Markets
ECG Financing Market Shrank in First Quarter With Volatile Market
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The amount of capital raised in growth equity private placements shrank last quarter as the volatile stock market made investors hesitant.
Markets
VC Financing Declined in Q1, But Fundraising Rose, KPMG Says
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The number of venture capital investments and the amount invested in venture-backed companies both declined for the second quarter in a row, although it appears that the trend may be unlikely to continue.
Executive Moves
Sprung, Co-Head of SEC’s Asset Management Unit, to Step Down
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Marshall S. Sprung, co-chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Asset Management Unit, is stepping down later this month.
News
FinTech Company Raises $107.7M From International Monetary Fund
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South Africa-based and U.S.-listed Net1 UEPS Technologies (UEPS) is raising $107.7 million in a private placement of stock with the International Monetary Fund and its IFC Asset Management Co., in what is said to be the IFC’s largest investment in a financial technology company.
