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Sverica Capital Management closes USD450m private equity fund at hard cap

Sverica Capital Management (Sverica), a growth-oriented lower middle market private equity firm, has held the first and final close of its fifth private equity fund, Sverica Capital Partners V (Fund V). After three months in the market, Fund V exceeded its target, was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap

Buyout fund performance spread has increased in last decade

The latest CEPRES Private Equity Buyout analysis shows the IRR spread between top performing funds and the market median has significantly increased since the GFC.  The analysis, based on primary sourced cash flow data from over 7,000 funds on the CEPRES platform, shows that between Vintage Year 2009 and 2018,

Natixis and EDHECinfra partner up to evaluate impact of ESG on infrastructure investing

Natixis and EDHECinfra have launched a new three-year research chair, directed by the same team that created an unlisted infrastructure indexing platform, to create useable, comparable documented measures of the impact and risk profile of social and environmental factors on infrastructure investments. ESG refers to the central factors in measuring

LDC exits FC Business Intelligence to Thomson Reuters

Mid-market private equity investor LDC has sold global business-to-business events specialist FC Business Intelligence (FCBI) to Thomson Reuters. The value of the transaction is undisclosed. FCBI delivers high-end conferences and exhibitions globally to a diverse range of sectors including energy, insurance, pharmaceuticals, transportation, travel, strategy and technology. It helps senior

Investment manager Downing exits sixth hydro project

Investment manager Downing has exited a series of hydroelectricity investments based in Scotland and managed by Gilkes Energy Limited. Downing’s Energy and Infrastructure Investment team has worked closely with Gilkes Energy, a specialist hydroelectricity developer, since September 2013, to invest in a series of seven projects.  The investment funded the

Maven leads on GBP12m investment in LIMA Networks and Data Centre UK

Managed services, hybrid cloud and data centre solutions provider, LIMA Networks and Data Centre UK have secured a GBP12 million investment from private equity house, Maven Capital Partners (Maven). The transaction includes an equity raise from Maven Investor Partners, a syndicate of institutional, family office and high net worth investors,

KB associates secures Investment from ECI Partners

KB Associates (KBA) has secured a minority investment from ECI Partners to continue enhancing its service offering and grow its international presence. KBA specialises in the provision of management company, governance and compliance services to investment funds and asset managers. Founded in 2003, Dublin-headquartered KBA also has offices in London, New

Schroders enhances investor access to private equity with new fund

Schroders has launched a specialist private equity fund, which provides greater investment flexibility for a potentially larger pool of prospective clients. The Schroder GAIA II Specialist Private Equity Fund addresses a number of factors that have traditionally made accessing the asset class challenging – it offers monthly subscriptions and quarterly

Alpine Investors’ TEAM Services Group invests in AmeriBest

TEAM Services Group (TEAM), a portfolio company of Alpine Investors (Alpine), has partnered with AmeriBest Home Care (AmeriBest), a home care agency that provides home and community-based services in the greater Philadelphia region. AmeriBest will continue to operate under its current brand name within TEAM Public Choices (TPC), a division of TEAM

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