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Private equity funds have been slow to adjust their valuations to volatile public comparables in 2022. As end-December NAVs are reported, that could be about to change.
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In an M&A market where deal multiples are contracting, private equity managers are heralding to return to more authentic methods of value creation.
Intel
Point Blank Enterprises Inc, a maker of body armour, holsters, shields and other ballistic protection products, and a portfolio company of private equity firm JLL Partners, is in talks over a merger with blank-cheque firm Schultze Special Purpose Acquisition Corp II, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Intel
Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, has completed its acquisition of a controlling interest in Arcmont Asset Management, a European private debt investment manager, which will partner with Nuveen’s Churchill Asset Management to create Nuveen Private Capital, one of the world’s largest global private debt managers.
Intel
Apollo Global Management has entered into negotiations to acquire US-based aluminium products maker Arconic Corp, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, with Arconic’s shares soaring by 19.8% in afternoon trading on Tuesday as news of the potential deal first broke.Â
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Variable cost models are on the rise as PE firms remain cautious about increasing head count in uncertain times. This prudence is also resulting in the further growth of outsourcing as firms aim to manage cost and improve efficiency. Due diligence is becoming increasingly demanding and stringent, with cybersecurity concerns taking centre stage.
Special Report
Despite the devastation it caused across the financial industry, the crypto winter resulting from the fall of FTX helped highlight the rigour of Gibraltar’s legislation around the way client assets are segregated and protected.
Special Report
2022 was certainly an eventful year for the fintech sector, including for specialist funds. Globally, jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, have felt a shift within the sector – in large part caused by the shockwaves from the FTX collapse. The past year has set the tone for 2023 and forced jurisdictions worldwide to plan long-term solutions to maintain customer trust. It is a dynamic space that can certainly be difficult to keep up with.Â
Special Report
The Dual Regime in Gibraltar has given the jurisdiction a number of post-Brexit freedoms many in the UK funds industry will look at with envy. In tandem, the formal realisation of the Gibraltar Authorised Regime (GAR) will provide the domicile with a unique opportunity, compared to other European fund centres, as it builds out market access with the UK.
Special Report
Gibraltar’s geographic position makes it strategically important. That is also the case in the context of financial services. Gibraltar left the European Union with United Kingdom and is now the only jurisdiction in the world that continues to have a common market with the United Kingdom, but there is more that Gibraltar offers fund managers.Â
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