KKR-backed Calisen valued at £1.32bn in London IPO
The company set the price of its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange at 240 pence each
The company set the price of its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange at 240 pence each
The fifth fund is larger than its predecessor, which closed at $2.6bn in 2017
Firm aims to reward investors that write large checks early on with fee discounts
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
Credit Suisse has started general syndication of more than $5bn of debt funding EQT and Digital Colony’s acquisition of Zayo, one of last year’s largest LBOs. The dollar market will take the lion’s share of
The state’s second largest pension plans to update how it defines and measures diversity among its investment managers
VC deal value hit a record-breaking high of €32.4bn in 2019, according to PitchBook
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Europe witnessed an increase in the number of low-value venture capital (VC) deals (investment US$20-50m witnessed both volume and value growth in Q4 2019 compared to Q4 2018. The region saw
Fintech companies in the UK attracted $4.9bn in venture capital and private equity investment in 2019
The company, which is ‘in a start-up phase’ according to its accounts, was hired to run a fees disclosure system for the UK’s biggest public pension fund last year
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European venture capital (VC) deal value reached record highs with €32.4 billion total invested across 5,017 deals compared to €24.3 ($36bn) across 5,929 deals in 2018. All European regio...Article Link
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
2019 report from the Investor Forum points to growing disquiet over governance rules, while investors press for assurances chairs are doing their jobs
Larger than its predecessor, the vehicle will target small, non-auctioned secondary deals below €50m
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Public retirement systems managed to cut down their administrative and investment expenses and took other cost-efficiency measures in 2019, said a survey. The majority (62 percent) of survey p...Article Link
The launch comes at a time when an increasing number of people are leaving larger, established investment firms to set up their own businesses
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: North America continued to attract the highest number of venture capital (VC) investments and funding during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019 though the region experienced a dip in investments...Article Link
Firm executives respond to issues of transparency and public image at a Pennsylvania pension meeting
Funds that are listed on the stock market, but invest in private assets, are vulnerable to all kinds of conflicts — it is not clear they are regulated properly
Since the company listed in September last year it has seen its shares rise 93% above its listing price
