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Industry calls for Hong Kong tax breakThe Financial Services Development Council says the current private equity tax law favours offshore investments and has proposed a more business-friendly tax regime to benefit Hong Kong-based companies.
- First Round: PE takes on the JPMorgan corporate challenge
Private equity makes a good showing in the annual JPMorgan corporate challenge.
- Blackstone eyes early 2018 first close for $40bn infra fund
The vehicle will be open-ended, target core and core-plus assets and collect fees based on net asset value.
- CIRC strengthens oversight of PE investments
Chinese regulator CIRC has issued a circular calling for insurers to review the impact private equity investments have on their ‘solvency and overall returns’.
- Blackstone targets $2bn for first dedicated Asia fund
The firm already has almost $38bn of dry powder earmarked for private equity.
- Putting Jeonju on the GP’s map
The world’s third largest pension fund maybe going through turmoil, but its alternatives programme still looks inviting to fundraisers.
- Willis Towers: PE assets reached $695bn in 2016
Direct private equity and private equity funds of funds accounted for almost a third of the total AUM of the world’s largest alternative asset managers.
- Oil and Gas: The return of dealflow
A stabilised oil price is driving renewed M&A activity, but will gas assets emerge as the most profitable option in the long term?
- CalSTRS to revamp secondaries policy
The changes will enable the $209bn public pension to participate in restructurings and other complex secondaries transactions.
- First-half private debt fundraising near record
The amount of capital raised for private debt globally in the first half of this year was almost $62bn, just short of the record H1 total in 2015.