A new survey by State Street Corporation reveals that the Covid-19 crisis has fuelled the appetite of insurers for alternative asset classes, particularly in private credit and private equity.
British Patient Capital comments on the British Business Bank’s Small Business Equity Tracker which reveals UK VCs currently have a record amount of dry powder ready to deploy.
Stephen Schwarzman, the Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, believes that companies will respond and diversify their supply chains, with the coronavirus lockdown exposing risks that previously might not have been factored in.
CEPRES is offering a Risk Analysis & Rating Dashboard on its platform to support LPs in understanding the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on their portfolios.
The coronavirus crisis and nationwide lockdown have given clarity on how to evaluate companies’ ability to tackle social issues, “crystallising” what the S in ESG stands for, according to Bas NieuweWeme, CEO of Aegon Asset Management.
High Net Worth private investors are ready and willing to provide small and medium-sized British businesses (SMEs) with the financial support they will need as they recover from the impact of Covid-19, reveals research by Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business.
Funds4Food is aiming to raise cash to aid relief efforts for victims of Covid-19 with two weeks of virtual one-on-one meetings between alternative asset managers and leading allocators in what is being described as the world’s largest cap intro event.
Liverpool-based funding provider MSIF is looking to further support and expand its offering to SMEs across the North West impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Simon Tilley (pictured) is a managing director at Stephens Europe and leads the European Financial Sponsors Group. He acts as a focal point for the firm's interactions with European private equity firms and the wider financial sponsors community.
By Troy Pospisil, founder and CEO, InCloudCounsel – The Covid-19 pandemic has had massive economic impacts across the globe, though the ultimate effect on business remains to be seen. What will likely become clear in time, though, is that the pandemic will have a substantial negative impact on private markets that extends to almost every corner of the economy.