Agecroft Partners HF Industry Predictions for 2015
hDon is the Founder and Managing Partner of Agecroft Partners, a global hedge fund consulting and marketing firm. Agecroft Partners has won 23 industry awards as the Hedge Fund Marketing Firm of the Y...
EMEA Private Equity Market Snapshot
S&P Capital IQ’s EMEA Private Equity Market Snapshot authors, Silvina Aldeco-Martinez, Paul Bishop and Ian Hazard discuss trends in the EMEA Private Equity market during the first half of 2014, drilling down in particular to look at the recent growth in the Spanish market and the decline in the French market. This issue also looks at the increased interest Asian private equity investors have shown in acquiring EMEA target companies since the financial crisis, and discusses some of the potential driving forces behind this trend.
O’Flynns to Pursue Blackstone in Irish Courts
The O’Flynn construction group has set out “a good arguable case” entitling it to pursue global private equity fund Blackstone over an alleged conspiracy to take over key companies in the Cork-based ...
PE Contributed $2.25M to Rauner's Campaign
People with close ties to the private equity and venture capital industries had contributed more than $2.25 million to former GTCR partner Bruce Rauner ’s Illinois gubernatorial campaign as of Sept. ...
Vanguard Matches Entire Hedge Fund Industry With $3T In Assets
An asset manager selling index funds from a leafy suburb of Philadelphia now has about the same amount of assets under management as the entire hedge fund industry....
The Good Thing About Inflation: Real Estate Tends to Track With It
Interest rates, unemployment, inflation, supply/demand, and a ton more, are factors affecting bazillions of daily decisions made by families, businesses of all sizes and in all industries....
7 Things Top VCs Do Differently
Just like every other industry, there are the middle-of-the-pack venture capitalists, and then there are those at the top of their game. Not all VCs are the same, and the difference between a B-liste...
China's Tencent WeChat App Targets U.S. Users - China Real Time Report
WeChat, a smartphone messaging app from China, is trying to expand in the U.S. market with a newly launched promotional campaign. ...
Hedge Fund Industry Figures Total Assets Increased by 13% This Year, Distressed Debt Holds the Largest Increase
New York (HedgeCo.Net) - Total assets in the hedge fund industry increased by almost 13% during the year to breach the $2.0 trillion mark, Eurekahedge reports today....
China’s shipbuilding supertanker will turn slowly
In 1433, China abandoned its costly maritime ambitions, forfeiting for centuries its chances of oceanic dominance. It is unlikely to make the same mistake again...