Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity firm, has held the IPO of the Ugandan electricity company Umeme. The share application period for Umeme, which has been an Actis investment since 2005, closed last week more than 35 per cent oversubscribed, with particular demand from East African institutions and Ugandan retail
US-based Navatar Group is a leading provider of cloud computing for Wall Street firms, but increasingly that client base is widening out to alternative investment managers as they start to fully appreciate the benefits of cloud systems and how they can streamline their operations. Speaking with Hedgeweek, Alok Misra (pictured),
Advent International has completed fundraising for Advent International GPE VII Limited Partnership with total subscriptions of EUR8.5 billion (USD10.8 billion), making it the largest buyout fund raised since September 2008. The new fund will pursue the same successful strategy as Advent’s six prior GPE funds – partnering with management teams
Citi has completed the implementation of Man Umbrella Sicav, the Luxembourg fund business of the Man Group. Citi will provide an integrated range of services that includes custody, depositary bank, fund administration and transfer agency services. Man is an alternative investment management business with over USD52.7bn under management. Man
Growing concerns about the economy are curbing corporate expansion plans, according to the latest analysis by the Finance M&A panel conducted jointly with CMS Hasche Sigle. CMS Hasche Sigle polls the heads of the transaction departments at major German companies plus leading investment bankers and M&A consulting firms for their
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Archangel Informal Investment, which was founded by two Scottish entrepreneurs, Mike Rutterford and Barry Sealey. Over the past two decades the business angel syndicate has supported more than 70 Scottish companies, investing GBP174m in the businesses. Established in Edinburgh in 1992, after
As the West increasingly looks to the Mena region for new business, Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry, looks at what the West has to offer in the form of the well-established fund domicile of Guernsey. As the
Chinese equities are starting to catch up after underperforming the global market for two years, says Jian Shi Cortesi (pictured), fund manager of the JB Chindonesia Fund at Swiss & Global Asset Management… From a macro perspective, recent economic figures from China have been a pleasant surprise, monetary policy has become
Schroders’ Virginie Maisonneuve (pictured), Head of Global and International Equities comments on the once-in-a-decade leadership transition in China, which is set to be unveiled at the party conference. The implications for China and the global economy are significant and that the change should bring relief to Chinese equity markets… This leadership
The Carlyle Group has raised USD1.1bn for US middle market buyout investments. Carlyle Equity Opportunity Fund (CEOF) targets control investments in middle market companies requiring equity capital of USD25m to USD150m per transaction. The fundraising effort exceeded Carlyle’s goal of USD1bn. “We are gratified by the strong investor demand for
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