Category Archives: Private Equity
AI Venture Capital Summary 3/10/2025
Venture capital activity kicked off the week with a blend of optimism and strategic shifts. The Financial Times reported yesterday that U.S. VC is riding its biggest wave in three years, driven by an AI frenzy. Massive funding rounds in […]
Venture Capital AI Daily Summary
DeepL’s $2 Billion Valuation: Posts on X today highlight that DeepL, an AI-powered translation company, has reached a $2 billion valuation after raising $300 million in a funding round. This reflects strong investor confidence in AI-driven language solutions and their […]
Private Equity AI Daily Summary
Sycamore Partners’ Walgreens Deal: A major story today is the finalized $10 billion take-private deal between Walgreens Boots Alliance and Sycamore Partners, a New York-based private equity firm specializing in retail investments. Shareholders will receive $11.45 per share in cash, […]
Elliott Management leader digs heels in on acquisition of Argentine Vessel
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Paul Singer, the billionaire manager of Elliot Management, has opened up to his investors about the details surrounding the acquisition of the Argentinian vessel ARA Libertad. In an investor letter obtained by the NY Post, Singer […]
Do Hedge Fund Managers really Love Mitt Romney and Hate Obama?
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – In her piece in The New Yorker, Chrystia Freeland asks why do Bilionaires feel victimized by Barack Obama. Weighing in on the topic over the weekend, bloggers have been speculating on whether Hedge Fundies are rooting […]
Hedge Fund Clients Redeem $2.6 Billion From Man
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund giant Man Group said its assets fell by $6 billion as shares dropped nearly 22% yesterday after investors pulled $2.6 billion from its funds. Man said it expects headline pre-tax profits to have fallen from $227 million […]
Darling’s 50% tax sends tycoons to Switzerland
Evening Standard – London’s rich hedge fund managers and private equity executives will quit the UK in droves ahead of the 50% top tax rate next spring. That is the news from City tax advisers who say they have never […]
Hedge funds shut out as banks win IMO
Times Online – A group of banks that financed the £450 million leveraged buy-out (LBO) of car wash group IMO will take control of the struggling business leaving a rival group of hedge fund investors with nothing. In a High […]
EU Law May Cost Pension Industry Billions of Euros, AIMA Claims
Bloomberg – The European Union’s plan to regulate hedge funds will cost the bloc’s pension industry about 25 billion euros ($36 billion) a year, the Alternative Investment Management Association said. The proposed law would drive pension funds toward more traditional […]
Delphi Favors Bid from Lenders
Private Equity Hub – A group of hedge funds that provided bankruptcy funding to Delphi Corp on Monday won a high-stakes auction to take control of the auto parts supplier, scuttling a rival deal brokered by the Obama administration. Delphi’s […]
David Prosser: At last, some good news for hedge funds
The Independent – Grimly aware that a European Commission crackdown on regulation of hedge funds and private equity spells disaster for the EU’s predominantly London-based industry, Treasury ministers have been desperately lobbying their counterparts in Brussels for months, but their […]
