BGF announcesis formally supporting The Diversity Project in its mission to accelerate progress in achieving a more inclusive culture in the investment and savings profession. As businesses start to emerge from the coronavirus crisis, BGF recognises that it is time to intensify efforts to create inclusive cultures and that diverse perspectives
By Susana Garcia-Robles, Venture Partner, Capria Ventures – Face masks and frequent hand-washing are the new routine. But how can a company be safer in the new normal? “Good contractual hygiene,” says Joe Wallin, principal at Seattle-based Carney Badley Spellman. In particular, companies should be sure to understand – and
The pandemic has made investors ask a different set of questions, and shown how a ‘hybrid-approach’ will increase efficiency in the new normal, according to Sebastian Junoy, speaking on the operational due diligence panel at the PEWlive event today (2 September).
By Natasha Head, business development manager, ManCo services & PERE, Maitland – The impact of Covid-19 on the global private equity market is uncertain. December 2019 concluded a very strong decade, a period of significant growth with overwhelming fundraising figures and outperformance of public markets. There was a bright path ahead:
By Deborah Ruff, Head of US & International Arbitration, Julia Kalinina Belcher, Counsel, and Charles H Golsong, Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP – On 22 May 2020, the Tribunal de Commerce of Paris ordered the insurance giant AXA France IARD SA to pay Maison Rostang, a Michelin-starred Parisian restaurant,
Pet owners’ love for their animals, along with the impact of Covid-19, are among the reasons private equity decision-makers feel bullish about the future of the animal care sector, according to a new survey of 100 industry leaders conducted by Katten.
Vital Capital has partnered up with the US Government’s Kenya Investment Mechanism to provide funding to Kenyan agri-businesses that have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Vital Capital is an impact investment private equity fund focused on companies in sub-Saharan Africa. “We are excited to launch this major collaboration to
London-based financial firms appear to be in no rush to have the majority of their staff back in the office, according to new research by Theta Financial Reporting. Only 800 of Goldman Sachs’s 6,000 London staff have returned, while fewer than 2,000 of the 12,000 at JP Morgan are back in the office,
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. In the short term, 33 per cent plan to increase their allocation to private credit and 28 per cent in 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.
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