Mid-market private equity specialist Graphite Capital has closed its eighth fund, Graphite Capital Partners VIII, with commitments of GBP475m. Further commitments are likely to come in over the next few weeks bringing the total to over GBP500m. Existing investors provided over 85 per cent of the fund, many
Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, has launched a practice focused on intermediating illiquid financial assets on a global basis. The illiquid financial asset (IFA) practice will incorporate the firm’s existing secondary advisory (SA) group and will build upon Houlihan Lokey’s transactions with banks, insurance companies and other asset-heavy
Peak Rock Capital has held the final closing of its initial investment vehicle Peak Rock Capital Fund with committed capital of USD700m. The fund was oversubscribed and greatly exceeded its initial target of USD400m. The fund’s limited partners include private pension, public pension, sovereign wealth, foundation and endowment,
There has been a dramatic improvement in funding conditions for UK growth companies, according to research by UK mid-market private equity firm ECI Partners. ECI’s poll of over 650 growth companies shows companies are finding it easier to tap bank funding, with a significant increase in companies looking to public
Luxury will hardly ever be a sector where you can launch a brand and be instantly successful, say Scilla Huang Sun (pictured) and Andrea Gerst, managers of the Julius Baer Luxury Brands Fund, Swiss & Global Asset Management… Brands need a strong heritage but also need to innovate to stay
As the ban on hedge fund, private equity fund and venture capital fund "advertising" is set to lift on 23 September, most funds are wondering if they should take advantage of the opportunity or sit it out. Of most immediate concern will be whether the chance to advertise, reach out to the
By Ras Sipko, Chief Operating Officer of Koger, Inc – Common feedback from private equity funds when questioned about running profit/performance allocations is that they have a process that works, mainly driven by the use of spreadsheets. While it is certainly easy to build out the required accounting methodologies on
Following the comments from Ben Bernanke in May, investors have clearly priced in some form of tapering with government bond yields having risen and prices having fallen. The decision by the Fed not to reduce the amount of QE each month therefore came as a big surprise, says Adrian Lowcock,
Dramatic shifts in the retail grocery business continue to create opportunities for asset-based lenders and private-equity investors alike. But as a Tiger Group expert noted in a 12 September panel discussion with colleagues from Nixon Peabody and Deloitte, these deals tend to hinge on a host of practical and
Fund sponsors are upgrading to more sophisticated fund governance solutions by moving beyond the friction of limited service providers to more widely-adopted institutional protocols. This growth is reflected in DMS Offshore Investment Services’ 54 per cent increase in assets under management of its client funds from the prior year
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