As the relentless bull market march in equities continues, alarm bells are ringing in many bear camps around the world, says Peter Garnry (pictured), head of equity strategy, Saxo Bank. The talk is that equities are overvalued and many different indicators such as P/E Shiller and market capitalisation to GDP
CAN Capital has secured USD33m in funding led by Meritech Capital Partners with increased participation and ownership from existing investor Accel Partners. Meritech and Accel were joined in the funding round by Ribbit Capital and QED Investors. Nigel Morris, managing partner at QED, also serves as vice chair of
Apollo Global Management has held the final close of its current flagship private equity fund, Apollo Investment Fund VIII, with USD17.5bn of commitments from third party investors. Fund VIII will seek to continue Apollo’s history of value-oriented and contrarian private equity investing to achieve superior risk-adjusted rates of return across
The Riverside Company has completed the fundraising for its latest fund, Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund VI (RCAF VI), at USD1.5bn, 50 per cent above its USD1bn target. This makes it the largest fund in the 25-year history of the global private equity firm dedicated to the smaller end of the
Commonfund has released a new white paper, “Alternatives Reality: What to Expect from Future Allocations”, by Verne O Sedlacek, the firm’s president and chief executive. The paper explains why alternative strategies, especially private equity, venture capital and hedge funds, have been successful in increasing institutions’ portfolio returns and reducing risk
It is difficult to get excited about the “MINT” (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey) concept, says Kunal Ghosh (pictured), manager of the Allianz BRIC Stars fund… As with BRICs, the MINT concept is based on demographics and how the mindset and behaviour of people in these countries will evolve. But the number
Monroe Capital has closed the Monroe Capital Senior Secured Direct Loan Fund, a USD500m leveraged loan fund that will invest in senior debt transactions originated and underwritten by Monroe Capital. The fund was closed above its USD400m target. Loan types include senior secured, cash flow and enterprise value based senior
Luca Paolini (pictured), Chief Strategist at Pictet Asset Management, explains why markets will enter a new phase in 2014… In our view, 2014 will see markets enter a distinct new phase, one in which central bank liquidity – for so long a hugely positive influence on investor sentiment – will
Nordic Capital has closed the Nordic Capital Fund VIII at its hard cap of EUR3.5bn (USD4.8bn). Investor demand exceeded the fund target by nearly 30 per cent. The new fund will build on the strategy executed by Nordic Capital’s prior seven funds, investing in mid-market companies with strong market
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