Alternative money managers have amassed some $2.1 trillion of cash, with about $700 billion of that concentrated in buyout strategies, Morgan Stanley said in a report published Wednesday. Shares of the money managers are trading at attractive levels, according to...
After approval from the National Bank of Spain, JZ International Fund III has backed a management buy-in to acquire 57% of Union Financiera Asturiana (UFASA), a leading independent consumer lender in Spain. The opportunity was sourced through JZ International’s own...
Gedesco Group, a Portfolio Company of JZ International, has raised Euro 300 M in financing via Gedesco Trade Receivables 2020-1 DAC, an Asset Backed Securitization to be listed on Euronext Dublin. This follows the recent private securitization of Euro 200 M via...
Tie-up will combine world’s second and third-largest insurance brokers Aon is to buy Willis Towers Watson for $30bn in an all-share deal that will combine the world’s second and third-largest insurance brokers into a new industry leader. The deal marks the latest...
“We think they’ll be more aggressive this time around,” EY predicts. Private equity firms won’t waste another crisis, EY predicts. If the pandemic pushes the economy into a recession, investment companies will put money to work a lot faster than they did during the... 