Pursuit of data providers has grown alongside demand for ever more granular financial information
Asda backer appoints Houlihan Lokey and Morgan Stanley to lead process for education group BPP
New Mountain Capital founder played minor role in brawl for RJR Nabisco — and spent rest of career avoiding deals like it
Sale of most of FairJourney Biologics means London-based owner GHO Capital realises close to 10-fold return
The $10.5tn money manager emphasises investor choice after a backlash to its advocacy for sustainable investing
Geopolitical risks dominate, along with worries about the UK market and the impact of elections
The lack of exit options for investments has forced some executives to reconsider more swashbuckling strategies
Asia may be worth another look, if you have an appetite for risk
Saba Capital founder argued funds underperformed competitors and traded at a discount to their asset values
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The bank hopes to take advantage of more settled political conditions in South Africa
Renewed optimism despite outflows from greener funds
Plus, troubles are brewing among loans favoured by private equity, and venture capital makes a big bet on defence tech
Bid just highlights the underperforming group’s discount to the value of its parts
The industry is at risk of overplaying the quality of its ‘human’ support
Central bank concerned that risks in sector backing 2mn UK private-sector employees could spill over to rest of economy
ETFs overseen by fund managers who pick stocks continue to gain ground on index followers
Plus, the M&A market’s budding comeback and ad group WPP turns down KKR’s takeover bid for its PR unit FGS Global
Labour wants to increase taxation of buyout bosses, who have amassed huge profits over the past two decades
Baader Bank fund to list in Frankfurt as battle of ‘white label’ platforms in Europe heats up
Silicon Valley investors Accel and Lightspeed part of latest fundraising round talks that would raise almost $500mn
Inclusion of country’s debt in major benchmark could fuel market volatility, analysts warn
Auction attracted some of the biggest names in private credit
Private equity group’s recent offer for FGS Global was knocked back by WPP for being too low
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