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Vista Equity’s boss credits diversity for his success in tech

Robert Smith says both the tech industry and private equity have a woman problem

AMB :- Private market assets under management grew by 10% in 2019

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private market assets under management (AUM) grew by 10 percent in 2019, and $4 trillion in the past decade, an increase of 170 percent, said a study. According to McKinsey's annual

Ethos makes legally-binding commitments after widespread criticism of $1.1bn .org deal

PIR has agreed to an extension to March 20 for Icann to review the deal

Founders of Blackstone-backed $6.9bn hedge fund to split up

Senator Investment Group’s growth was a boon for Blackstone, which had backed the firm in exchange for a share of its revenue

StepStone promotes four to partner

Opalesque Industry Update - StepStone Group, a global private markets investment firm, has named four new Partners. StepStone Partner and Co-CEO Scott Hart said, amp;quot;The other Partners and I could not be prouder to work

AMB :- Morgan Stanley buys E-Trade for $13bn in an all-stock deal

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: American multinational investment bank and financial services company Morgan Stanley is buying online broker E*Trade Financial Corp. in a $13 billion deal that will reshape the storied investm...Article Link

AMB :- Align Capital Partners races to a $450m hard cap close of its private equity fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: US-based private equity firm Align Capital Partners (ACP) has announced closing its second investment fund at $450 million, 12.5% higher than its target size of $400 million. ACP began raising...Article Link

Omers Private Equity appoints new global head as Redman steps down

Mark Redman, who has been global head of private equity since 2015, made a personal decision to leave the organisation

Carlyle explores PA Consulting sale

PA Consulting said it prefers another private equity buyer

LDC opens office in Newcastle eyeing growing opportunity in the North East

The decision follows the firm's plan to invest £1.2bn in UK mid-market businesses over the next three years

Private equity-backed grocery chains buckle

Three grocery chains have filed for bankruptcy within the first month of this year, and two of them are owned by private equity firms

The careerologist: Is the financial sector being cancelled?

As tech companies and consultancies attract a greater share of the top business school graduates, the financial services sector will need to rethink what the best candidates really want from their employer

Bahamas removed from EU blacklist

Opalesque Industry Update - BFSB and AIBT welcome the news of The European Union's Economic and Financial Affairs Council's complete removal of The Bahamas from its List of Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions for Tax Purposes, at their

Hedge funds end 2019 with second straight month of outflows

Opalesque Industry Update - The hedge fund industry experienced a second straight month of net outflows in December with nearly $29.0 billion in redemptions, up from November's $4.7 billion in outflows. December's redemptions represented 0.9%

AMB :- Pamlico Capital closes $1.4bn fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Pamlico Capital, a lower- to middle-market private equity firm based in Charlotte, closed its Pamlico Capital V (PC V) fund with $1.4 billion in commitments. The North American private equity...Article Link

AMB :- EagleTree Capital closes fifth buyout fund at $1.12bn

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: New York-based private equity investment firm EagleTree Capital closed lower-middle-market buyout fund EagleTree Partners V at $1.12 billion. ET V had an aggregate capital commitment of $1.11...Article Link

Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 0.14% in January

Opalesque Industry Update - The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.14% in January, ahead of the underlying equity market as represented by the MSCI ACWI (Local) which lost 0.90% over the same period. Global

Dell nears deal to sell cybersecurity business to private equity firm STG

Dell could announce a deal at more than $2bn as soon as Tuesday

HSBC to shrink investment bank and cut 35,000 jobs

UK bank plans to strip out $100bn in assets and cut $4.5bn in costs as part of an overhaul under interim CEO Noel Quinn

Freeing Baring Vostok’s founder Calvey wouldn’t mean Russia has turned business-friendly

The US-born businessman may soon be freed. If that is true, the end of a judicial case that many critics describe as another farce produced by the Russian criminal justice system would by no means

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