Leaking information on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals before any public announcement of the transaction added an extra USD21 million to the average value of the leaked in 2016, according to new research from Intralinks. In addition to evidence of higher valuations for M&A deals that leak, the 2017 Intralinks
Managers need to know what their investors want – make that expect – from their fund managers. To find out, Intralinks, a Synchronoss Business, partnered with Global Fund Media to conduct an in-depth global survey of LPs, for candid insights into the ways they view their GPs. Get a sneak
Sustainability solutions provider South Pole Group has sold its subsidiary Climate Neutral Investments (CNI) to Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS), a provider of end-to-end corporate governance and responsible investment solutions to the financial community. Back in 2010, South Pole Group was one of the frontrunners in calculating carbon emissions of
As alternative investments become more mainstream, information about investment vehicles, underlying assets and other risk management data has become more important to investors, but best practices around transparency requirements are lagging behind the demand, according to a survey released today by Northern Trust. The independent survey of 200 asset managers
Investment Metrics, a provider of performance measurement, investment analytics, risk attribution, market intelligence and reporting software to the investment management industry, has secured a significant equity investment from Resurgens Technology Partners and HarbourVest Partners. The new partnership will enable Investment Metrics to make continued investments in its existing solutions and
PEFOX, a private equity secondaries advisor headquartered in London, has released the second generation of its PEFOX Library software. The Library was first launched in early 2016 and provides investors with access to a database of current and historic secondaries pricing data on one hundred major private funds globally. This
Ledgex Systems, a provider of portfolio and research management solutions for the alternative and institutional investment industries, is partnering with Allocator to provide clients streamlined and standardised access to fund information. With Allocator, data is gathered from more than 3,700 funds and standardised so investors have a defined process to
Alternative investments have become increasingly mainstream in recent decades, but particularly since the financial crisis, the industry has placed renewed emphasis on transparency and governance when it comes to hedge, private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and other alternative funds. Working with the Economist Intelligence Unit, Northern Trust asked 200+ alternatives
A new survey of global asset managers and institutional investors, sponsored by Northern Trust, would suggest that alternatives have become mainstream. With this, asset managers are facing demands from investors for an increased level of transparency that more closely aligns with that provided for traditional long-only funds. The survey was
M&A is a favoured tool for activists, with 47 per cent of M&A activism since 2010 explicitly directed at pushing for the sale or acquisition of the target company, according to a report from Activist Insight and Kingsdale Advisors. Yet the report, which provides a broad overview of the
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