In the first quarter of 2013, investors in European equities continued to behave like first time swimmers: they only wanted to enter the water wearing a life vest. Despite tentative signs of a global recovery, investors maintained a strong preference for “safe” global brand names in defensive sectors, says Ad
Private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has completed fundraising for Arsenal Capital Fund III with USD875m of committed capital, exceeding its target of USD750m. The firm’s previous fund, Arsenal Capital Partners II, was raised in 2006 with USD500m of committed capital. Arsenal now has over USD1.6bn of committed
Anchorage Capital Partners, the Sydney based private equity firm focusing on special situations and turnaround investment in the Australian, New Zealand and Southeast Asian markets, has held the first and final closing of Anchorage Capital Partners II at AUD250m. Significant interest from both existing and new investors meant that the
Private Credit Strategies have recently attracted the attention of the LPs’ and more broadly the investor community. The main reason is performance: investors are looking at ways to enhance their returns on traditional credit and fixed income portfolios which have displayed meagre returns over the last couple of years due
S&P Capital IQ has completed an initiative to expand its fundamental dataset to include over 3,000,000 privately-held businesses with over 500,000 of those with detailed financials in Southern Europe, the Nordics, Germany, Austria, France, the UK and the US. Following a thorough process of quality checks, similar to those
The European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has released an interactive map of European case studies to illustrate how private equity works in practice. The map is a resource of concrete examples of companies all over Europe that have worked with private equity in order to grow and develop. It
Governments and supranational organisations have a crucial role to play in helping the world secure its natural resources but they cannot solve these problems on their own – the private sector will have to make a major contribution, says Pictet Asset Management. Overall, the world will need to invest
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, senior notes of Carlyle Holdings II Finance LLC, its indirect subsidiary. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by The Carlyle Group and its indirect subsidiaries, Carlyle Holdings I, Carlyle Holdings II and
Apex Fund Services, one of the world’s largest independent fund administration companies, is offering free office facilities and fund incubation services to fund managers looking to start a new fund. The new office facilities service forms part of a new division, Apex Emerging Manager Incubation Services (EMIS), aimed at
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association has welcomed the European Commission’s new green paper on long-term investing and says it is looking forward to playing a full part in the debate the paper’s publication has begun. According to the ECVA, much in the way of current regulation
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