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Private-equity firm Sycamore Partners mulling Macy’s takeover bid

Private Equity Insights

Private-equity group Sycamore Partners is considering a potential bid to purchase department store chain Macy’s (NYSE:M), according to a report in the New York Post. billion take private bid from investing firm Arkhouse and hedge fund Brigade earlier this month. The report comes after Macy’s rejected a $5.8

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SEC suffers setback in bid to increase PE and VC fund oversight

Private Equity Wire

The SEC has suffered a major setback in its bid to increase oversight of the private equity and venture capital industry after a US appeals court threw out a new rule requiring managers to provide investors with fees and expenses each quarter.

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ICYMI / Politico: Court strikes down SEC overhaul of private equity, hedge fund rules, in blow to Gensler

American Investment Council

“A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down a sweeping overhaul of rules governing private equity firms and hedge funds, a big win for Wall Street groups pushing back against SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s agenda.” Today, POLITICO published an article highlighting the 5 th U.S.

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IMCO's CEO Bert Clark Bids Farewell to 2023

Pension Pulse

Bert also explains the main advantages IMCO and other large Canadian pension funds have, namely, large, stable capital inflows, ability to internalize asset management and use their size to negotiate lower fees, especially in private markets.

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Top Fund's Activity in Q1 2024

Pension Pulse

Carly Wanna and Carmen Reinicke of Bloomberg report hedge funds pump up exposure to Nvidia, cut AMD: Hedge funds continued to lean into the biggest technology companies leading the way in artificial intelligence as the hype propelled the US stock market higher in the first quarter of the year. and Microsoft Corp.

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Suyi Kim on What Drives Success at CPP Investments' Giant PE Portfolio

Pension Pulse

At C$146 billion, equivalent to a quarter of the entire C$575 billion pension fund for some 21 million Canadians and forecast to grow bigger every year, Kim leads a program that is also heading into unchartered territory. Most were on the fund's private equity team and were informed early last month, according to two of the people.

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Top Funds' Activity in Q2 2023

Pension Pulse

a barrel Gold futures were little changed Lu Wang of Bloomberg also reports hedge funds reload on shorts after rushing to unwind stock bet: Fast-money stock skeptics who got throttled in July are charging back undaunted. New York time The Nasdaq 100 fell 0.4% Currencies The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.1% to $25,873.07