SEI’s latest white paper, “Private Equity Investors – Committed Yet Concerned”, provides insights into institutional investors’ sentiments regarding their private equi
William Hill, Head of Property (pictured) and Mark Callender, Head of Property Research, at Schroder Property Investment Management Limited, predict that the recent turnaround in the performance of UK commercial property will continue through the first six months of 2010, however, the picture after that is less clear. In the
F&C Private Equity Trust has completed its GBP30m zero dividend preference share issue. The zeros have been issued with a five-year life and a gross redemption yield of 8.75 per cent. F&C Private Equity Trust is a diversified investment trust that invests in private equity funds and direct investments.
Concerns about inadequate GP reporting, conflicts of interest, and fund terms and conditions will lead over three quarters of investors to refuse commitments to new funds from their current managers in 2010, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer. The report found that 79 per cent of LPs
Catalyst UK and Singapore-based iAxil, the venture accelerator arm of Asian conglomerate Ascendas, have joined forces in a European/Asian partnership. The co-venture will support and assist both European-based companies wishing to access the Asian market, and Asian-based companies seeking to penetrate European markets. The partnership offers companies an inside track
Anheuser-Busch InBev and CVC Capital Partners have completed the sale of AB InBev’s Central European operations to funds advised by CVC for an enterprise value of approximately USD2.2bn. Additional rights to a future payment are estimated to be as much as USD800m, contingent on the CVC funds’ return on their
The online B2B audience targeting platform and advertising network Bizo has completed a USD6m round of equity financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Existing investors Venrock, Vulcan and Ascent also participated. Bizo will use the funding to accelerate its growth in the B2B audience data space by increasing its sales
A cross-border team from international legal practice Norton Rose has advised the Aspria Group, a European spa and family sporting club operator, on the acquisition of Harbour Club Sporting and Spa in Milan. The Aspria Group owns and operates health and sporting clubs in Germany and Belgium. The Norton Rose
Stockport-based WFEL, a provider of tactical military bridging systems and a specialist defence manufacturer, has secured an increase in its banking facilities from GBP20m to GBP30m. As part of the refinancing WFEL, backed by mid-market private equity house Dunedin in a GBP48m buyout in 2006, has replaced Kaupthing Singer and
DisplayLink, a specialist in the USB graphics market, has received USD8m in venture capital funding. The series C venture capital round came from Atlas Venture, Balderton Capital (previously Benchmark Capital Europe), DAG Ventures, and DFJ Esprit. The company has also appointed semiconductor industry veteran Craig Ensley as chief executive officer
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