Smart City-focused Venture Funds Worth $160M Launched In Singapore
The funds are Singapore-based GBCI Ventures' $100-million smart city fund and CleanGrid Partners' $60-million clean energy fund. The post Smart city-focused venture funds worth $160m launched in Singapore appeared first on DealStreetAsia.
Veterans Of Global Public Real Estate Form Strategic Alliance With Jaguar Growth Partners And Hwa Hong Corporation
NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The management team of Northwood Securities, a global listed property fund manager, is pleased to announce the formation of Jaguar Listed Property ("JLP" or the "Firm"). With substantial minority equity investments from strategic partners Jaguar Growth Partners ("JGP" or "Jaguar") of New York and Hwa Hong Corporation Limited ("Hwa Hong") of Singapore, the newly-reconstituted independent asset management firm will continue to manage all of the institutional and private accounts and strategies established by its predecessor Northwood Securities, previously affiliated with Northwood Investors.
Pe Firms Circle Acuris Sale: Financial Times
The owner of Mergermarket, which is up for sale, has drawn interest from private equity firms including Hellman & Friedman and Advent International in the U.S., as well as Apax Partners and EQT in Europe, the [...]
Huron Capital Expands Management Company By Hiring Top Operating Executive Leaders
DETROIT, Jan. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading lower-middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital announced today that former Herman Miller CEO Brian C. Walker is joining the firm as an operations-oriented partner in charge of strategic leadership at the portfolio company level....
Slaughters Joins Two Us Firms On PS3.3bn Apollo Acquisition Of Plastics Company | Legalweek
The private equity giant has acquired Europe's largest plastic packaging company. : For enterprise-wide or corporate enquiries, please contact Paul Reeves on Preeves@alm.com or call on +44 (0) 203 875 0651 Hannah joined Legal Week in May 2018 after finishing her degree at Kingston University. Her areas of focus are corporate, M&A, private equity and restructuring at UK and City-based US law firms. "Routine, everyday activities, like meetings and even emails, are all susceptible to improvement through lean thinking and application."
Best Office Markets For Opportunity Zone Investment | National Real Estate Investor
Investors have to keep in mind that to reap full tax benefits, the value of capital improvements has to match the value of the initial purchase price.
Amp Capital Launches Global Direct Investments Team
AMP Capital has set up a dedicated team to help institutional investors, including pension funds, invest in infrastructure through direct equity allocations.
Gundlach Keeps Twitter Account Open After Activity Deemed 'innocuous'
Jeffrey Gundlach, one of the world's best-known hedge fund managers, will not delete his Twitter account after all. : Jeffrey Gundlach, one of the world's best-known hedge fund managers, will not delete his Twitter account after all. In a tweet late Tuesday night, the DoubleLine Capital founder said the company "has concluded certain potentially suspicious activity was in fact innocuous. Therefore I will not be suspending my account." Gundlach tweeted on Sunday he was deleting his Twitter profile amid "suspicious activity." Gundlach has used his account to express his thoughts on taxes, financial markets and specific companies.
Hedge Fund Veteran Joins Dynamic Beta Investments As Coo
Hedge fund advisory firm Dynamic Beta investments (DBi), a specialist in the liquid alternatives market, has expanded its management team with the appointment of former AQR Global Head of Execution Douglas Cilento as Chief Operating Officer.
Dog Cancer Treatment Startup Raises $5M From Andreessen Horowitz And Others - Techcrunch
One in every three dogs gets cancer, according to the National Canine Cancer Foundation. OneHealth, a startup that just raised a $5 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz's Bio fund with participation from Lerer Hippeau and Y Combinator, aims to make it easier for humans to treat canine cancer, which is the number one disease killer [...]
Ray Dalio Says Us Tax Changes Will Have 'huge' Impact On Markets
Dalio says potential changes to the tax code will be "a bigger market-influencing issue than people now realize. ": DAVOS, Switzerland -- Raising taxes on wealthy Americans in response to the defining issue of our time -- income inequality -- could have huge and unintended consequences on markets, according to billionaire Ray Dalio, founder of the world's biggest hedge fund. Dalio, who runs $160 billion at Bridgewater Associates, believes the political reaction to the yawning gap between the haves and have-nots will likely determine who wins the 2020 presidential election.