A new energy “catalyst” fund to support UK companies develop their early stage innovations into commercial successes has been launched with an initial GBP25m funding round. The Catalyst aims to help transform UK energy technology and help innovative businesses to take advantage of emerging global markets. It is funded
Marlin Equity Partners has held the first and final closing of Marlin Heritage with USD400m of limited partner capital commitments. The Heritage Fund was only offered to investors in Marlin’s fourth flagship fund, and closed at its hard-cap in less than three months while generating demand of more than four
Venture capital firm DFJ Esprit has launched an EIS fund which will back promising, fast growing UK start-ups while offering generous tax reliefs to investors through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). EIS is the UK Government’s flagship tax initiative aimed at boosting investment in start-up and SME businesses. It offers
Australian private equity and venture capital funds can play a significant role in supporting investment into around 30,000 more domestic businesses. That’s according to a submission lodged to the Financial System Inquiry by the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL). “Private equity funds are currently invested
Co-investment programmes have a substantial risk of generating poor returns, even with a reasonably sized co-investment portfolio, according to a study by Altius Associates. Altius’ study empirically examines the risk of building a concentrated portfolio of private equity co-investments. Using a sample of 886 realised US buyout and growth
Associated Foods has established Metropolitan City Foods, a new division formed to develop new stores under the Met Food Markets, Pioneer Supermarkets, Met Fresh Supermarkets and Metropolitan Citymarkets of NYC banners. In connection with the Metropolitan City Foods division, Associated has established a business development and sales team with the
Carey Olsen has advised Nimrod Sea Assets Limited on its initial public offering on the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange. Nimrod is a Guernsey-domiciled company with a market capitalisation of USD130m. The company will acquire, charter and sell marine assets associated with the offshore oil and
The UK is the clear leader in the European private equity (PE) buyout market, accounting for 40 per cent of all buyout value in Q1 2014, according to the latest data from the Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR). With EUR5.2bn from 47 deals this quarter, the UK has seen
Representatives from White Star Capital, TwentyFour Asset Management, Syntaxis Capital and Odyssey Capital have all been confirmed as among the panellists for the Guernsey Funds Forum 2014. There are now five weeks to go until the annual event, which this year is titled ‘The pursuit of capital – art or
FMO, the Dutch Development Finance Company, has seen the value of its total investment portfolio increase to EUR6.6bn in 2013 from EUR6.3bn in 2012, according to the company’s annual results. The quality of the portfolio remains strong. A net profit of EUR133m (2012: EUR145m) will enable further investments and increase
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