ‘We got a lot done in a difficult market environment’
The head of investments at the UK’s largest pension fund on coping with crisis, bond market dislocations and recruitment plans
The head of investments at the UK’s largest pension fund on coping with crisis, bond market dislocations and recruitment plans
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ventured out to raise its largest ever bond linked to the secured overnight financing rate (Sofr) this week in what otherwise a thin week for issuance in dollars.
US and Asia-based early stage investor DCM Ventures has closed its biggest family of funds to date by hauling in $880m across a pair of new vehicles. The committed capital includes $780m for DCM IX, its
Rethink Impact, one of the largest impact venture firm dedicated to backing female tech entrepreneurs, has hit a $182m final close for its sophomore fundraise.
Three largest buyers of GP-stakes are raising a combined $19bn but the number of potential targets is dwindling
The European Leveraged Finance Association has called for better transparency in high yield covenant packages, arguing that clarity is crucial for pricing risk. The call comes soon after one of the largest covenant climb-downs in
The British Business Bank has made its largest commitment to date from its £500m managed funds programme, by committing to a pair of LGT Capital Partners fundraises.
Pictet Alternative Advisors has raised more than $1.16bn for the final close of Monte Rosa V, its latest in a series of diversified, multi-manager private equity fund of funds.
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private equity portfolio companies are largely weathering the storm caused by the coronavirus crisis, new research from risk management firm Willis Towers Watson shows. The report revealed tha...Article Link
Private equity portfolio companies are largely weathering the storm caused by the coronavirus crisis, new research from risk management firm Willis Towers Watson shows.
In this round up, China records a trade surplus in July that exceeds expectations by a large margin, the central bank reviews the monetary policy from the second quarter and sets a direction for the
Watco Companies, a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital, has agreed to acquire the short line rail assets and related equipment of six North American manufacturing sites from Dow Chemical. Watco is a provider of transportation
The second-largest German lender is in the midst of a deep overhaul but solid financial performance remains elusive
Fundraising has remained strong as buyers raise ever larger capital pools
Mosaic Ventures and Y Combinator have helped regtech platform Veriff close its latest funding round on $15.5m.
In response to the disruption and forced show closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has filed for protection from creditors in Canada – under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement
Belmar Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy and a portfolio company of Webster Equity Partners and MedEquity Capital, has acquired APS Pharmacy. Compounding pharmacies combine, mix, or alter one or more ingredients to create a medication that
According to Datasite, over the next five years new technologies, including artificial intelligence, will transform the mergers and acquisitions process by decreasing the time it takes to perform due diligence to less than a month
Carlyle has agreed a $235m investment in the data centre unit of India's largest integrated telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel.
