Amanda Rowland, partner and head of asset management regulation at PwC commenting on the announcements made at the 2013 FCA asset management conference that took place on 30 October… No-one in the asset management industry should be surprised at the FCA's focus on the use of dealing commissions. But today
Grove Street Advisors, a private equity fund investor with approximately USD5bn in assets under management, has received USD650m in new commitments. New programmes have come from four existing clients of the firm as well as a new sovereign wealth fund relationship. “We are grateful for the support of our
After a week in China's hinterland, Lead Portfolio Manager and Head of Hermes Emerging Markets Gary Greenberg, talks about how he saw every stage of development whilst on his travels… We travelled on amazing five-star highways in remote areas, landed at almost empty but brand new regional airports and marvelled
GLI Finance’s unaudited net asset value (NAV) per share as at 30 September 2013 was 51.8p, down from 53.1p as at 30 June 2013 but up from 49.1p per share as at 31 March 2013. The sterling and Euro denominated investments (GBP22.4m as at the quarter end) were unchanged for the
Macroeconomic drivers have reignited cleantech investment and expanded its reach across sectors and industries, according to research published by cleantech research firm Kachan & Co. The new, freely downloadable 38-page report, titled Cleantech Redefined: Why the Next Wave of Cleantech Infrastructure, Technology and Services Will Thrive in the 21st Century,
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution, is calling for proposals to support qualified private equity investment funds in emerging markets worldwide. OPIC will consider providing between USD35m and USD150m in capital to each of one or more selected funds, which will represent generally no
Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm with over USD2bn of assets under management, has closed its second resurgence fund at USD550m. Through Aurora Resurgence Fund II, Aurora will continue to invest in the equity and junior capital of middle market companies, seeking controlling positions in complex situations
North Bridge Growth Equity has held the final closing of its second fund with over USD580m of commitments. North Bridge Growth Equity now has total capital under management of more than USD1.1bn. North Bridge Growth Equity II will continue its strategy of investing primarily in privately held, technology and
GCP Capital Partners, the former European private equity arm of Greenhill & Co, has re-branded as Kester Capital. This follows the introduction earlier in 2013 of private equity funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management as GCP’s new cornerstone investor, alongside a number of other new institutional LPs, to replace
The impressive gains made by equity markets this year have left valuations looking fuller than they were 12 months ago, says Dean Turner, Investment Strategist at HSBC Private Bank… Nevertheless, we believe that equities will continue to make progress over coming months, driven by earnings growth that is supported by
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