Private equity has become a bit less private as buyout groups have raced on to the public market. One such was Petershill Partners, controlled by Goldman Sachs. This takes minority stakes in buyout funds and other alternatives vehicles. Investors have been wary. The UK-listed shares are down 20 per cent from September’s initial public offering
House “sold” sign Peoria, Illinois Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sales of existing homes dropped 2.7% in March to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 5.77 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. February’s reading was also revised downward with a larger-than-usual dent, from 6.02 million units to 5.93 million. March
The red light district at the height of the pandemic. Photo: Alex Nicholls-Lee The coronavirus measures left many sex workers with financial problems, while others continued to work illegally despite the risks that entails, according to a new report by researchers at the Erasmus University medical centre and Soa Aids Nederland. In total 300 sex
Photo: Depositphotos Sexual harassment, intimidation, physical violence and bullying are problems experienced by one in four people while at work, according to a new survey on working conditions. Women have to cope with inappropriate behaviour twice as often as men, and people working in the care services were most likely to face problems, the survey
Photo: DutchNews.nl The government is planning to scrap the 21% value added tax rate on solar panels on private homes from next January. Tax minister Marnix van Rij put draft legislation which will remove the tax from solar panels and installation work for private households out to consultation on Wednesday. EU member states have been
I arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia, near Russia’s southern border, in late February — just a few days after Russian forces invaded Ukraine. I had been reporting on crypto and blockchain from St. Petersburg, but after the war started, staying there had become untenable.During my first week in the city, I searched for an apartment to
In this article BKR PG WBD ROKU DIS NFLX Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Netflix (NFLX) – Netflix plummeted 26.8% in the premarket after reporting it lost 200,000 subscribers during the first quarter. The streaming service had projected subscriber additions of 2.5 million. Netflix also said it was exploring an ad-supported
Dutch police are appealing for help to find a 48-year-old Irishman who disappeared in Amsterdam over a week ago. Andrew Furey had been in Coco’s bar near Rembrandtplein but failed to make it to the apartment he had booked later that evening, police say. He was last seen on the evening of April 11. Friends
Principal Global Investors is planning to convert its largest exchange traded fund and five others into actively managed strategies, disclosures show. The manager intends to overhaul the investment strategies of its $1.6bn Principal US Mega-Cap ETF, $771mn Principal US Small-Cap Multi-Factor ETF, $235mn Principal Value ETF, $86mn Principal Quality ETF, $71mn Principal Healthcare Innovators ETF
A top official from the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) says the agency can track the flow of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in a similar manner to email addresses, and it has seized more than $102 million in crypto across 254 cases since 2015. USSS assistant director of investigations David Smith told CNBC that the transparent
