AMB :- Ardian raises €3bn for latest private debt fund

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Ardian has raised €3bn for its latest European middle market private debt fund. The vehicle beat its €2.5bn target and is a billion larger than its predecessor fund which closed

UK’s largest pension fund to offer individual savers access to private markets

USS says it has worked out a way to let its DC savers invest in trophy assets such as Heathrow

iMaps Capital Markets launches its first actively managed Exchange Traded Instrument as retail public offering on Vienna Stock Exchange

Opalesque Industry Update - The first ETI (Exchange Traded Instrument) under the public offering issuance program of Liechtenstein 's iMaps ETI plc starts trading on the MTF of the Vienna Stock Exchange. The Haack Performance

Startup Governance

Posted by Elizabeth Pollman (University of Pennsylvania), on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Editor's Note: Elizabeth Pollman is Professor of Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School. This post is based on her article, recently published

UK MBA pulls bond for Warrington amid uncertainty following PWLB rate cut

The UK Municipal Bonds Agency on Tuesday withdrew a planned bond sale for Warrington Borough Council as a result of the Public Works Loan Board’s decision last week to cut its lending rate by 100bp.

Europcar restructuring steers clear of state-backed rescue loan

Europcar is one of the first large companies to restructure with a big state-backed Covid-19 rescue loan in its capital structure. But the planned scheme, proposed to creditors last week, leaves the guaranteed loan untouched,

Europcar restructuring steers clear of state rescue loan

Europcar is one of the first large companies to restructure with a big state-backed Covid-19 rescue loan in its capital structure. The planned scheme, proposed to creditors last week, leaves the guaranteed loan untouched, which

Libor administrator to consult on extending most dollar rates to 2023

ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA), the administrator for Libor, will consult on its intention to cease the publication of the majority of dollar Libor rates after the end of June 2023, 18 months later than

Geely’s Genius eyes fourth China ABS deal before year-end

Genius Auto Finance Co, a joint venture between Geely Automobile Holdings and BNP Paribas Personal Finance, is readying a Rmb4.04bn ($614m) Generation 2020-4 retail auto loan securitization. Pricing is expected later this week.

JD-backed Dada Nexus targets $522m from ADS follow-on

Chinese firm Dada Nexus has launched a follow-on offer of its Nasdaq-listed American depository shares (ADS). The deal could raise around $521.6m.

Greece readies 10 year tap while Berlin heads to long end

All eyes in the primary euro public sector bond market are fixed on the expected arrival of Germany's green Bund this week, but there were still some other deals announced on Tuesday. Greece is sticking

ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Roundtable Series – DIVERSITY

It&'s all about the data! But when it comes to diversity, the data is all there, but nobody acts on it. The asset management industry purports to be a meritocracy where companies, founders and investment

Approval of Conflicted Transactions in Publicly Traded Limited Partnerships

Posted by Gail Weinstein, Warren S. de Wied, and Steven Epstein, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Editor's Note: Gail Weinstein is senior counsel and Warren S. de Wied

Getting Tired of Your Friends: The Dynamics of Venture Capital Relationships

Posted by Qianqian Du (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and Thomas F. Hellmann (University of Oxford), on Monday, November 18, 2019 Editor's Note: Qianqian Du is Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Thomas

AMW :- Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds still largest alternatives investment but quickly giving up market share: hedge fund news, week 43

In the week ending November 15th 2019, a new study from Ernst amp;amp; Young (EY) found that hedge funds continue to make up the largest percentage of investorsamp;amp;' allocations to alternatives, but they are quickly

ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Roundtable Series – European Private Equity & Venture Capital

Venture capital has enjoyed a compound annual growth rate of 17% for the past five years and is projected to reach $1 trillion, making up then about one-third the combined PE and VC assets globally.However,

Episode 33 – The Digital Transformation Payoff

“Investors should talk about their digital investments more and sooner,” advises Suraj Srinivasan, Professor at Harvard Business School, who joins us to discuss his recent article titled ‘Investors Reward Companies That Talk Up Their Digital

ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Crypto Asset Pricing & Valuation Roundtable

Most insiders agree that the future growth of cryptocurrencies and digital assets largely depends on institutional adoption, and, of course, those type of investors must rely on fair value measurement of their assets. However, when

ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Roundtable Series – The Bahamas 2019

Like many other on- and off-shore jurisdictions, The Bahamas financial services industry had to tackle many different regulatory and legal initiatives over the last few years. However, instead of just passively reacting to global regulatory

Episode 28 – Data Science with Jike Chong

Data science already is, or will be, a key factor in the success of your investing. In this episode of The Private Equity Technology Podcast, we spoke with Jike Chong, Chief Data Scientist at Acorns,

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