Steven O’Hanlon, Head of Fixed Income at ACPI Investment Managers comments on FED announcement on tapering… The impact of the Federal Reserve reducing its asset purchase programme will ultimately be significant; in many ways it will be like taking a teenager off their parent’s credit card. Emerging markets, who
Guernsey’s financial services regulator approved 33 new investment funds during the third quarter of 2013. Figures released by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) show that it approved five open-ended funds, 19 closed-ended funds and nine non-Guernsey schemes between the start of June and the end of September this year.
The Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA) has continued to achieve record growth in its membership in 2013, marking one of the fastest years of growth since the organisation’s inception 55 years ago. SBIA increased its total number of member firms as 56 new firms and fund groups joined, including 12
UK venture capital firm SEP has reported a sharp upturn in investment activity this year and strong operating performance across its portfolio of 40 high growth companies. SEP, one of the largest venture capital groups in Europe, confirmed that investment is scheduled to total GBP60m in the current year to
There’s plenty of value to be found in European microcap shares for investors in 2014, according to veteran European small cap investors Philip Best (pictured) and Marc St John Webb at Geneva-based Argos Investment Managers. Despite an outstanding 2013 for the duo’s Argonaut fund, which has risen by 39.2% since
Venture capital provider Mercia Fund Management (MFM) has launched the Mercia Growth Fund 3, the latest incarnation of the company’s EIS/Seed EIS (SEIS) hybrid fund. The fund follows the Mercia Growth Fund 1 and 2, which invested across the UK in medtech, gaming, telecoms and e-commerce sectors. As with
Atlas Holdings has held the first and final close of its second private equity investment fund, Atlas Capital Resources II. Atlas began fundraising in September with an initial target of USD650m and closed at its hard cap of USD900m. Atlas focuses on control investments in companies experiencing financial or
Fitch Ratings has updated its Investment Manager and Alternative Funds Criteria report, which applies to the ratings of traditional investment managers, alternative investment managers, business development companies and alternative funds. The updated criteria report replaces the existing report of the same name that was published on 17 December 2012.
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is to offer Lorega’s loss recovery insurance (LRI) to its members via its Advantage platform. The deal will enable BVCA’s 500 members to purchase Lorega’s home and business LRI products quickly online via BVCA Advantage, a platform for insurers and other service providers to
Over one in six (16 per cent) people investing in a venture capital trust (VCT) this tax year will be doing so for the first time, according to a study commissioned by Albion Ventures. The survey shows that almost a third (31 per cent) of advisers predict increased levels of
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