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Key numbers at a glance Metric Latest figure Context & source Secondary share sale (tender offer) US $300 mn Allows early staff liquidity...

Market euphoria around anything labelled “private” shows no sign of abating. Assets under management in global private markets hit $13.1...

A currency that just won’t weaken Since Bretton Woods collapsed the Swiss franc (CHF) has appreciated against every major currency....

The Great Exit Logjam Public markets have staged a remarkable rebound since the Covid lows – the S&P 500 is up almost 95% over five years...

When most LPs are trimming their US private-equity exposure, Stockholm-based EQT AB (€273 bn AUM) is gearing up to do the opposite....

The “picks-and-shovels” trade is alive and well on this side of the Atlantic. Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, Schneider...

The headline numbers that won’t die KKR still touts a 25.5 % gross “since-inception” IRR and Apollo waves a 24 % net badge. Impressive –...

London used to set the global pace in payments: Faster Payments (2008) gave us near-instant transfers years before the US FedNow pilot,...

Over the past quarter we’ve seen a procession of household-name banks temper, defer or ditch their headline net-zero targets. HSBC has...

Another burst of tariff headlines has knocked the S&P 500 2.6% lower on the week and pushed the 30-year US Treasury yield back through 5%...

Quick take GM is already the largest EV-battery cell maker in North America and targets a further $30/kWh cost cut in 2025 via cheaper...

The tech world is buzzing after OpenAI’s landmark acquisition of Sir Jony Ive’s AI hardware startup, io, in a $6.5 billion all-equity...

London-based Builder.ai, once a $1.6 bn “no-code” darling backed by Microsoft and the Qatar Investment Authority, has filed for...

Slightly different to my usual posts, but still a topic I find very interesting & relevant... The Financial Times’ recent coverage of AI...

The AI stack has long been summarised as power + compute + data. While investors have poured capital into gigawatt-scale data centres and...

The story so far The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has asked supervisors to sketch out ways of easing the UK’s...

A Mispriced Opportunity with Risks Few Are Pricing Properly The UK’s recent Mansion House Accord represents a bold attempt to re-energise...

In the realm of wealth accumulation, the spotlight often shines on high-profile sectors like finance and technology. However, a...