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The year 2022 saw unprecedented level of sanctions imposed on Russia, as well as new and expanded sanctions controls targeting old foes like China and Iran. While the fund sector has become accustomed to the new normal, a new dawn of economic controls looms on the horizon.
James Rasteh, founding partner of Coast Capital, had a compelling choice of jurisdictions when he made the decision to relocate from the United States to earlier this year. But there was no doubt in his mind the Cayman Islands had more to offer than any other location he considered.
If you’re a regular HedgeWeek reader, you probably already know that the Cayman Islands is the world’s number one domicile for alternative investment funds. At Cayman Finance, it’s our job to help ensure it stays that way.
Private Equity Wire has announced the winners of the Private Equity Wire US Emerging Manager Awards 2023, which recognise excellence among private equity emerging fund managers and service providers.
Transaction quality is now critical in the private equity world, given the current environment. Regulation is also bringing about change. Richard Daggett, co-head of Ogier’s global private equity team, describes the way the private equity landscape has been shifting and the impact regulation is having on managers’ choice of domicile.
Private equity firm TPG is considering selling its Singapore-based healthcare company TE Healthcare Partners and is seeking a valuation of almost $1 billion for the business, according to a report by the Edge.
S&P Global Market Intelligence says bankruptcy court filings by private equity-owned portfolio companies have surged so far this year and are on track to more than double the number seen in 2021 and 2022, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Private equity deal value in Asia Pacific plunged 44% year-on-year to $198 billion in 2022, ending two years of record dealmaking, according to Bain & Company’s Asia Pacific Private Equity Report 2023.
A group of National Football League owners wants private equity firms and other institutional investors to be allowed to buy stakes in their clubs and is planning to lobby for a change to ownership rules, according to a report by Bloomberg.
JP Morgan has appointed Alex Bell as a partner on the sustainable investment team within the JP Morgan Private Capital group. Bell, who joins from Tikehau Capital, has nearly two decades of private equity experience.
Bell spent about a year at Tikehau as head of the firm’s North American private equity climate practice, and prior to that more than four years at Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, where he helped start a CAD500 million platform that invests in late-stage venture and early-growth private equity opportunities in energy transition, sustainable food and agriculture and industrial decarbonisation.
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