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Insight Management agrees USD10m equity line of credit

Insight Management has signed a definitive agreement for equity financing of up to USD10m from Auctus Private Equity Fund based in Boston. The financing is subject to an S-1 registration statement being declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company expects to file the S-1 in the next

Carbon Hub raises EUR1m led by Seventure

Carbon Hub, a developer of carbon management web solutions, has closed its first financing round by raising EUR1m from Seventure Partners – a subsidiary of Natixis Private Equity – and Business Angels. Carbon Hub provide software solutions and supporting services to help private companies and public sector organisations reduce their

SEI David Morrissey

Comment: Developing a successful fund management business in the era of the investor

David Morrissey (pictured), New Business Development, Europe and the Middle East, SEI’s investment manager services division, looks back on 2009, ‘the era of the investor’, and what’s next for 2010. Managers are being driven by their investors to have a transparent, independent, and process-driven operational environment. In this ‘Era of

Northen Rivers Robert Blakely

BluMont Capital to acquire Northern Rivers

Northern Rivers Capital Management has entered into a binding agreement, subject to regulatory approval, to be acquired by BluMont Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrated Asset Management. The transaction is expected to close in February 2010. Established in 2001, Northern Rivers Capital Management is a private investment company located

Inflexion invests in Griffin Global

Inflexion Private Equity, a mid-market private equity investor, has invested in travel business Griffin Global Group. Headquartered in London, Griffin provides specialist travel services to the marine, offshore and cruise industries, arranging travel for crews rotating onto merchant ships, to oil and gas hubs and to cruise ships. The business

Neuberger Berman fund to purchase USD200m private equity portfolio

Neuberger Berman’s private equity secondaries team has agreed to acquire a diversified portfolio of 21 private equity investments from a European family office. The total transaction size is approximately USD200m, and the  portfolio will be purchased by NB Secondary Opportunities Fund II, a USD1.7bn fund raised in 2008. Transaction terms

Mariner Marty Bicknell

Mariner acquires controlling interest in Palmer Square

Mariner Holdings has acquired a controlling interest in Palmer Square Capital Management, an alternative investment management firm based in Kansas City that specialises in funds investing in hedge funds and private equity funds. Mariner chief executive Marty Bicknell (pictured) says: “We are delighted to make this significant investment in Palmer

AIFM Directive biggest challenge to PE fund administration

Administrators of private equity funds have developed rapidly during their average 12 years of history, according to the first European private equity fund administration survey by Ernst & Young. The survey revealed that the service offering of administrators can be described as close to fully fledged and covers a wide

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Partners Group closes secondary fund at hard cap of EUR2.5bn

Partners Group, a Switzerland-based alternative assets manager, has closed Partners Group Secondary 2008 at its hard cap of EUR2.5bn.   The programme saw strong demand from existing and new investors and closed significantly above its target size of EUR2.0bn. Capitalising on the attractive investment opportunities available over the past quarters,

Earth Capital completes first close of renewable energy fund

Earth Capital Partners has completed the first close of its renewable energy infrastructure fund, ECP Renewable Energy Fund One, targeting up to EUR750m of investment. The fund will invest in solar, biogas and biomass projects in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Earth Capital has recently appointed E.ON Climate

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