Red Commerce, backed by Dunedin in a GBP44 million buyout, has become the first UK specialist supplier of SAP consultants to build a national presence in Brazil. This is the third international office opening since the Dunedin buyout in July 2011. Giles Derry (pictured)a partner at Dunedin on the board
The financial crisis has created significant opportunities for investors in private debt, according to James Witter (pictured), Head of Investment Advisory & Solutions at SVG Advisers… One of the big investment opportunities to have emerged out of the current economic environment is the provision of private debt to the buyout
The Swiss Funds Association (SFA) only agrees in part with the Federal Council’s dispatch with regard to a partial revision of the Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA). In particular, the SFA is critical of the globally unique discrimination of the Swiss financial sector and the lack of measures to strengthen
Just nine per cent of LPs who currently express an interest in co-investments expect to reduce their allocations to these investments in the future, a Preqin study reveals. A significant proportion are championing the perceived benefits of co-investment, which include better control over investments, the strengthening of GP relationships and
LongueVue Capital (LVC), a New Orleans-based private equity firm, has held the final closing of LongueVue Capital Partners II, L.P. ("LVC II"), a private fund with up to USD175 million of capital available to make private equity and debt investments in lower middle market companies. LVC II focuses on growth-oriented
Chris Cummings, CEO of TheCityUK, welcomes UK Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget Statement… The reductions in both corporation tax and personal tax announced today send a strong signal that the ‘open for business’ sign over the UK is well and truly lit. Announcing a future reduction in the top rate of
Index Ventures has launched its first fund solely dedicated to making investments in the life sciences sector. This EUR150m fund includes investments from several of Index’s largest existing limited partners and two companies, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the venture capital affiliate of the Janssen pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen).
MMC has launched a second Growth Generation Fund – the only EIS venture capital fund targeted specifically at young investors. MMC’s first fund, raised in 2010, is now filly invested. The new fund is aimed at investors aged 18-35 with GBP2,500 to GBP10,000 to invest. Investors in the Growth Generation
M&A firm AdMedia Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to KRG Capital Partners (KRG), a Denver-based private equity firm, in an investment in Ansira Partners, an independent engagement marketing agency. Ansira, a leading independent engagement marketing agency, is the third platform company for KRG in advertising and marketing services. Ansira
GroFin, the multinational pioneer of growth finance working to create real impact through the support of small and medium businesses, has seen its funds under management grow from USD260 million to USD323 million. These funds are invested in supporting entrepreneurs and business people to start or grow a business. The
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