Bobby Jain, founder and CEO of New York-based hedge fund firm Jain Global, said that hedge funds face growing competition from private credit firms for investor capital, on a panel at the UBS Singapore Family Wealth Forum on Thursday, according to reports.
Shareholders of Canadian payment platform Nuvei have approved a plan for the company’s acquisition by US private equity firm Advent International, valuing the deal at $6.3bn.
Avantia Law, a law firm specialising in investment compliance and contract review for private equity and asset management firms, has appointed Paul Gaskell as Chief Technology Officer.
Global fund, financial and corporate services provider Apex Group has appointed Katie Baxter as Head of Private Clients and Family Office.
Golden Goose Group, the Italian luxury sports brand owned by British private equity firm Permira, has postponed its much-anticipated Milan stock market listing just a day before the IPO was set to be priced, according to reports.
Global law firm Morgan Lewis has appointed Leonora Shalet as a global private investment funds partner, based in New York. In her new role, Shalet will advise investment funds and advisers on fund structuring, formation and ongoing operational needs.
MIT’s early-stage venture capital firm The Engine Ventures has raised $398m for its third fund, the largest to date, bringing the firm’s total AUM to more than $1bn.
Apollo Global Management has appointed Roger Kempink as a partner within its client and product solutions team, based in London. In his new role, Kempink will lead the alternative asset manager’s private credit strategies globally.
The board of Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK’s largest investment platform, has said it is willing to “unanimously recommend” a £5.4bn takeover offer from a consortium of private equity firms led by CVC Capital Partners, according to a report by the Financial Times.
The UK’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has indicated that the Labour Party will uphold favourable tax treatment for private equity executives in cases where fund managers invest their own capital, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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