Venture capital investor Albion Ventures has launched the Albion VCTs Top Up Offers which are seeking to raise up to GBP25.5 million across its six venture capital trusts (VCTs). The Offers are targeting a monthly tax-free income of around 6% (should investors choose to invest equally across all Offers), equivalent
US private equity firms and their funds have grown investments in the life insurance sector over the past several years, says Fitch Ratings. However, that growth is expected to moderate as the high-value opportunities in the sector that manifested themselves the aftermath of the financial crisis have largely dried up.
MarketNet Services, a client of Mergers & Acquisition advisor Generational Equity, has been acquired by a Private Investor. MarketNet Services provides specialty sales lead processing, nurturing, and management services. MarketNet helps its client's manage their sales leads using its proprietary web-base platform and marketing automation tools. The Company's proprietary web-base
Increased infrastructure investment would drive economic growth and bolster the UK's competitiveness, according to Standard & Poor’s. Standard & Poor’s currently expects real GDP to grow by 2%-3% per year over the next several years – yet it estimates that each additional GBP1 spent on infrastructure in one year
Although much maligned for sub-par performance since the dot-com crash, venture capital returns for more recent funds have picked up significantly – one-year horizon returns are among the best in the entire private equity industry. Preqin’s latest special report examines the drivers of this recent success, and uncovers the impact
By Adrian Jones (pictured) corporate partner, and Roger Clarke, banking and finance partner, at law firm Trowers & Hamlins – Distressed loan portfolios secured by property assets have proved an attractive investment class for private equity investors. In its June 2014 Financial Stability Report[1] the Bank of England noted that UK banks non-performing
Over a period of three years to March 2014, venture capital funds have produced average returns of 12.7%, on par with the “All Private Equity” benchmark over the same period, according to research by Preqin. More capital was invested in companies by venture capital firms in Q2 2014 than in
Kensington Capital Partners (Kensington) has launched the Kensington Venture Fund with an initial closing of investor commitments totalling CAD160 million. This marks the next step in the Government of Canada's Venture Capital Action Plan (VCAP). This new fund of funds will invest in promising VC funds and companies in the
Bain Capital is combining three of its fresh food portfolio businesses – M&J Seafood, Pauleys and Wild Harvest – to form a new company, Fresh Direct. The new company will be jointly owned by Bain Capital & Nigel Harris. Current Fresh Direct owners, Nigel & Colin Harris will continue to
ArchOver, a FinTech company offering secured and insured loans to investors, has formed a partnership with online private shares marketplace, Asset Match to provide a secondary marketplace for its loans. This is the first time Asset Match has partnered with a crowdlender. ArchOver’s CEO, Angus Dent, says: “We believe
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