Pexco, a specialty plastics extruder and a portfolio company of AEA Investors, has acquired Exlon Extrusion. Exlon is an extruder of plastic tubing with a specialization in high-performance polymer products including custom and proprietary lines
The S&P 500 has now rallied +41% in ten weeks. This rally is greater in percent terms than the -36% plunge that took place in 5 weeks and has taken place during some of the
The Universities Superannuation Scheme, which manages £68bn in retirement savings for 400,000 academics, announced its first-ever “exclusions” in a statement on 1 June
The fund will look to initially invest equity of €50m to €200m
Silver Lake and Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point are now the largest shareholders of Far Point
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
The SEC’s order alleges that in 2016, Ares invested several hundred million dollars of debt and equity in a publicly traded US company, which the SEC didn’t name
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,
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
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The five most active investors in US venture capital are pension funds. US venture capital attracts a range of investors, and almost a quarter are located outside of North America, said
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: US-based Spectrum Equity has raised a $1.5 billion new fund - Spectrum Equity IX - to invest in startups that are in their growth stage. The growth equity firm providing capital
Ares Capital Europe V could be the largest commingled fund in the company’s history, according to Ares CEO and president Michael Arougheti
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: US-based venture capital funds have posted strong performance over the past decade, said a study. According to Preqin and the First Republic update of Q1 2020, the US-based venture capital fu...Article
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canadian venture capital (VC) disbursements reached a historical high in 2019, completing 642 financings totaled $7.263 billion, up 28% and 48% respectively, said a study. According to CPE An...Article Link
Klikpojisteni.cz operates in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and offers clients the ability to compare prices for non-life and life insurance products
The government's new guidance on the Future Fund says investors must apply for funding through the scheme, rather than start-ups
About $10bn worth of venture debt deals were made this year as of 21 April, a pace set to eclipse the roughly $25bn in such deals last year
Opalesque Industry Update - Global venture capital funding has dropped by 20 percent since the onset of the crisis in December 2019. The drop, however, is far from evenly distributed, said a study titled 'The
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Despite COVID-19 disrupting business operations, the number of US-based venture capital funds in the market has surpassed 1,000 for the first time in April, 2020. According to the Preqin, at ...Article
Some argue that smaller, private companies may emerge with the most effective treatments, not publicly traded companies
