David Willetts, the UK’s Minister for Universities and Science, has announced a GBP3.7m investment to fund projects that apply innovative photonics technologies to solve challenges in the health sector. The investment seeks to encourage the formation of new business-led partnerships between academia, industry and health providers, to validate and highlight
Maven Capital Partners, a venture capital trust, private equity and alternative asset manager has launched a GBP5m top-up offer for Maven Income and Growth VCT 4. The offer, which will close on 30 April 2013, is available for subscriptions for both the tax years 2012/13 and 2013/14. The offer provides
Joanna Shatney (pictured), Head of US Large Cap Equities at Schroders, shares her views on the recent sequestration in the US… We are now in the first week of sequestration – sequestration refers to the mandatory cuts in spending that went into effect 1 March in the US, directly impacting
Perella Weinberg Partners is to launch PWP Growth Equity, a new private equity strategy focused on investing in growth companies in the lower middle market. The new strategy will be led by David Ferguson (pictured) and Chip Baird, investment veterans who have joined the firm as partners in its asset
CapMan Plc has launched its fourth private equity real estate fund in the Nordic countries. The investment capacity of CapMan Nordic Real Estate (CMNRE) is approximately EUR125m after the first closing that was held on 6 March 2013. CMNRE invests mainly in properties with value-add potential that can be realised
Fund administrator SGGG Fexserv has selected the Linedata Mshare transfer agency solution to support its expanding business in Malta and complement its proprietary systems. SGGG Fexserv has been established in Malta since 2008. Taking advantage of the island’s position as a growing administrative centre, the company has increased its client
With an eye firmly on national elections in 2014, the Indian government has delivered a populist budget aimed at securing the support of its core rural voters, while putting off more radical structural reform until later, says Avinash Vazirani (pictured), manager of the Jupiter India Fund and the Jupiter India
Peterson Partners has raised its eighth fund, securing commitments of USD140m from US business and investment leaders. “This new fund enables us to continue to serve as reliable capital partners to our current and future portfolio companies,” says Dan Peterson (pictured), managing partner of Peterson Partners. “We look forward to
Venture capital fund manager Mercia Fund Management has launched Mercia Growth Fund 2, its second hybrid EIS/SEIS fund. The new fund follows the close and investment of Mercia Growth Fund 1. The SEIS portion of that fund was oversubscribed, while the entire fund reached approximately to GBP2m in size. Mercia
For many investors, the mere thought of Japan as being a role model is ridiculous. Yet, a study of the impact of Japanese demographics and policy on its financial markets would have provided valuable insights for European investors, says Ad van Tiggelen, Senior Investment Specialist at ING Investment Management. After
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