Wind Point amasses $2.3bn for its largest-ever fund... [more]Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: American alternative investment manager Wind Point Partners advised by Kirkland & Ellis, closed its latest fund after securing $2.3 billion in commitments, marking the firm's largest fund raised to date.
The Chicago-based private equity shop raised 35% more than
SWF: Three Mideast wealth funds close in on the $1tn mark... [more]From Bloomberg: The oil-rich Middle East is close to becoming the only region with three trillion-dollar wealth funds. Saudi Arabia recently transfered a $164 billion stake in Aramco to the Public Investment Fund, while the Kuwait Investment Authority is on track for one of its best fiscal years on
Study: Pension funds look to sell real estate investments... [more]From IPE: Real estate is by far the least popular investment among European pension funds, with almost a third of schemes wanting to sell real estate this year, according to a poll of 126 defined benefit (DB) pension funds in Europe conducted by Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM).
Instead, fu
And, finally: The cutting edges of science... [more]From AP: When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night, will tortoises start acting romantic? Will giraffes gallop? Will apes sing odd notes?
Researchers will be standing by to observe how animals' routines at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas are disrupted when skies dim on April 8. They previ
Criminals continue to fleece high net-worth individuals and family offices through sophisticated scams that involve elaborate presentations, fake companies and websites, and fraudulent documents that appear credible.
We've documented three cases that describe the highly sophisticated, complex structures and cunningly designed processes which ultimately lead to straightforward investment fraud. This has
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