Aggregate transaction value in the French SME space recorded a 52 per cent drop from 2011 to 2012 as the number of foreign buyers fell, research from S&P Capital IQ has revealed. When singling out M&A transactions where French small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the targets, the level
Stephen Cohen, Head of Investment Strategy at iShares, looks at the future for emerging markets… It’s been a tough year for emerging markets. Emerging equities have underperformed developed equities for the last two years, while EM debt has struggled during the Indian Summer. The outlook has recently begun to turn
Private equity firms are missing an opportunity to put a value on the improvements they are making within their portfolio companies from implementing their environmental, social and governance (ESG) management programmes, according to a report from PwC. The report, Putting a price on value, based on the largest ever
Guinness Asset Management’s Guinness EIS 5 – a discretionary managed service will invest in UK sustainable energy companies through the tax-efficient EIS structure – is now open for investment. Guinness EIS 5 is targeting attractive risk-weighted returns by making investments in UK sustainable energy companies which have predictable revenues,
The next 12 to 18 months will be pivotal for the long-term trends in the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), says Fiona Le Poidevin, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance… 22 July 2013 was the ‘deadline’ for the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA)
Polina Kurdyavko (pictured), Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager at BlueBay Asset Management, on the changing dynamics of emerging markets and where opportunities can be found in EM corporates… While emerging market dynamics are changing and are not as universally positive as they have been, we believe valuations have meaningfully corrected
Palamon Capital Partners has closed the Palamon Auxiliary Partnership 2013 and its co-investment programme with commitments of EUR210m. The Auxiliary Fund is structured with a two year investment term. Palamon will use The Auxiliary Fund exclusively for new investments, enabling it to maintain its historic annual investment rate for new deals
Private equity firm Brynwood Partners has completed the first and final close of its latest fund, Brynwood Partners VII, with USD400m of committed capital. "We are both pleased and proud to announce the first and final close of Brynwood VII with USD400m of committed capital, the largest fund in
Mid-market private equity specialist Graphite Capital has closed its eighth fund, Graphite Capital Partners VIII, with commitments of GBP475m. Further commitments are likely to come in over the next few weeks bringing the total to over GBP500m. Existing investors provided over 85 per cent of the fund, many
Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, has launched a practice focused on intermediating illiquid financial assets on a global basis. The illiquid financial asset (IFA) practice will incorporate the firm’s existing secondary advisory (SA) group and will build upon Houlihan Lokey’s transactions with banks, insurance companies and other asset-heavy
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