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Keensight Capital closes Keensight IV fund at EUR250m

Private equity firm Keensight Capital has completed the final closing of its new fund, Keensight IV, for EUR250 million. Jean-Michel Beghin, managing partner at Keensight Capital, says: “The fact that Keensight IV reached its hard cap in less than six months and was significantly oversubscribed, demonstrates the relevance and attractiveness

Quantum Capital closes initial private equity fund

Quantum Capital Partners, founded by turnaround specialist Steffen Görig, has held a first and final close for its inaugural private equity fund after less than nine months of fundraising. The limited partners of the oversubscribed EUR55 million Quantum Opportunity Fund are a select group of US and European institutional investors.

RateSetter matches record GBP30m in loans in Spetember

UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lender RateSetter forged ahead in September, matching over GBP30m in loans. The figure was the largest amount ever lent in a single month by any UK P2P lender, and continued a run of new record volumes for each of the last five months. This has helped RateSetter

Dragon Capital Group makes partial exit from Vinamilk

Dragon Capital Group, a Vietnam-based private equity fund management company, has made a partial exit from Vinamilk, the biggest dairy company in Vietnam. Dragon Capital has realised part of the gains in its flagship holding with a 7x return.   “Vinamilk has performed exceptionally for both VEIL and VGF,” says

Tungsten completes DocuSphere acquisition

Tungsten Corporation, the global electronic trading network, has acquired DocuSphere, a provider of accounts payable automation solutions.  The acquisition, which was completed in September 2014, extends Tungsten’s invoice-automation technologies to help companies streamline their accounts payable functions, adhere to tax and regulatory compliance, and have greater transparency of the entire invoice-to-pay

ECI delivers 3x return on exit of XLN Business Services

Mid-market private equity firm ECI Partners has sold portfolio company XLN Business Services to XLN’s management team, financed by vehicles managed or advised by GSO Capital Partners. XLN was the first investment from ECI’s Fund 9 in September 2010 and this exit has yielded ECI a 3x return on its

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Hargreave Hale announces GBP20 million VCT fundraise

Hargreave Hale has announced a new offer for subscription to raise GBP20 million into Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 plc. Launched in 2004, the Hargreave Hale AIM VCTs, which are co-managed by Giles Hargreave and Oliver Bedford, offer investors access to a diversified

Preqin Hedge Fund Spotlight

Alternative routes into hedge funds: liquid alternatives and managed accounts

Preqin evaluates investor appetite for liquid alternatives and managed account structures, and examines the reasons behind investors’ growing interest in these specialized structures, based on the results of surveys with 100 institutional investors in hedge funds and 150 hedge fund managers. In recent years, demand for greater liquidity and transparency

Hampleton Partners advises on sale of Profit Software Oy

Hampleton Partners has acted as financial advisor to the shareholders of Profit Software Oy on the sale of the company to Via Ventures Partners, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd and the company’s management team. Profit Software delivers enterprise software solutions that allow insurers to manage all their services, business lines and

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