Assets managed by the top 100 alternative investment managers globally now exceed USD3trn, according to research produced by professional services company Towers Watson in conjunction with the Financial Times. The Global Alternatives Survey, which for the first time includes individual private equity and hedge funds, shows that of the top
The decision made by the rating agency Moody’s to downgrade the credit ratings of a string of global banks was greeted inevitably when markets opened on the following day by a sell-off helped by weaker US data and Wall Street down 2%. The strange thing about the rating downgrade is
Limited partners showed strong support for US and European private equity funds in the second quarter, helping both regions achieve the best first half for fund-raising since 2008, according to Dow Jones LP Source. In the first half of 2012, US private equity funds raised USD86bn for 235 funds, a
KnowledgeTree, a provider of cloud-based solutions, has closed a USD4.75m series B round of venture capital investment. This round includes River Cities Capital Funds, Core Capital Partners, Hatteras Funds and lead series A investor Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa. KnowledgeTree will use the new funds to capitalise on interest in the
UK M&A activity totalled GBP44.4bn in the first half of 2012, representing a 17.5 per cent increase in deal value compared to H1 2011. In addition, the Q2 total of GBP28.4bn represented the best second three months of the year since Q2 2007 (GBP68.8bn), according to data released by MergerMarket.
PsiOxus Therapeutics has closed a series B round of equity financing totalling GBP22m (USD34m). The round included equal investments from existing investors Imperial Innovations Group and Invesco Perpetual together with new investments by SR One and Lundbeckfond Ventures. The financing round will enable PsiOxus to advance the clinical development
Markets are giving huge premiums to next generation internet and technology companies, while industry “gorillas” with gold standard business models and proven track records are being valued as failures, according to analysis by Magister Advisors, M&A advisors to the technology industry. For example, next generation players such as LinkedIn and
Maven has completed the exit from Nessco Group via a GBP31m sale to RigNet, a Nasdaq quoted US telecoms business. The sale generated a 3.7x return on Maven clients’ original investment. Since Maven’s original investment in June 2008, Nessco’s annual revenues have increased to over GBP30m and earnings have grown
Encore Housing Opportunity Fund, a private equity fund based in San Francisco, will launch is second opportunistic fund in July 2012. Encore Housing Opportunity Fund II will focus on investing in non-performing residential and mixed-use real estate, primarily in California, Arizona, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Fund II marks a geographic
Private equity firms invested about USD1,848m across 102 deals during the quarter ended June 2012, according to a study by Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on private equity and M&A transaction activity in India. The investment amount was 34 per cent less than that invested in the same period
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