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2020 will be a vintage year, says eFront

Capital calls are expected to fall in the short term but should pick up rapidly throughout the year as cash-rich PE funds begin bargain hunting, according to new research by eFront.   eFront, a financial software and solutions provider focused on alternative investments, has published a retrospective analysis of PE performance,

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Finding value in Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific’s private market attracted USD117 billion in net capital inflow in 2019, led predominantly by private equity where fund raising topped USD94 billion according to McKinsey’s Private Markets Review 2020. This represented a 25 per cent reduction year-on-year, led principally by closed ended real estate, which closed 2019 with

BGF posts strong 2019 annual results

BGF has reported strong investment and financial performance in its 2019 Annual Report and Accounts.BGF surpassed the GBP2 billion investment milestone and surpassed 300 companies backed in total during the year. Against the backdrop of ongoing Brexit uncertainty, BGF continued to remain very active in 2019 investing more than GBP200

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Covid-19 digital work mode is changing American firms, says survey

When the US emerges from Covid-19, 70 per cent of American c-suite execs and small business owners plan to hire fewer employees to perform the same amount of work, while only 4 per cent plan to hire more people than before the pandemic. According to a national survey of 3,500

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Shareholders may rue lowball bids from PE sponsors, says Activist Insight

Returning cash to shareholders or changing managers is likely to look less appealing in the current climate, while underwater shareholders may regret lowball bids from strategic acquirers or private equity sponsors, according to a new report by Activist Insight. The report, titled Covid-19: The impact on shareholder activism, explores some of

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Half of PE firms are now hiring based on video interviews, says PER

More than half of PE firms (52 per cent) are open to hiring people via video calls, according to an April survey by PE and venture capital recruitment firm PER. According to Rupert Bell, director of Dach at PER, there’s still a lot of interview activity going on in the

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