Preqin has launched its 2015 Preqin Global Alternatives Reports, revealing significant growth in assets held by private equity, hedge fund, private debt, real estate and infrastructure fund managers. Total industry assets now stand at USD6.91tn*, up from USD6.22tn as of this point last year. From their conversations with investors, Preqin believes
Bloomsbury Publishing has acquired Osprey Publishing Ltd, the Oxford-based military and natural history publisher, from private equity investor Alcuin Capital Partners LLP. The Osprey group consists of Osprey Military, Heritage and Custom Publishing, and British Wildlife Press. Osprey Military is the world's best known military history brand, publishing titles with
KKR has acquired Trainline, the UK’s online platform for selling rail tickets to both consumers and businesses. Trainline is the most downloaded travel app in the UK and its website ranks 5th by gross transaction value in the UK e-commerce sector. The company has 4.7m active customers, 20.8m visits per
On Deck Capital has launched OnDeck Marketplace, a platform that enables institutional investors to purchase small business loans originated by OnDeck and drive small business success. The general availability of OnDeck Marketplace comes after a one-year pilot program with a group of inaugural institutional investors, including asset managers, hedge funds
Former BBC Newsnight anchor, Jeremy Paxman, will be asking the questions about the prospects for the international funds industry when he moderates this year’s Jersey Finance funds conference. Entitled ‘Winning Moves,’ the annual conference, which will be held i London on 19 March, will provide an analysis of the current
Chicago-based private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is to acquire a majority interest in Walgreens Infusion Services. With more than 30 years of experience, Walgreens Infusion Services is one of the nation’s largest providers of home and alternate treatment site infusion services and is considered an industry pioneer. Walgreens
Preqin has been busy preparing its end-of-year investor and fund manager reports across all major alternative asset classes: hedge funds, private equity, private real estate and infrastructure. The following article summarises the key findings from these reports at a broad strokes level. Hedge Funds 2014 proved a challenging year for
Preqin has launched its 2015 Global Alternatives Reports, revealing significant growth in assets held by private equity, hedge fund, private debt, real estate and infrastructure fund managers. Total industry assets now stand at USD6.91tn*, up from USD6.22tn as of this point last year. A challenging performance environment resulted in the
Kirkland & Ellis represented GTCR in it’s acquisition of Fairway Media Group ion partnership with Adams Outdoor Advertising. Fairway is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the United States, and Adams Outdoor is a preeminent provider of outdoor advertising solutions. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Ipreo has acquired ClearMomentum, a provider of portfolio monitoring applications to alternative asset investors and their limited partners. Since introducing the industry’s flagship portfolio monitoring application, ClearFinancials, in 2005, ClearMomentum has played an integral role in the transition to greater transparency and data integrity in the alternative asset market.
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