All Private Equity articles – Page 7
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Trends in Private Market Investing
Sean Ward looks at the trends that are emerging across buyout managers and how this is impacting investor sentiment.
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European Private Equity Insights
Joana Rocha Scaff, Head of Europe Private Equity, delves into how European private equity firms are dealing with the crisis, best practices for investor communications and the importance of understanding the long and short term impact of the crisis.
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A View of the Private Equity Environment
Anthony Tutrone, Global Head of Alternatives, looks at private equity valuations through crises and the investment environment looking ahead.
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Protective and Proactive
Liquid alternatives and private market investors are proving their worth during the current turmoil.
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Are Private Equity Blowouts Good for Stock Investors?
There’s growing evidence that private equity markets are beginning to overheat after several high-profile IPO flops. Investors in stocks should pay attention because private funding troubles are also a very public market affair.
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Private Equity: Where LPs Need to Do Their Homework Now
From fund-life extensions to ESG and diversity efforts, limited partners (LPs) have no shortage of factors to consider when evaluating PE investments. Barings’ Elizabeth Weindruch provides first-hand insight into the latest challenges facing PE investors today.
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Core Matter: A Deeper Look into Financial Vulnerabilities
Almost ten years of record low interest rates have raised leverage in the non-financial sector as well as investors’ tolerance for riskier and less liquid instruments. As a result, the average quality of corporate debt has worsened. Credit risk has shifted away from banks to asset managers. Mutual funds’ ...
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Asset Manager News
SC Capital Partners announces US$850 Million for RECAP V Fund
SC Capital Partners Group (“SC Capital Partners”), a Singapore-based institutional real-estate investment management firm, today announced the final closing of its fifth discretionary real estate private equity fund, Real Estate Capital Asia Partners V L.P. (“RECAP V”). The total capital raising of $850 million comprises US$650 million of fund equity commitments, plus US$200 million of co-investment interest from existing RECAP V investors.
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Amplified: the social and economic story of Wellington Place
Intrinsic to our ability to generate positive impacts through RPI is the concept of meaningful place-making: urban places where people want to work and live, in which they take great civic pride, and which they want to support through social, economic, leisure and community-based activities.
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Generali’s Multi-Boutique Platform - Where specialization meets experience
One of the mainstays of the strategy announced by Generali Group is asset management enhancement, with the goal to integrate and strengthen its existing skills with new investment philosophies and cutting-edge strategies, thus making Generali Group a leader in both insurance and asset management.
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Intangible Assets: The Royal Opportunity Set
In this Q&A, Jon Rotolo, Barings’ Head of Private Equity / Real Assets, and David Jin, a Director within the Private Equity / Real Assets group, discuss why they believe pharmaceutical royalties present a particularly compelling investment opportunity.
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Responsible Returns: Better Stocks for a Better World
Many equity investors want to help create social benefits while generating strong returns. Achieving these twin goals requires a coherent investment approach. In this paper, we outline a process designed to effectively integrate environmental, social and governance factors in a sustainable equity strategy. Using stock examples, we demonstrate how to identify companies that support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and offer sources of long-term return potential.
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Amplified: Impactful intent – meaningful place-making
Responsible Property Investment (RPI) principles have been integrated throughout the Hermes Real Estate team’s activities since 2008.
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Private Equity: Emerging, Women & Diverse Managers
Amid increased competition and rich valuations, PE returns have continued to trend downward. In this interview, Barings’ Mina Nazemi discusses how allocations to emerging, women and diverse managers can potentially help combat this trend.
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Data infrastructure: an infrastructure or private equity play?
As the lines between infrastructure and private equity become increasingly blurred, the question of categorization - while topical - becomes more trivial. A more relevant consideration is to understand the risks around the cashflows of data infrastructure assets to ensure that the returns are commensurate.
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Asset Allocation Update: Strong earnings prompt US equities upgrade
Amid background noise such as ongoing trade skirmishes involving the US, the evolving Chinese economy and geo-political tensions, we have spent time analysing recent market movements and the implications for risk assets.
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Private Infrastructure: Building blocks for customizing portfolio risk and return
Private infrastructure investments offer institutions greater flexibility in customizing portfolios to achieve a desired risk-return profile.
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Daisuke Nomoto: Japan - more tailwinds than headwinds for 2018
With GDP on a sustained growth track, supported by structural reforms and the Bank of Japan’s accommodative monetary policy, we maintain a positive outlook for the region.
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Reaction: Italian election
The Italian election result looks messy, but we do not believe that the chances of Italy leaving the eurozone have gone up materially.