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Maven portfolio companies feature strongly in Deloitte Buyout Track 100

The latest Deloitte Buyout Track 100 league table, which ranks Britain’s fastest growing mid-market private equity backed businesses over the past two financial years, features four companies backed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven). The strong showing by Adler and Allan, Elite Insurance, Homelux Nenplas and Westway Services, means that Maven is one of the

JP Morgan launches new portal for fund admin clients

JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) has launch the Fund Reporting and Media Exchange Site (FRaMES), which provides Mutual Fund Administration regulatory services clients with real-time access to a secure, collaborative work environment for fund administration activities. The FRaMES portal is the newest component of JP Morgan ACCESSsm, the firm’s

Jerome Booth, Head of Research, Ashmore Investment Management

Unwinding global imbalances

The most likely path for unwinding global imbalances over the medium term is through appreciation of EM currencies versus G10 currencies, says Jerome Booth, Head of Research, and Jan Dehn, Strategist at Ashmore Investment Management… The world in 2012 will continue to be divided into deleveraging G10 economies and EM

Australian PE returns continue to outperform

Australian private equity continues to deliver stable, solid returns in periods of high volatility for public equities, according to the Cambridge Associates LLC Australia Private Equity and Venture Capital Index (CA Australia Index). The CA Australia Index, which measures private equity and venture capital returns in Australia, outperformed the S&P/ASX

Alvarez & Marsal’s global Private Private Equity Services sees record growth in 2011

As demand for operationally-oriented advisory and performance improvement services among investors has continued to grow, Alvarez & Marsal’s global Private Equity Services practice experienced record growth in 2011. Even amidst a year marked by ongoing volatility in private equity deal activity, the firm experienced a surge in demand, doubled its

Guernsey remains a MENA favourite

Peter Niven, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry – explains why the jurisdiction continues to prove attractive to MENA managers… As the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry, we exhibited at SuperReturn Middle East in Dubai during last October. Making a

Ascension launches SEIS for creative industries and digital sector

Ascension Media Group LLP, the creative industries and digital technology ventures firm, is launching the UK’s first Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), allowing investors to obtain up to 78% tax relief in the tax year 2012/13.  The investment fund, to be named Ascension Seedcapital for Creative Enterprise and Digital (‘ASCEND),

Lou Sala, chief executive, Capital Markets practice, WTP Advisors

Hallmarks of a successful hedge fund in 2012

Lou Sala, chief executive of the Capital Markets practice at WTP Advisors, says that in the wake of the Madoff scandal, due diligence processes that were once little more than box-ticking exercises have become a searching and in some respects painful examination for hedge fund managers. First, my apologies to

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PE fundraising on the rise, despite challenges, says BDO report

The majority (63 per cent) of private equity fund managers – regardless of fund size – are receiving new commitments from Limited Partners (LPs), according to the third annual PErspective private equity study by BDO USA. That’s up from 56 per cent of fund managers who indicated they were receiving

Actis launches energy impact model

Actis has launched the Actis Energy Impact Model, an tool for assessing progress over the life of its energy investments. The Impact Model is designed to capture in a systematic way the key drivers that build value, and helps pinpoint where action is required. The model, which has been under

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