Joel Copp-Barton, European Equities Product Director at Invesco Perpetual, shares his views on Europe’s recovery… Recent Purchasing Managers Index data is questioning the speed at which Europe can recover. The uncertainty caused by Italy failing to elect a government and the impact on short term confidence from the prolonged Cyprus
HarbourVest Global Private Equity, a closed-end investment company, has extended its multi-currency credit facility with LloydsTSB Bank. The company’s existing USD500m credit facility expires in December 2014. HVPE has refinanced the credit facility, which will remain at USD500m until December 2014 and reduce to USD300m thereafter. The new
Second Alpha Partners, a private equity firm focused on secondary investments, has formed Second Alpha Partners I to manage the portfolio assets of venture capital firm Dolphin Equity Partners. In 2012, the former limited partners of the Dolphin Equity funds sold a substantial portion of their interests to an
Keith Wade, Chief Economist at Schroders, looks beyond the near term cyclical challenges and considers what the Eurozone needs to do to ensure its long term viability… Divergence rather than convergence • One of the fault lines to address was predicted before the single currency even started and is the
A total of USD69.3bn was raised globally in Q1 2013 by 130 private equity funds across all strategies, according to Private Equity International (PEI). The figure is roughly in line with fundraising totals for 2012 – on average USD73.7bn was raised in each quarter in the year – but represents
Scholars from a number of universities have created a consortium for research on private equity. The Private Equity Research Consortium (PERC) will conduct and promote research on how these private capital investments affect both financial results and broader economic issues. The consortium is particularly interested in the interaction
Heritage Administration Services Limited (HASL) has acted for Greencoat UK Wind on its recent IPO and launch. Greencoat is incorporated in England and Wales and structured as a closed-ended infrastructure investment company with an indefinite life and HASL has been appointed as the company’s administrator and company secretary.
Silver Lake has held the final closing of Silver Lake Partners IV, its latest large-cap technology investment fund. The firm accepted limited partner capital commitments up to its cap of USD10bn, surpassing its fundraising target of USD7.5bn. In aggregate with the general partner and affiliates, the USD10.3bn in total commitments for
Venture capital firms that invest in female-led businesses see positive returns, says a report by the US Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy. The report, called Venture Capital, Social Capital, and the Funding of Women-led Businesses, focuses on women entrepreneurs’ access to equity funding and how social networks
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has published Smart Choice: the case for investing in European venture capital. EVCA secretary-general Dörte Höppner (pictured) says: “In Europe today, there is a combination of world-class, repeat entrepreneurs and experienced venture capital (VC) fund managers, with the right skills
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