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Kyle Dunn, Meyler Capital

Digital marketing to drive alts growth in 2018, says Meyler Capital

Sophisticated marketing is the next big investment for hedge funds and private equity firms, according to Meyler Capital, an integrated capital-raising and marketing services company for alternative investment managers. “In 2018, marketing is going mainstream in the multi-trillion-dollar alternative asset management sector,” says Kyle Dunn (pictured), founder and CEO of

Sean Thompson, CAMRADATA

CAMRADATA acquires Funds Europe Limited

CAMRADATA, a provider of data and analysis for institutional investors, has acquired specialist publishing business, Funds Europe Limited – a move that will boost CAMRADATA’s research arm, expand its publishing capabilities and events business and extend its database reach into Europe. The acquisition will be completed by 14 December 2017 and

2017 European private equity exits continue bull run

European buyout houses have generated more than EUR100 billion in exit proceeds for the fourth year in a row, rising 12 per cent in 2017 to reach EUR112 billion across 436 divestments. That’s according to provisional data from the CMBOR at Imperial College Business School, sponsored by Equistone Partners Europe

Margaret Frost, Allianz GI

Investors see alternative assets as an important diversification tool in uncertain markets, says AllianzGI RiskMonitor Survey

Institutional investors are increasingly turning to alternative assets to diversify portfolios as they navigate an environment characterised by low yields, geopolitical concerns and a growing set of investment risks, finds Allianz Global Investors, one of the world’s leading active investment managers, in its annual RiskMonitor survey. Consisting of 755 institutional

Private equity investments are long-terms, says BVCA and EY report

Private equity investments in portfolio companies are long term, with an average timeframe of 5.8 years from initial investment to exit, according to the tenth annual BVCA report on the performance of PE investments. Compiled by EY, and covering 89 per cent of the total population of portfolio companies, being

Elsen raises USD2.4m in seed funding round

Elsen, a Platform-as-a-Service company for large financial institutions, has raised USD2.4 million in a seed extension round led by Hyperplane Venture Capital with participation from Accomplice, Launch Capital and hand-picked angel investors from the startup and financial community. As part of the investment, Hyperplane managing partner, Jack Klinck (pictured), who previously spent

Proportion of LPs competing with GPs for assets has peaked

The proportion of Limited Partners that make ‘direct’ investments (investments into private companies without the involvement of a private equity fund) has peaked, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer.  Between 2006 and 2012, the share of LPs making direct investments almost doubled, but it has not changed

UK slips from 1st to 4th in Infrastructure Index

The UK continues to be one of the world’s most attractive destinations for infrastructure investment, according to the CMS Infrastructure Index: ‘A new direction’, which this year ranks 40 jurisdictions in order of infrastructure investment attractiveness according to six key criteria. CMS commissioned the Index, in conjunction with Inspiratia, to

European Buy & Build activity reaches new high in H1 2017

European Buy & Build activity in the first half of 2017 reached its highest level on record, up 20 per cent on H2 2016, according to Silverfleet Capital’s latest semi-annual European Buy & Build Monitor. The Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken by European- headquartered companies

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