Silver Lake Invests in Loeb Vehicle to Back Global Blue Deal

Silver Lake Invests in Loeb Vehicle to Back Global Blue Deal

Silver Lake has built up a 12% holding in Far Point Acquisition Corp., the blank-check company backed by Daniel Loeb’s Third Point, to help push through a merger with its portfolio company Global Blue, a filing showed Wednesday. Silver Lake is the controlling...
BlackRock to flag climate concerns at ExxonMobil AGM

BlackRock to flag climate concerns at ExxonMobil AGM

BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, will lodge multiple votes against ExxonMobil at its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday as it flags concern over the oil company’s failure to make progress on its climate change targets. BlackRock will vote against the...
Carlyle Spins Out African Team as It Ends Plans for New Fund

Carlyle Spins Out African Team as It Ends Plans for New Fund

Carlyle Group Inc. is spinning out its sub-Saharan African team to a new company formed by the managers of its $700 million regional fund, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The alternative asset manager is hiving off the fund after deciding...
New Jersey allocates up to $225 million to private equity

New Jersey allocates up to $225 million to private equity

The New Jersey Division of Investment, which makes investments for the New Jersey Pension Fund, Trenton, committed up to $225 million to private equity funds for the pension fund. The division made the disclosure at a meeting Wednesday of the State Investment Council,...