Articles and Features

Oakfield Capital Partners (OCP), a private equity firm specialising in investing in small and mid-sized British businesses (SMEs), has held the first close of its UK Special Situations Fund with firm commitments of GBP6m. »

The UK economy is set to accelerate and grow over the next two years, according to Michael Low, business development manager of Moneycorp. »

VentureHealth, an online healthcare investment portal for accredited investors, has launched a new model for equity crowdfunding. »

HIG Capital has held its final closing of HIG Bayside Loan Opportunity Fund III (Europe). Total capital commitments to the fund exceeded its USD1bn target. »

HarbourVest Global Private Equity, a closed-end investment company, has reported estimated net asset value (NAV) per share at 30 April 2013 of USD12.56, a USD0.11 per share increase from 31 March 2013.  »

Over three-quarters of SME business managers want the UK to stay in the European Union and fear that leaving could damage the economy, according to research conducted by private equity house Key Capital Partners. »

Idinvest Partners, a pan-European private equity firm, has held an interim closing at EUR205m of its new investment vehicle exclusively dedicated to senior debt. »

Domestic and foreign private equity firms investing in Latin America over the last several years are generating returns above those available in local public equity markets. »

Grotech Venture has closed its eighth fund, Grotech Ventures II (GV II), with USD225m in committed capital. »

The opinion that global investors hold of partners and portfolio managers in private equity is broadly negative, according to Gracechurch Consulting’s 2013 Global Private Equity Performance and Reputation Report. »