Global financial markets are now in a bottoming phase, and investors should start to add risk and sell the U.S. dollar, according to Morgan Stanley. The tightening of financial conditions has been fast and furious, caused by a slump in stock markets and a widening of...
SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is buying back up to $4.8 billion of its shares after their recent slump, a move that partially met the demand of activist fund Elliott Management but failed to soothe investors panicking from the coronavirus pandemic. The Paul Singer-led...
After a stellar 2019, the listed buyout group was more cautious in its 2020 forecast Partners Group, the Switzerland-listed private equity firm, has warned that the coronavirus outbreak will impact most of its exit activities, which will hit performance fees in the...
Market chaos opens way to cheaper assets but scarce financing likely to limit acquisitions A mix of fear and optimism is sweeping through the private capital industry. “I’m not happy about the people that are sick,” said a Wall Street executive, speaking from the...
Well, that was quite a week. And it looks like it’s going to be quite a year. The new coronavirus that first appeared in China nearly four months ago is now officially a pandemic, and the US is finally beginning to grapple in earnest with what could be the... 