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IK closes largest fund to date at nearly €3bn hard cap

The fund will look to initially invest equity of €50m to €200m

Silver Lake buys stake in Daniel Loeb’s blank check company to push through Global Blue deal

Silver Lake and Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point are now the largest shareholders of Far Point

How the Coronavirus pandemic influenced hedge fund flows in April

Opalesque Industry Update - Investors redeemed an estimated $18.1 billion from hedge funds in April. Outflows follow March's large redemptions further pushing YTD flows negative, now estimated at $31.1 billion YTD. Performance lifted overall AUM

KKR Commits $1 Billion to Form Data Center Platform Global Technical Realty

New platform to build and operate data centers for large technology clients across Europe as demand for data continues to grow NEW YORK & LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2020-- KKR, a leading global investment firm,

Shareholder activists are tearing up their traditional playbook

The tools that once boosted returns at target companies have become impossible to use in the current context of sinking valuations and the continuing massive government intervention in the world’s largest economies

Ares targets €9bn for latest European debt fund

Ares Capital Europe V could be the largest commingled fund in the company’s history, according to Ares CEO and president Michael Arougheti

Private Equity Didn’t Help

J. Crew, Neiman Marcus and some other retailers facing bankruptcy after the pandemic have a common problem: large debt loads from leveraged buyouts.

Sponsors mull cost of turning to state support schemes

With leveraged companies largely shut out of central bank bond buying and price support schemes, sponsors are mulling government-backed lending schemes in several European countries, as they seek to show other creditors that they have

China stuns market by halting Ant IPO at the eleventh hour

The Shanghai Stock Exchange stunned the market on Tuesday by halting Ant Group’s $34bn IPO, set to be the largest listing in history, just two days before the company’s planned stock market debut. The extraordinary

Alibaba Health nets $1.3bn from record healthcare follow-on

Alibaba Health Information Technology has sealed Hong Kong’s largest primary follow-on in five years, navigating concerns over high valuations to increase the size of the deal to HK$10bn ($1.29bn).

Executive Compensation Considerations in PIPE Transactions

Posted by Adam J. Shapiro and David E. Kahan, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Thursday, April 30, 2020 Editor's Note: Adam J. Shapiro and David E. Kahan are partners at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &

Barclays CEO says large City offices may be a ‘thing of the past’

Barclays boss Jes Staley said the bank is re-thinking its location strategy as coronavirus shifts work-at-home practices

BlackRock unit to increase its stake in US cybersecurity company Cofense

Cofense provides cybersecurity services to large US corporations and multiple branches of the US government

World’s largest finance firms consider shrinking offices due to coronavirus crisis

The pandemic has forced City companies to change their working practices, some changes could stick

COVID-19 crisis shifts hedge fund flows negative in March

Opalesque Industry Update - Investors redeemed an estimated $24.1 billion from hedge funds in March. Outflows offset Jan/Feb allocations shifting YTD flows to negative $8.0 billion, said eVestment. Large performance losses resulted in total industry

HPS Investment Partners closes second European asset value fund at $1.5bn

The New York-based firm's vehicle is larger than its predecessor, which amassed $900m in 2017

Deal hungry bankers chase Saudi Arabian cash

M&A has largely dried up across Europe, the Middle East and Africa — but Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is still doing deals

AMB :- Real estate investors target larger fund commitments in the year ahead

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private real estate funds investors appear to be making some changes in their approach to real estate investing in the coming year, revealed a study by Preqin. Although the level of

UK chancellor expands coronavirus loan scheme to cover large businesses

The chancellor announced the extension ahead of the schemes official UK-wide roll out next week

The Impact of COVID19 on Shareholder Activism

Posted by Keith Gottfried and Sean Donahue, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, on Sunday, April 12, 2020 Editor's Note: Keith Gottfried and Sean Donahue are partners at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. This post is based on a

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