Research from PwC has found a significant slowdown in European financial services M&A activity during the third quarter of 2011. PwC believes however, that a number of specific financial services markets and sectors will remain relatively active areas of M&A during late 2011 and the early part of 2012. The
EMBL Ventures, a dedicated early stage life science investor and the venture capital arm of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), has held the first close of the EMBL Technology Fund II (ETF II) at EUR40 million (USD55 million). Building on the scientific excellence of EMBL, EMBL Ventures remains focused
Gen II Fund Services has launched a free iPad and iPhone application for the private equity industry designed to enable investors to quickly and easily compute IRR and exit multiples on their investments. "We are pleased to be one of the first to offer the private equity industry an easy
The UK Government has published its response to its consultation on changing the VCT rules, including significant commitments that the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) is pleased to endorse. Draft legislation reconfirms the Government’s desire to increase the range of companies eligible for VCT investment. This includes SMEs with: assets
Private equity growth funds of vintages 2006 and 2007 have produced median returns of 7.8% and 7.3% respectively, despite investing as the economic downturn hit, data from the recently launched Preqin Growth Benchmarks shows. Growth funds of vintage 2006 outperformed their buyout counterparts, which generated a median IRR of 6.1%.
With mid-market private equity firms seeking to raise more than EUR50bn in Europe over the next 24 months, relations between fund managers and investors have never been more important. However, according to Acanthus’s LP-GP Survey 2011, there is little agreement on terms and conditions and on the level and quality
Funds providing private investment capital to companies located largely outside the US earned solid returns during the second quarter, aided by a weakened US dollar that helped to boost foreign currency returns, according to a commentary published by Cambridge Associates. For the second quarter in a row, private equity and
Four Blackstone portfolio companies have signed on to pursue environmental sustainability programs. Equity Office Properties, LXR Luxury Resorts and Hotels, Performance Food Group, and Pinnacle Foods have selected test sites at which to roll-out a host of operational improvements and technology upgrades to reduce energy, water and waste-related costs. The
The migration of IT and e-commerce applications to the cloud is creating huge opportunities for UK IT outsourcing companies, according to Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance (Investec). As a result, Investec believes that 2012 may see an increase in the number of IT outsourcing companies that receive investment from private equity
NextEnergy Capital, the European Merchant Bank dedicated to the renewable energy sector, has begun fundraising for ix:Africa, a EUR400m/USD550m private equity impact fund dedicated to ethical investment in renewable energy, environmental business and clean technology projects in Africa. At the same time NextEnergy Capital and IDC, the South African development bank,
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