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Standard Life Private Equity trust promoted to FTSE 250

SLPE will be promoted from FTSE UK Small Cap to the FTSE 250, following the quarterly review of the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE UK Index Series.

Russian exodus makes space on FTSE 250 for Abrdn and Neuberger Berman trusts

Fill your boots with private equity trusts: They can be lucrative

At present, private equity players may have as much as £1.7trillion of dry powder in the form of ready cash to spend, with UK firms seen as alluringly cheap.  This news will dismay those who deplore private equity practices, such as loading up companies with debt, a strategy that wreaked havoc on our high streets, or their slash and burn approach of selling valuable assets with the aim of making maximum gains in minimum time.  But it will also provoke bewilderment. Why, given the opportunities for lucrative deals, are some of the private equity investment trusts trading at an average 18 per cent discount? This is when a trust s share price is below the net value of its underlying holdings. 

Can private equity thrive in the new normal ?

Country Life Trending: December 15, 2020 Private equity has thrived since the Global Financial Crisis After declines in March, private equity valuations have recovered Private equity companies have proved resilient This has been a golden decade for private equity. The financial conditions following 2008’s Global Financial Crisis were ideal for the asset class to flourish, with interest rates low and plenty of capital looking for higher growth assets. The question today is whether private equity can continue to thrive in the ‘new normal’ that emerges from the Covid-19 crisis? Over the past decade, private equity has seen a virtuous circle. Returns have been strong, encouraging new capital into the sector, which has allowed good companies to stay private for longer. While companies might have previously listed at an enterprise value of around $500m (e.g. Amazon), today, they have been able to raise the money to grow while remaining in private equity hands (e.g. Airbn

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