Private Equity Wire

APRIL 5, 2024

US institutional investors are offloading their private equity holdings at slashed prices, reflecting a broader trend of reducing exposure to the illiquid asset class, with pension funds and endowments leading the charge, according to a report by the Financial Times. The trend continued with 95% in 2022 and 73% in 2021.

Pension Funds 98

Pension Funds Mergers and Acquisitions Stakes Investors 98

The Motley Fool

APRIL 23, 2024

Roughly $7 million worth of cancels came from a single client event, a historic merger of two major global banks in Europe that affected us across index, ESG, and analytics. Just last week, we closed our acquisition of the London-based index provider, Foxberry. Turning to our other recent acquisitions.

Mergers and Acquisitions 130

Mergers and Acquisitions Hedge Funds Asset Management Banks 130

Pension Pulse

JANUARY 31, 2024

It is not monolithic and includes such varied enterprises as pension fund investment managers such as AIMCo , insurance companies, investment banks, broker dealers, hedge funds, mortgage investment companies – and still others.

Banks 59

Banks Pension Funds Financial Institutions Investing 59

The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And that was very important because when this was the dawning of what is now a big analyst program across the country in all banks and investment banks. And the entire merger department of Goldman Sachs in 1983 was 32 people. There was no m and a departments in any investment bank really until the very late seventies.

Private Equity Firms 69

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Mergers and Acquisitions Debt 69

The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

In fact, that was pre -merger with Manny Hanny and Chemical, and JP Morgan, and et cetera. They really weren’t in the investment banking business, and they looked at the opportunity there and said, gee, we should really have a high yield business and a financing business. KENCEL: It’s the investment banking affiliate.

Private Equity Firms 59

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Financing Finance 59

The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was between corporate law and investment banking. And so I joined Goldman in there, it was a 12-person merger department. So I joined Goldman and their merger department, but said, I’d like to be your LBO guy. You know, he’s a great entrepreneur, and it was a half a million-dollar investment from the firm.

Leveraged Buyouts 105

Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt 105

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 29, 2025

Last month, for example, one of our large asset manager clients launched a new ETF linked to an MSCI climate index with a record-breaking ceded investment of $2.4 billion from one of our large pension fund clients. We also completed large index deals with two of the world's top investment banks, which Baer will discuss shortly.

Asset Management 130

Asset Management Hedge Funds Assets Mergers and Acquisitions 130