Île-de-France region received €3.1bn in investments between 2007 and 2015, against inner London’s €2.8bn Paris has emerged as Europe’s main venture capital hub in the last decade, overtaking London, according to a report by Invest Europe and the European...
Credit Suisse’s private fund group may be the most prominent placement agent business of all time — but recent Preqin data show it’s not the most active. It’s worth hiring a placement agent when raising capital for private funds, according to research from...
French private equity group Ardian has become the new anchor shareholder of German EWE, the regional utility said on Friday, in a deal sources said was worth up to 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion). Ardian, through its infrastructure arm, is buying a 26% stake in EWE...
Private equity needs places to put its money, but getting in bed with FIFA for an extended Club World Cup might make more enemies than friends. Soccer’s global body FIFA is looking for money and commercial acumen. The private equity industry thinks it might be a...
Cheap funds that tracked the US stock market over the past decade outperformed the 60 leading US university endowments, a group of sophisticated institutions that have championed more costly alternative strategies as a way to enhance returns. Many US universities... 