The Baronsmead VCTs have launched new offers to raise up to GBP30m in aggregate, before costs. Investors can choose to invest equally across the offers or different amounts in one or more of the offers. The five Baronsmead VCTs were established between 1995 and 2006 and each has an existing
Private equity firms in the US are facing increased competition from foreign and international firms for investment opportunities within the US market, according to the 2012 Global Private Equity Report by Grant Thornton International. Now in its second year, the report is the result of 143 in-depth interviews with senior
Canyon Midstream Partners has received a capital commitment of USD300m from Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and Canyon management to support the firm’s strategy to develop, acquire and operate midstream energy assets and businesses. Canyon is focused on developing midstream assets and providing services in conventional and unconventional production regions in
On-going issues in the Eurozone and the looming US ‘fiscal cliff’ will create an uncertain environment for investors until the beginning of 2013, according to Marino Valensise, chief investment office at Baring Asset Management (Barings). However, Barings believes that improving fundamentals around the US housing market, a potential shift in
Private equity firm Carrick Capital Partners has held the final close of its first fund at USD180m. The fund will invest in companies that focus on technology-enabled service offerings, business process outsourcing, transaction processing, software as a service and enterprise software. Carrick Capital Partners was co-founded by Marc McMorris, a
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has raised USD1.38bn for energy credit investments. Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Fund (CEMOF) primarily targets investments in projects and companies in the power generation and energy sectors requiring capital of USD20m to USD150m per transaction. The fundraising effort exceeded Carlyle’s initial goal of
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Axis, the venture capital entity of the Instituto Crédito Oficial (ICO) have launched the European Angels Fund – Fondo Isabel la Católica. Richard Pelly (pictured), chief executive of EIF, and Román Escolano, president of ICO and Axis, signed the agreement to create the EAF-Fondo
As the world’s climate negotiators gather for the UNFCCC COP18 conference in Doha, a white paper published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance finds just USD8bn flowed from developed to developing nations to foster deployment of large-scale clean energy power generation and biofuels production in 2011. This constitutes eight per cent
Drooms, the global virtual data room specialist providing solutions across real estate, corporate finance/M&A, life sciences and corporate services, has expanded into the UK. One of the drivers for greater use of virtual data rooms is increasing post-M&A litigation, which has put due diligence in the spotlight as the regulatory
Jonathan Heaney (pictured), a partner with international law firm Walkers in Jersey, says the collaboration and flexibility available in the island hold the key to attracting private investment structures to capitalise on one of the few investment areas consistently to deliver capital growth and steady income in recent years. Higher
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