The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution, is calling for proposals to support qualified private equity investment funds in emerging markets worldwide. OPIC will consider providing between USD35m and USD150m in capital to each of one or more selected funds, which will represent generally no
Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm with over USD2bn of assets under management, has closed its second resurgence fund at USD550m. Through Aurora Resurgence Fund II, Aurora will continue to invest in the equity and junior capital of middle market companies, seeking controlling positions in complex situations
North Bridge Growth Equity has held the final closing of its second fund with over USD580m of commitments. North Bridge Growth Equity now has total capital under management of more than USD1.1bn. North Bridge Growth Equity II will continue its strategy of investing primarily in privately held, technology and
GCP Capital Partners, the former European private equity arm of Greenhill & Co, has re-branded as Kester Capital. This follows the introduction earlier in 2013 of private equity funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management as GCP’s new cornerstone investor, alongside a number of other new institutional LPs, to replace
The impressive gains made by equity markets this year have left valuations looking fuller than they were 12 months ago, says Dean Turner, Investment Strategist at HSBC Private Bank… Nevertheless, we believe that equities will continue to make progress over coming months, driven by earnings growth that is supported by
The venture capital trust sector had total funds under management of GBP2.896bn at 5 October 2013, the highest level since VCTs were established in 1995, according to figures released by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). Funds under management increased by GBP19m in the first six months of 2013.
Nasdaq OMX and Moscow Exchange (MOEX) have a signed a co-operation agreement whereby both exchanges will work jointly in further developing the Russian technology and biotechnology community. The aim of the co-operation is to jointly facilitate access to capital for the fast growing Russian start-up community and to promote listings
Private equity-backed companies are not following best practices when it comes to incentivising and compensating their portfolio chief executives and senior executives, according to research by Chief Executive Group. While 88.4 per cent of private equity backed companies employ formal annual incentive plans for top portfolio executives, only 68.1 per
Craig Botham, Emerging Markets Economist, Schroders on China’s return to GDP growth… China’s third quarter GDP growth rebounded to 7.8% year-on-year, having decelerated to 7.5% year-on-year in the last quarter. The figure was in line with consensus expectations and reflects the mini-stimulus and fine-tuning measures enacted by Beijing in response
ACOLIN has teamed up with Renovaré Global, an independent consultancy, specialising in risk and operational due Diligence for off-shore funds, to provide representation for EU-AIFs and non-EU AIFs for distribution to qualified investors. The revised Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA), which came into effect on 1/3/2013, requests foreign funds that
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