Oakfield Capital Partners (OCP), a private equity firm specialising in investing in small and mid-sized British businesses (SMEs), is to launch a new GBP20m fund which will allow its investors to qualify for tax relief under the government-backed Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). OCP’s UK Special Situations Fund will invest in
University of Bradford spinout Acoustic Sensing Technology (UK) has secured a GBP650,000 equity investment from The North West Fund for Energy & Environmental, which is managed by CT Investment Partners. The start-up company has developed a new product named SewerBatt, which is a low cost acoustic technology product that assesses
The Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) has selected alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and AlpInvest Partners to manage a new USD150m fund, Indiana Investment Fund II (IIF-II). The fund will invest in a diversified, high-quality portfolio of Indiana-based direct investments, co-investments and fund commitments. Carlyle and AlpInvest have opened
HIG Capital has closed HIG Capital Partners V at its USD1bn cap. The fund will continue the strategy of HIG Capital’s four predecessor funds, focusing on private equity, buyout and equity-related investments in lower middle-market companies primarily in the US. Sami Mnaymneh and Tony Tamer, co-founders and managing partners of
Despite the headwinds facing public markets, private equity continues to represent an alternative investment strategy that is delivering sustained investor returns. The realities of today’s public markets, such as continued volatility driven by external events — from fiscal crises in Europe to political gridlock in Washington — combined with normal
Citi has been awarded a mandate from glendonTodd Capital to provide private equity fund services. Based in Dallas, Texas, glendonTodd is a private equity firm that focuses on investments in healthcare real estate, data centres and related infrastructure, technology-enabled business services companies, and financial services companies. Mary Hatcher (pictured), chief
Draper Triangle Ventures has held the first closing of its newest fund, Draper Triangle III, targeted to be a USD75m to USD100m fund. With Fund III, Draper Triangle will continue to leverage the successful investment strategy of its two earlier funds, investing in early stage technology companies located in the
ProShares, a provider of alternative exchange-traded funds, has launched the ProShares Global Listed Private Equity ETF (PEX). PEX is the first globally diversified ETF focused on companies that invest primarily in private enterprises. “Private equity has long been a staple of institutional and high-net-worth individuals’ portfolios; for other investors, it’s
Fortress Investment Group has reported a 20 per cent increase in base quarterly dividend to USD0.06 per dividend paying share, effective for the fourth quarter of 2012 and full year 2013. Fortress also repurchased 51.3 million dividend paying shares at a price of USD3.50 per share, representing approximately 10 per
Chris Wyllie (pictured), CIO, and William Beverley, head of macroeconomic research, at Iveagh, offer their investment commentary in the wake of Italy’s election [non]result… Back in January we identified the elections in Italy as a short term potential smoking gun for markets, which might derail progress made since the ECB
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