Managers
Apollo Global Management Inc is planning to continue increasing its headcount the UK and Europe as it looks to capitalise on a boom in private credit activity in the region, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Alternative fund managers are optimistic about the next 18 months, with almost all (98%) confident about launching new funds and eight in ten (81%) expecting fundraising to be higher in the next next year and a half than in the previous 18 months, according to new research form Ocorian.
Some 69% of fund managers are cautiously optimistic stating they are expecting to see a slightly higher level of fundraising, whereas 12% believe it will be dramatically higher. Just 18% say it will be about the same and 1% say it will be lower.
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In a sign that stock market valuations are not expected to regain their previous highs anytime soon, private equity firms are increasingly selling shares in portfolio companies at a discount to their IPO prices, according to a report by The Financial Times.
Relations between limited partners and general partners are in a state of flux amid ongoing economic volatility, according to a new report from Barnes & Thornburg, which draws on insights from a survey of 125 LPs, GPs, and service providers across the private funds landscape.
The 2023 Investment Funds Outlook Report which covers the evolving relationship between LPs and GPs as the latter compete for investor capital, examines the private funds outlook for several key sectors, including cryptocurrencies, life sciences, and real estate private equity (PE), and finds that GP will need to find innovative ways to attract LP dollars
CoVenture, an alternative asset management firm focused on direct credit opportunities and credit-oriented investments in early and late-stage companies, has made two new female additions to its team – Dalia Bauman as a vice president in the hybrid capital team, and Molly Cline as an associate on the capital formation team.
Chase Coleman’s technology-focused investment manager Tiger Global is exploring options to cash in a part of its $40 billion portfolio of privately held companies through secondary market sales, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Emerging alternative investment managers are prioritising the acquisition of top talent, and investments in third-party data providers and technology platforms as they look to grow their businesses in 2023, according to a new report by alternative investments fintech Dynamo Software.
A steep decline in asset sales from its private equity portfolio, coupled with lower transaction fees, saw KKR & Co Inc’s after-tax distributable earnings fall 26% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, according to a report by Reuters.
With higher interest rates, ongoing geopolitical tensions, and market volatility all negatively impacting deal-making, KKR along with other including private equity firms including Bain Capital, Blackstone Inc, and Carlyle Group Inc, exited fewer investments during the first three months of the year, with the firm’s after-tax distributable earnings – the cash available for paying dividends to shareholders – falling to $719.3
A $12.7 billion venture capital fund set up by New York-based hedge fund Tiger Global Management in October 2021 to support tech startups, has been hit hard by a decline in tech sector valuations with the fund suffering a 20% net loss as of December last year, according to reports.
Portfolio company valuations in the global private equity market remain at an elevated level meaning companies are having problems exiting their investments, according to Edwin Conway, global head of BlackRock Alternatives.Â
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