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HarbourVest Partners announced the final close of the HarbourVest Partners Co-Investment Fund VII Program with approximately $4.75 billion in total commitments. The program exceeded its $4 billion target, reflecting demand from a global group of new and existing limited partners. HCF VII is HarbourVest’s seventh direct co-investment program. It is designed to give investors access to a diversified global portfolio of direct co-investments across buyout and growth equity strategies. The program will invest alongside private market sponsors across a range of transaction types. HarbourVest said the strategy is intended to help investors access high-quality private market opportunities while maintaining diversification…

In today’s Finshots, we try to reason why PE firms Vitruvian Partners and KKR are interested in buying up Indian schools.But here’s a quick sidenote before we begin. We’re hosting a free 2-day Insurance Masterclass that helps you build real financial security by understanding health and life insurance the right way.📅 Tuesday, 14th July at 6:30 PM: Life InsuranceHow to protect your family, choose the right cover amount, and understand what truly matters during a claim.📅 Wednesday, 15th July at 6:30 PM: Health InsuranceHow hospitals process claims, common deductions, the mistakes buyers usually make, and how to choose a policy that won’t disappoint you when you…

Investing.com — Japan plans to increase allocations to alternative assets at the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world’s largest pension fund, as part of a broader effort to diversify its portfolio and reduce investment risk, Reuters reported on Sunday. The move would gradually raise the share of unlisted equities, real estate, and other alternative investments toward the fund’s existing 5% ceiling, according to the Nikkei newspaper. Alternative assets accounted for just 1.7% of GPIF’s holdings as of March. The reported proposal is expected to be included in an upcoming government panel report outlining changes to the fund’s investment strategy.…

The stablecoin market has lost about $10 billion since reaching a record high in May 2026. Total supply fell by $7.7 billion during June to about $312 billion, marking the largest monthly decline in dollar terms since the TerraUSD collapse in May 2022. The decrease equaled roughly 2.4% for June and about 3% from the May peak.  Summary Stablecoin supply lost $10 billion since May as USDT and USDC redemptions reduced crypto liquidity. June recorded the largest monthly dollar decline since Terra, but the market contracted only 3%. Transaction volumes remained strong while tokenized assets expanded, showing blockchain finance activity…

Are largecap funds losing their edge? Edelweiss CIO Trideep Bhattacharya argues that structural market share losses to nimbler competitors mean traditional giants are no longer the ultimate safe havens. Instead, he points to flexicap and midcap funds as the optimal vehicle for modern wealth creation, blending stable leaders with high-growth challengers.Edited excerpts from a chat:What is your broad outlook on IT services as a sector, and how are you positioned within IT? Have you been buying the dip we’ve seen over the last six months?Not yet. My thinking on Indian IT is that it’s in the middle of a technology…

Major Albanese government changes to tax benefits for investors do nothing to impact international landlords claiming billions in write offs on property. International investors are racking up billions of dollars in tax write offs to use as negative gearing and deductions from their Aussie home profits. And none of the changes made in the Albanese government’s federal budget overhaul of property investment in Australia will have any impact on the super-wealthy offshore landlords currently able to slash their tax liabilities with Australian benefits. Market watchers have warned while the revelation would not “pass the pub test” with most Australians, the…

NEW YORK: Activist investors in the United States must disclose the identities of their clients in regulatory filings, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says, in a move that may rattle hedge funds by requesting information they have long fought to keep secret.The updated interpretations on 13D filings and proxy statements, issued by the main US securities regulator last Thursday, had not been expected and have not been widely reported, according to lawyers who work on investor activism, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter openly.The SEC’s new guidance on its Corporate Finance Interpretations clarified how the…

With Bitcoin (BTC 0.65%) down 50% from its all-time highs, the decision to invest in cryptocurrency has become tremendously polarizing. Some investors have already thrown in the towel, convinced that higher returns are able to be found in sectors such as AI. But not value investors such as Bill Miller IV, chairman and chief investment officer of Miller Value Partners. As he pointed out in a recent CNBC interview, “the fundamental case for Bitcoin has never been stronger.” For crypto investors willing and able to wait out the current period of volatility, is this an invitation to buy Bitcoin? Does…

Australia’s media has hit a new low in deceptive reporting, but with one positive note, as Alan Austin reports. PROMINENT economist Saul Eslake declared on Sky News last Monday that “the OECD has shown that Australia has had the highest core inflation rate of all but one of the 38 members of the OECD”. Eslake was apparently commenting on that day’s news release from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) titled Consumer Price Index, 6 July 2026. With his usual confidence, Eslake criticised the Reserve Bank’s management of interest rates and the Federal Government’s first home buyers scheme,…

Lakewood Ranch, FL, July 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Most private-equity value-creation plans do not fail in strategy — they fail in the first 100 days of execution. That is the argument behind a new playbook from The 80/20 Institute aimed at CEOs of PE-backed and middle-market companies under pressure to expand EBITDA on a defined timeline.Bill Canady, CEO and Founder of The 80/20 InstituteWith hold periods stretching and financial engineering largely off the table, the burden of returns has shifted to operational performance. Yet most operators inherit a value-creation plan without a disciplined sequence for the crucial opening stretch,…