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Goldman Sachs aims to double lending to wealthy private bank clients
Goldman Sachs aims to double lending to wealthy private bank clients
GOLDMAN Sachs aims to double its lending over the next five years to ultra-wealthy private bank clients with account sizes exceeding US$10 million, as it gathers more deposits to...
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Goh family makes S$0.145 per share cash offer to take Ossia International private
THE Goh family that controls Ossia International : O08 0% on Wednesday (Jun 12) proposed to privatise the company at S$0.145 per share in cash through a voluntary unconditional...
KKR raises A0 million private credit loan for Perpetual buy
KKR raises A$500 million private credit loan for Perpetual buy
KKR & Co agreed to a private credit loan of about A$500 million (S$447 million) from Blackstone and Goldman Sachs Asset Management to help finance its acquisition of Australian...
Private equity faces ‘lost generation’ on higher interest rates
Private equity faces ‘lost generation’ on higher interest rates
PRIVATE equity has to contend with a “lost generation” as interest rates remain higher for longer, according to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan chief strategy officer Jonathan Hausman.“In the private...
Franklin Templeton hires former BNP executive as head of private banks and family offices  
Franklin Templeton hires former BNP executive as head of private banks and family offices  
FRANKLIN Templeton has named Gaurav Bathija as its head of private banks and family offices, a newly created role based in Singapore which took effect on May 27.Bathija reports...
Stable teams could become greater differentiator in private markets
Stable teams could become greater differentiator in private markets
RAPID growth in private markets could put pressure on a long-debated due diligence factor – team stability – and may even become a differentiating factor for general partners (GPs)...
Billionaire families fuel US billion private equity buyout wave
Billionaire families fuel US$20 billion private equity buyout wave
ULTRA-RICH individuals and families worth more than US$150 billion are helping drive a resurgence in private equity buyouts, providing capital for some of the year’s biggest acquisitions to overcome...
KKR weighs entering private credit in Japan to challenge banks
KKR weighs entering private credit in Japan to challenge banks
KKR is considering entering the private credit market in Japan to provide an alternative to bank loans. “It will be a medium to long-term initiative,” Hiro Hirano, the head...
Morgan Stanley taps HSBC, UBS for private wealth hires in HK
Morgan Stanley taps HSBC, UBS for private wealth hires in HK
MORGAN Stanley is beefing up its private wealth management business in Asia with two Hong Kong-based senior hires from rival banks. The Wall Street firm hired Edwin Lim as...
Fossil fuel players turn to private markets where transition gets wider definition
Fossil fuel players turn to private markets where transition gets wider definition
PRIVATE markets investors in Asia are stepping in where banks will not tread, offering financing and doing deals in the brown spaces of fossil fuels and extractive industries. Willingness to...