Private equity investors (LPs) whose remuneration is tied to the performance of their portfolios have achieved significantly higher returns than their peers over the last five years, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer. Over half (55 per cent) of LPs with performance-related pay have achieved net annual
Hedge fund manager, Chris Rigg, manager of the Audley Japan Opportunities Fund and a 30 year veteran of the Japanese markets, has issued a stark message about investment in Japanese bonds… The level of debt Japan is running, which by some measures is far worse than in Greece, is unsustainable.
Quantum Wave Fund has raised USD30m in capital, with potential to reach USD100m, to fund breakthrough companies that use quantum materials and technologies. Quantum Wave Fund is the first fund specialised for companies developing technologies suitable for quantum technologies. Though typically considered far into the future, quantum physics is being
Private equity general partners are seeing an uptick in institutional investors asking for more reporting from their private equity fund managers and those fund managers are building up their back offices to meet these demands, according to a poll by iLevel Solutions. Supporting the results of the poll, carried out
D5 Capital, a London-based media-technology finance house, has closed a USD1.5m series A funding round for PlaySight Interactive to commence the roll out of its Smart Court sports analytics platform in tennis clubs across the US and UK. The investment continues D5 Capital’s record of raising capital for and investing
Private equity and venture capital investment in Latin America reached USD1.79bn in the first half of 2012, down 60 per cent from the same period in 2011, according to the latest issue of Venture Equity Latin America from Thomson Reuters. The report is published by WTE, part of the tax
Carey Olsen has advised the Battle Against Cancer Investment Trust (BACIT Limited) on its establishment as a Guernsey registered closed-ended investment company and its recent flotation on the Main List of the London Stock Exchange. BACIT is a new investment company formed by a group of leading fund managers. It
Livingstone Partners’ debt advisory team has concluded a debt raise on behalf of online insurance intermediary iprism to repay a majority of the loan notes held by founder Gary Burke and his private equity backer Magenta Partners. Livingstone advised Burke on the equity capital raise which introduced Magenta into iprism
With the UK’s coalition completing half of its term in government, the Chancellor was under pressure to deliver more measures to stimulate growth in his Autumn Statement, says Azad Zangana, European Economist at Schroders… Facing a faltering economy largely knocked off course by external factors, George Osborne had little room
Tristan Capital Partners has raised over EUR170m of commitments to a first closing of its real estate private equity fund, European Property Investors Special Opportunities 3 (EPISO 3). The fund was launched to target investment opportunities being created by economic restructuring in distressed European markets where equity and debt capital
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