Highbridge Principal Strategies (HPS), a credit and private investment firm, has held the final closing of HPS Specialty Loan Fund III with total capital of over USD3bn. The fund will invest primarily in newly issued, secured debt in refinancings, acquisitions and restructurings by middle-market companies, as well as companies
Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative and Wayra, Telefónica’s global start-up accelerator, have signed a partnership to support innovative start-ups. The collaboration involves Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative and Wayra to nurture and help grow innovation ecosystems in Europe and Latin American. The agreement aims to find synergies between both initiatives to
Riverstone Holdings, an energy and power investment firm, has closed its latest conventional energy private equity fund, Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund V, with total commitments of USD7.7bn. The fund’s original target was USD6bn. Fund V will pursue the same investment strategy that Riverstone was founded on 13
Alter Domus, a provider of Corporate and Fund Services to private equity houses, real estate firms, multinationals and private clients, has moved to a new Corporate Governance structure that is more in line with its operating model and future challenges. The Alter Domus Group Management Responsibilities have now been divided
China’s growth may have declined in recent years. but the country still has much to offer investors, says Jean Médecin, a member of Carmignac Gestion’s investment committee… Since the credit and infrastructure spending fuelled recovery of 2009/2010, China’s growth has gradually declined. China suffers from an unbalanced economy with
Follett Corporation has launched the Follett Knowledge Fund, a capital funding source for new technologies that have the potential to improve and even disrupt the way educational content is delivered and consumed. Follett has committed USD50m to the fund, which complements and extends the company’s portfolio of digital solutions
Evercore Mexico Capital Partners (EMCP), a private equity investor in Mexico and the Mexican private equity business of investment banking firm Evercore Partners, has completed fundraising for Evercore Mexico Capital Partners III (EMCP III), raising USD201m, its largest fund ever. EMCP III, which was oversubscribed, will continue to employ
George Whitehead, Venture Partner Manager for the ventures team at Octopus Investments responds to NESTA’s suggestion that the the UK venture capital market is falling behind its US counterpart… Whilst the average returns for venture capital funds can look weak on both sides of the pond, the reality is that
European private equity performance showed positive returns across all investment horizons for the period ending 31 December 2012 and moved in a positive trajectory in all but the three-year time horizon, compared to June 2012. According to the Private Equity Performance Index, one year returns, which are most affected
Asset managers and investment specialists taking part in a Camradata roundtable believe that environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis will be fully integrated into investment management by the end of the current decade. While there were differences of opinion on what the mainstream would look like, there was broad
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