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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. ” He said in a statement.
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The Menlo Park, California-based firm with offices in Miami, New York and Sao Paulo, tapped pensionfunds, hospital systems, foundations, endowments, fund of funds, insurance companies and family offices among other investors, according to a statement.
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We are thrilled to be entering into this partnership, on behalf of our pensionfund client ABP and Asset Owner Partners, and we are eager to work closely with the euNetworks team as they continue to develop and further their strategic vision.” Billion Loan for AirTrunk Bid Private equity firm Blackstone Inc.
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James Hirai of Bloomberg reports Dutch pensionfunds send shockwaves through euro swap market: Dutch pensionfunds are plowing cash into long-dated swap contracts, according to strategists, upending one of this year’s most popular trades. The funds, by far the region’s largest with more than €1.5 in a client note.
Consequently, no shareholders provided further funding to Thames Water and the value of OMERS Thames Water investment has now been written off,” said James Thompson, a spokesperson for OMERS Infrastructure, in an e-mailed statement Friday. Another major Canadian pensionfund, British Columbia Investment Management Corp.
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