The Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H1 2016 finds that investors are mixed in their attitudes to the alternative assets industry. The majority (65 per cent) of investors holds a positive general perception of private equity, and only 6 per cent have a negative perception. However, more hedge fund investors
50 South Capital Advisors, the investment advisory subsidiary of Northern Trust is to acquire the hedge fund solutions provider Aurora Investment Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management. The addition of Chicago-based Aurora will offer clients of both firms access to an expanded global alternative investment platform with
Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), ab engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has acquired Ramp Surface Coatings Ltd a specialised surface coatings operation based in Yeovil. Cyrus’s first EIS Fund, Cyrus Precision Engineering EIS Fund 1, is now fully invested in four portfolio companies across the Aerospace, Defence and Security sectors after
NVM Private Equity (NVM) has exited from Kitwave Wholesale Group, a delivered wholesaler with a wide product range including confectionery, soft drinks, ice-cream, alcohol and tobacco. The company has transformed itself from being a regional confectionery business to a national wholesaler through 11 acquisitions since 2006. The sale represents a
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
Performance video advertising technology company SourceKnowledge has secured a USD1.5 million financing round from BDC Capital, a subsidiary of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). The funding will be used to scale growth in the company's quickly expanding performance advertising platform Engage. The Engage platform was developed for
Fiera Capital Corporation is to acquire, via its wholly-owned subsidiary Fiera US Holding Inc, Apex Capital Management (Apex), a US growth equity manager with approximately USD7.1 billion in assets under management (AUM) as at 31 December, 2015. This transaction will more than double Fiera Capital's presence in the US institutional and
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP) has led a USD13.5 million Series B investment round in Replay Technologies to support the company's development of next-generation, multi-dimensional video imaging technologies. Replay Technologies, whose wholly-owned R&D centre is based in Tel-Aviv, has introduced Free Dimensional Video (FreeDTM), which allows viewers to see and
The Maven Capital Managed Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF) has invested GBP320,000 in Emeg Electrical Limited (Emeg), a specialist mechanical and electrical contractor providing services to the owners and operators of rail facilities. Established in 1997, Emeg has grown steadily in recent years following the award of the coveted Principal
Health Catalyst has raised USD70 million in a Series E funding round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners, the lead investor in three previous rounds, and UPMC, a healthcare provider and insurer that is also a Health Catalyst customer. Two additional existing customers of Health Catalyst – MultiCare Health System and
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