Venture capital provider Mercia Fund Management (MFM) has launched the Mercia Growth Fund 3, the latest incarnation of the company’s EIS/Seed EIS (SEIS) hybrid fund. The fund follows the Mercia Growth Fund 1 and 2, which invested across the UK in medtech, gaming, telecoms and e-commerce sectors. As with
Atlas Holdings has held the first and final close of its second private equity investment fund, Atlas Capital Resources II. Atlas began fundraising in September with an initial target of USD650m and closed at its hard cap of USD900m. Atlas focuses on control investments in companies experiencing financial or
Fitch Ratings has updated its Investment Manager and Alternative Funds Criteria report, which applies to the ratings of traditional investment managers, alternative investment managers, business development companies and alternative funds. The updated criteria report replaces the existing report of the same name that was published on 17 December 2012.
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is to offer Lorega’s loss recovery insurance (LRI) to its members via its Advantage platform. The deal will enable BVCA’s 500 members to purchase Lorega’s home and business LRI products quickly online via BVCA Advantage, a platform for insurers and other service providers to
Over one in six (16 per cent) people investing in a venture capital trust (VCT) this tax year will be doing so for the first time, according to a study commissioned by Albion Ventures. The survey shows that almost a third (31 per cent) of advisers predict increased levels of
Hermes CEO Saker Nusseibeh looks forward to 2014… Looking forward to 2014, we seem to have two reasonably solid foundations on which to build a forecast for the year. The first is that growth in the Anglo Saxon economies, especially the US has come through stronger and more solidly than
Westchester Capital Management (WCM), the investment manager of The Merger Fund, has introduced a new brand identity, designed to reflect its commitment to expanding its line-up of liquid alternative strategies. WCM has delivered alternative event-driven strategies through registered investment companies since 1989. "Alternative investments are playing a more important
There is a strong and growing interest in private equity among family offices and foundations, according to a survey undertaken by Private Equity International (PEI) and Montana Capital Partners. The study found a third (30 per cent) of surveyed institutions currently have at least 20 per cent of their portfolios
Trilantic Capital Partners has held the closing of Trilantic Capital Partners V (North America) LP, a USD2.2bn private equity fund investing in the business services, consumer, energy and financial services sectors. Fund V North America exceeded its initial target of USD2.0bn and the size of its previous fund of USD1.9bn.
Actis, the pan-emerging markets investment firm, has closed its third energy fund Actis Energy 3. The fund was heavily oversubscribed, raising a total of USD1.15bn, exceeding its original target of USD750m by 50 per cent. Actis Energy 3’s investor base includes public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and families
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