Private Equity Giant Navigates Pandemic. Private equity firm Carlyle Group ordered all employees who have used public transportation such as trains and buses to a 14 day quarantine. The fund manager expects all of its employees at all offices to avoid public transportation. If they happen to use public transportation at all, they must work …
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Hedge Funds: Hedge Funds Short on Dollar for First Time Since 2018 Hedge funds have decreased in share prices for the first time since May 2018. A decrease in price for the world’s reserve currency will continue as the market remains unpredictable. Net futures held by funds against eight currencies dropped to minus 7,881 contracts. …
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Private Equity Takes Away from Texas Retirement System The Employees’ Retirement System of Texas’s private equity portfolio has lost 2.14 percent as of June 30. The private equity portfolio is worth $4.4 billion, but it was the biggest detractor at a 1.9 percent loss. Before the Coronavirus pandemic, the private equity portfolio was strong at …
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Hedge Funds: Bridgewater Associates Invests $400 Million in Gold Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates hedge fund has invested $400 million in gold during the second quarter. Based on Bridgewater’s 13F filings, the hedge fund bought 1.4 million shares of the SPDR Gold Trust. Additionally, the company acquired 4.1 million shares in the iShares Gold Trust. Bridgewater’s …
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Private Equity: Hong Kong Private Equity Firm Proposes $1.4 Billion Counter Offer Buyout private equity firm Baring Private Equity has recently made an offer to buy Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan. Nichiigakkan has already agreed to Bain Capital’s $1.2 billion offer, but Baring claims to value the nursing home operator at 146 billion yen, or …
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