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New York State and New York City pensions funds can now increase the allocations they make to alternative investments asset classes including private equity and hedge funds following the signing of a new bill by Governor Kathy Hochul, according to a report by Bloomerg.
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Hipgnosis Song Management, an investment entity backed by Blackstone, is closing in on a deal to acquire Canadian pop star Justin Bieber’s music rights for $200 million, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Private equity managers face a number of challenges relating to data – namely issues around aggregation, analysis, security and delivery. Smart deployment of technology solutions can help alleviate these pressures.
“Having access to time-saving and risk-reducing technology will continue to play an important role in the success of PE managers,” says Jill Calton, executive director of Alternative Investments at UMB Fund Services, Inc., “The most relevant services and solutions include onboarding investors, clearing regulatory hurdles related to AML efficiently and effectively, maintaining data in a secure and standardised format, and the ability to utilise that data for analytics and reporting.”
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Private equity giant KKR & Co Inc has revealed plans to acquire Japanese drug developer Bushu Pharmaceuticals from BPEA EQT, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, according to a report by Reuters.
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Global private equity investor Advent International is to acquire Maxar Technologies, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, in an all-cash transaction that values Maxar at an enterprise value of approximately $6.4 billion.
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Private investment house Ardian has formed a new $2.1 billion private equity partnership with Mubadala Capital, the asset management arm of $284 billion Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company.
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Insight Partners is considering selling Community Brands, a provider of software applications for donations, peer-to-peer fundraising, admissions and events, for up to $2 billion, including debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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sotus 861, a holding company controlled by EQT Private Equity’s EQT X fund, and supported by co-investors Mubadala Investment Company and the Sixth Cinven Fund, has launched a voluntary public takeover offer for all outstanding shares of va-Q-tec AG.
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Loan defaults in 2023 are not predicted to match previous recessions, but a disproportionate amount will come from private equity-owned companies. Cov-lite structures should give them an upper hand in negotiations…
Corporate loan defaults are slowly ticking up and are expected to rise to around 5% in the US and Europe during 2023 – still far below the peak of the global financial crisis.
Nevertheless, as growth slows and interest rates have increased, a wave of debt restructuring among private equity-backed companies is expected to build. Over the past 12 months, a growing number of private equity funds have been
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