19 Dec 2018
Fundraising environment is healthy but disconnected
Through the first six months of 2017, five private equity megafunds with USD5 billion or more in AUM did a final close, accumulating USD68…
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Using asset-based financing to optimise the capital structure
Through June 2018, the total amount of dry powder within global private equity stood at USD1.09 trillion; a vast sum, up from USD1.03…
14 Dec 2018
Volatile markets and high buyout pricing generate 82 per cent increase in risk analysis by institutional investors
Following massive deployment of private capital and recent volatile markets, CEPRES reports up to an 80 per cent increase in risk and…
12 Dec 2018
Opportunity Zone Funds present compelling investment case
When President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) last December, one of the key points that the media focused on was…
03 Dec 2018
Akram & Associates continues to focus on emerging managers and US family offices
The introduction of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in the United States last December has been keeping tax specialists and accountants…
28 Nov 2018
FCA backs increased cost disclosure for private equity
By Gareth Davies, Augentius – For the private equity industry, transparency has become the watchword: everyone wants more granular data,…
27 Nov 2018
Building bot frameworks with NLP technology
As discussed in the first part of our discussion with SEI on the potential of natural language processing (NLP) – click here to read – the…
09 Nov 2018
Surviving the winter of Chinese private equity
Following the initial boom of liberalisation, new restrictions are having a severe cooling effect on the nascent international Chinese PERE…
07 Nov 2018
Disclosure requirements for sustainable investments
By Arne Bolch, GSK Luxembourg – The 2016 Paris agreement on climate change as well as the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…
Added substance supports third party AIFM model
On 23 August 2018, Luxembourg’s regulator, the CSSF, published a Circular 18/698 which set out to codify the organisation, substance and…
Private equity exits critical in current environment
Private equity is sitting astride a mountain of dry powder, which currently stands at USD1.14 trillion according to Preqin*. Fund raising…
Apex primed to support UK fund managers post-Brexit
Since Brexit has become a reality, UK managers have been putting in place contingency to protect their businesses, creating opportunities…
Brexit as a digital catalyst
By Kavitha Ramachandran – Brexit is a major political disruptor and, despite the uncertainties, it brings tremendous opportunities. London…
Connecting the dots
Luxembourg’s Reserved AIF (RAIF) has completely changed the Grand Duchy’s alternatives marketplace, from a fund structuring perspective.…
Luxembourg has the toolbox for global distribution
Luxembourg continues to see net inflows of capital and is now the world’s second largest fund centre with, as of August 2018, EUR4.3…
