BlackRock launches new tool to help advisers allocate to private markets

BlackRock has launched the Expected Return Analyzer, an portfolio analysis tool, to help advisers allocate to private markets. Powered by BlackRock’s Aladdin technology, the Expected Return Analyzer draws on the BlackRock Investment Institute’s proprietary Capital Market Assumptions to show advisers how adding private markets or other asset class exposures to their client’s portfolios can help […]

Oakley’s PRIMAVERA acquisition establishes new Iberian business software group

Oakley Capital’s Oakley Capital Private Equity III (Fund III) has agreed to acquire PRIMAVERA Business Software Solutions (PRIMAVERA), a Portuguese specialist in business management software.  The Company will be combined with existing Oakley Capital portfolio company Ekon, a Spanish provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, to create a new group under the name Grupo […]