Returns offered by the private equity asset class are often a hot topic for discussion in the investment industry. With yields varying between fund types, sectors and managers, Jessica Duong (pictured) investigates the differences in performance of sector-specific buyout funds in this extract from Preqin Private Equity Spotlight – June 2015.
BlackRock is to acquire Infraestructura Institucional, Mexico’s leading independently managed, infrastructure investment firm, expanding BlackRock’s infrastructure capabilities in Mexico. The agreement builds upon BlackRock’s existing USD6 billion global infrastructure platform and strengthens the Firm’s long-standing Mexico business. The acquisition will fully enable BlackRock to deliver to its local and international
Salient Partners has successfully completed its acquisition of Forward Management, creating a USD27 billion diversified asset management firm and reaffirming the firm’s position as provider of liquid alternative and real asset investment strategies. The combined firm has 250 employees across its offices in Houston, San Francisco and New York.
Shoreline Capital, a private fund manager in Chinese distressed debt and special situation investments, has closed its third fund at USUSD500 million. The fund, Shoreline China Value III, was over-subscribed. Meanwhile, Shoreline held the first close for Fund IIIÂ’s overflow fund at USD115 million. Based on current indications of interest, Shoreline
The amount of capital awarded by investors to separate account structures reached an all-time high in 2014. In an extract from Preqin Real Estate Spotlight – June 2015, Oliver Senchal examines the growing prominence of this type of alternative structure in the broader fundraising market, including investor appetite and fund
Noerr has advised the private equity investor American Industrial Partners (AIP) on the acquisition of the German OEM fasteners division of Anixter. The total volume of the global transaction is USD380 million. Anixter is one of the world’s leading providers of products in the fields of data communication and security
The unlisted infrastructure fund market targeting Germany, either solely or as part of a wider geographic focus, remains relatively small, with data from Preqin’s Infrastructure Online service revealing only 18 unlisted vehicles have reached a final close since 2010. Fundraising has declined from six funds closing in 2013 raising an
Hokkei, a new Cardiff based restaurant launched by two MasterChef finalists Dale Williams and Larkin Cen, is looking to raise GBP275,000 through the Seedrs equity crowdfunding platform. Williams and Cen are looking to share 25 per cent of the business which aims to flip Chinese takeaway food on its head
Nordic Capital Fund VII (Nordic Capital) has acquired Sunrise Medical, a specialist in premium mobility products, from Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone). Sunrise Medical develops, designs, manufactures and distributes manual wheelchairs, power wheelchairs, scooters, as well as seating and positioning products. The Company’s products are sold in over 130 countries. Sunrise
eQ Asset Management has held the final close at USD80 million for its North America-focused private equity fund, eQ PE VII US. The fund was raised in only five months and closed above its target. eQ PE VII US invests in funds investing in unlisted small and medium-sized companies operating
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