Preqin’s 2016 Sovereign Wealth Fund Review shows that, despite global market volatility and low oil prices, the AUM of sovereign wealth funds globally increased by USD200 billion over the previous year to reach USD6.51 trillion in March 2016. This growth was driven by non-commodity funds which added USD290 billion in
A team of French private equity and M&A lawyers is to extend law firm Goodwin Procter’s international practice into Paris, France. Partners Maxence Bloch, Christophe Digoy, Jérôme Jouhanneaud and Thomas Maitrejean will open Goodwin Paris following completion of their notice periods. “Goodwin’s clients are increasingly globally focused as capital
Asset management firm Fiera Capital Corporation has formed a joint venture with Toronto-based Aquila Infrastructure Management, a manager of infrastructure investments. The newly-formed alternative investment company, Fiera Infrastructure will have invested and committed capital of some CAD500 million and will benefit from a strong pipeline of investment opportunities. "The infrastructure
Wunder Capital, an online lending platform that connects investors with large-scale solar projects across the United States, has raised USD3.6 million in Series A funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to USD4.7 million. The round was led by Techstars Ventures, Fenway Summer Ventures, and FinTech Collective, alongside existing seed
Lawson Conner operates a specialist fund manager platform providing FCA license coverage as well as compliance and regulatory oversight on behalf of alternative fund managers. Over the last few years, the firm has seen a dramatic shift to ManCo structures as new managers, and, more importantly, institutional investors, appreciate the
Heritage Depositary Company (UK) Limited (Heritage Depositary) operates what the FCA refers to as a `PE Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) depositary'. Whilst it is able to provide full depositary services to most AIF structures, Heritage's depositary services are focused on, but not limited to private equity, real estate, infrastructure, venture
Property Partner – the property crowdfunding platform that allows anyone to invest in residential property at the click of a button – has completed a GBP15.9 million (USD22.4 million) funding round, taking the total amount invested in the company to GBP22.5m (USD31.7m). Launched barely a year ago in January 2015, Property Partner
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) has partnered with global equity crowdfunding platform, OurCrowd, allowing the accredited investors among UOB’s clients to broaden their investments into OurCrowd;s portfolio companies. The collaboration will see UOB making a USD10 million investment in OurCrowd. Through this collaboration, Asian companies with differentiated and highly
Augment, an augmented reality platform that allows users to envision any object in their current environment through a simple mobile app, has closed a series A funding round, bringing the total funding since launch to USD4.7 million from Salesforce Ventures and other investors. The company, headquartered in Paris, France, has
AMP Capital’s global infrastructure platform has raised more than USD1 billion in new commitments as it nears its final close of USD2 billion. The Global Infrastructure Fund raised nearly USD400 million cumulatively for its second and third closes. The investor commitments combined with the global infrastructure platform’s existing portfolio of
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