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Survey pinpoints critical importance of data management for PE firms

Private equity (PE) firms recognise the value of increased transparency and more effective data management, according to a research study by TABB Group. But in a world that demands to be kept informed, those firms need an on-demand ability to transform data into useful, digestible, reportable information – intelligence that

Liquid private equity surges in 2013

Liquid private equity rose 39 per cent in 2013, as measured by the Red Rocks Capital Global Listed Private Equity Index (GLPE), outpacing major market indices and other alternative investments. The GLPE Index is the largest, most widely followed private equity index, with more than USD500m in exchange-traded fund (ETF)

David Absolon, Heartwood Investment Management

2014 bond outlook

David Absolon (pictured), Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management, examines the outlook for bonds in 2014… Bond markets have enjoyed a bull run over the past 30 years, largely supported by both falling interest rates and inflation and, since 2008, loose monetary policy. But things began to change last summer

Fiona Le Poidevin, chief executive of Guernsey Finance

Guernsey still leads in LSE listings

Guernsey has more entities listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) than any other jurisdiction globally excluding the UK, according to figures from the market authority. LSE data shows that at the end of December 2013 there were 115 Guernsey-incorporated entities listed on the Main Market, the Alternative Investment Market

Turner Investments launches new investment strategy

Turner Investments has launched a new investment strategy – Turner/TomorrowVentures Genesis Equity. Turner Investments serves as the investment adviser for the strategy; TomorrowVentures will provide research for the strategy’s private investments.   Turner expects to invest up to half in private companies experiencing strong growth and not less than half

MMC opens fund aimed at investors under-35

MMC Ventures has reopened the MMC Growth Generation Fund, which is structured specifically to provide a younger generation of investors with access to high growth companies, EIS tax benefits and the opportunity to build long term capital gains. MMC hosted an event last night aimed at giving young people the

Infrastructure

AGF and Instar launch alternative investment offering for institutional investors

AGF Management and Instar Group have launched InstarAGF Asset Management, a joint venture that providing institutional investors with access to infrastructure investment opportunities. Based in Toronto and led by Gregory Smith, a pioneer in the infrastructure investment community, the new company will invest in and manage a range of alternative

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Rothschild completes EUR200m fundraising for first Oberon Credit Investment Fund

Rothschild Merchant Banking arm has completed the final closing of Oberon Credit Investment Fund I, its European secured credit fund. Rothschild worked with Key Capital to place this unlevered six-year closed end fund.   The Oberon fund is an actively managed credit fund invested in a diversified portfolio of secured

Simon Laing, Invesco Perpetual

Obamacare and the pressure to reduce healthcare costs

As the initial problems of ‘Obamacare’ are ironed out, Simon Laing, Head of US Equities at Invesco Perpetual, looks at the effect this may have on the US healthcare sector in 2014… Obamacare is the informal name that has been given to the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act that

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Aldermore raises GBP40m to fund support for small businesses

Aldermore has raised GBP40m of new capital from institutional investors Toscafund and Lansdowne Partners. The new funding was initiated and managed by its founding sponsor, AnaCap Financial Partners.   The new funds will enable Aldermore to continue to meet the demand for its accounts and services from both retail customers

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