The initial public offering (IPO) of the First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund, a closed-end fund, has raised approximately USD440m in its common share offering. Should the underwriters exercise the overallotment option in full, the fund will have raised approximately USD503m. The fund’s investment objective is to
Context Asset Management has launched the Context Alternative Strategies Fund (CALTX), a multi-manager, multi-strategy fund that seeks to deliver capital appreciation by emphasising absolute returns and low correlation to the broader US equity and bond markets. The Context Alternative Strategies Fund pursues its objective by using various investment strategies and
SharesPost Investment Management has launched the SharesPost 100 Fund, an actively managed, closed-end interval fund that targets a diversified portfolio of private, late-stage, growth companies. The fund enables investors large and small to diversify within the venture capital asset class and capture the growth potential of these companies. As
FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investment firm, has held the final closing of its fourth fund, FTV IV, with USD700m of limited partner commitments. Formed to continue the growth equity strategy of its predecessor fund, FTV IV had an initial target of USD500m and was significantly oversubscribed. FTV
New data on the European venture capital (VC) sector points to a healthy environment for both investment and return opportunities in European high-growth technology star-up businesses. 

 Speaking at Ariadne Capital’s 12th Entrepreneur Country (EC) Forum, Matthias Ummenhofer, head of VC at the European Investment Fund (EIF), shared EIF's 2013
The European leveraged finance market is set to undergo a shift this year, as private equity sponsors veer back towards loans to finance leveraged buyouts, says S&P Capital IQ Leveraged Commentary and Data (LCD). European high-yield bond issuance has surged in recent years as sponsors have tapped into the liquid,
JTC Group has been chosen to administer a new listed specialist investment company, Nimrod Sea Assets Limited, a Guernsey domiciled company which will invest in vehicles which acquire, charter and sell marine assets associated with the offshore oil and gas industry. JTC Group is currently providing administration services to over
Context Asset Management, a new alternative mutual fund, is aiming to give investors access to cutting-edge alternative investment strategies with the ease and simplicity of traditional mutual funds. Alternative mutual funds have enjoyed rapid growth in recent years driven by institutional and retail investors looking for hedge fund-like returns with
Funds professionals are anticipating particular growth in the real estate and private equity asset classes, according to a poll held at the Jersey Finance Annual London Funds Conference this week. At the conference, held in London on 19 March, an audience of senior funds professionals was asked where they saw
Retail real estate specialist Simon Property Group has launched Simon Venture Group, a new business that will invest in retail innovation, focusing on opportunities that enhance the shopping experience. Simon Venture Group will be investing across stages from early-stage to high-growth technology companies, making seed to series C+ investments and
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