Sovereign wealth funds have participated in $17 billion of venture capital deals so far this year, already more than the entirety of 2019, as their appetite for long-term investment appears undimmed by the coronavirus outbreak. The investments are against a backdrop...
Jim Barry is in fighting spirits even as the ferocious market rebound drains his pool of cheap investible assets. The chief investment officer at BlackRock Inc.’s alternative investment unit is looking to deploy some of his $23 billion cash war chest on...
In a controversial move, the Trump administration has granted PE firms access to $5.6 trillion in pension money. President Trump continued his four-year endeavour to shake up American systems by making private equity funds eligible for investment by 401(k)...
The value of mergers and acquisitions fell 50% in the first half from the year-earlier period to the lowest level since the depths of the euro-zone debt crisis, as the coronavirus pandemic brought global dealmaking to an abrupt halt. Every region was hit by the...
For the better part of a decade, private equity firms layered increasing amounts of leverage onto buyouts in a bid to amp up their returns. Tech Data Corp. appears to be one of the exceptions. Apollo Global Management Inc.’s $6 billion take-private of the distributor... 