Anderson Strathern’s Glasgow commercial real estate team of solicitors has advised jewellery firm ROX in the latest phase of its expansion plans south of the border to prime locations in Leeds and Newcastle. ROX is investing GBP2m to open its first stores outside of Scotland in a move expected
Ian McVeigh (pictured), co-manager of the Jupiter UK Growth Fund comments on recent developments in the UK banking sector… We welcome the decision to push forward the return of Lloyds Banking Group to full private ownership. Lloyds Banking Group’s confident response to the Prudential Regulation Authority report on its capital
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Mubadala Development Company, the Abu Dhabi-based investment and development company, have launched a USD2bn co-investment fund to pursue opportunities in Russia. The definitive agreement was announced at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2013 by RDIF chief executive Kirill Dmitriev and Mubadala
BDC Venture Capital intends to invest more than CAD100m into current and future scalable energy/cleantech opportunities. "The rising cost of energy and resources, as well as the transition to a low-carbon economy, has caused a surge in cleantech innovation in Canada, and this country has the opportunity to be
A team of academics have called on the private equity industry to be more transparent after their study found that a large section of it increases unemployment while actually worsening the performance of the companies taken over. In the first statistical analysis of the private equity’s institutional buy-outs (IBO), which
Highbridge Principal Strategies (HPS), a credit and private investment firm, has held the final closing of HPS Specialty Loan Fund III with total capital of over USD3bn. The fund will invest primarily in newly issued, secured debt in refinancings, acquisitions and restructurings by middle-market companies, as well as companies
Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative and Wayra, Telefónica’s global start-up accelerator, have signed a partnership to support innovative start-ups. The collaboration involves Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative and Wayra to nurture and help grow innovation ecosystems in Europe and Latin American. The agreement aims to find synergies between both initiatives to
Riverstone Holdings, an energy and power investment firm, has closed its latest conventional energy private equity fund, Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund V, with total commitments of USD7.7bn. The fund’s original target was USD6bn. Fund V will pursue the same investment strategy that Riverstone was founded on 13
Alter Domus, a provider of Corporate and Fund Services to private equity houses, real estate firms, multinationals and private clients, has moved to a new Corporate Governance structure that is more in line with its operating model and future challenges. The Alter Domus Group Management Responsibilities have now been divided
China’s growth may have declined in recent years. but the country still has much to offer investors, says Jean Médecin, a member of Carmignac Gestion’s investment committee… Since the credit and infrastructure spending fuelled recovery of 2009/2010, China’s growth has gradually declined. China suffers from an unbalanced economy with
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