Private equity general partners are seeing an uptick in institutional investors asking for more reporting from their private equity fund managers and those fund managers are building up their back offices to meet these demands, according to a poll by iLevel Solutions.  Supporting the results of the poll, carried out

Private equity and venture capital investment in Latin America reached USD1.79bn in the first half of 2012, down 60 per cent from the same period in 2011, according to the latest issue of Venture Equity Latin America from Thomson Reuters. The report is published by WTE, part of the tax

Carey Olsen has advised the Battle Against Cancer Investment Trust (BACIT Limited) on its establishment as a Guernsey registered closed-ended investment company and its recent flotation on the Main List of the London Stock Exchange. BACIT is a new investment company formed by a group of leading fund managers. It

Livingstone Partners’ debt advisory team has concluded a debt raise on behalf of online insurance intermediary iprism to repay a majority of the loan notes held by founder Gary Burke and his private equity backer Magenta Partners. Livingstone advised Burke on the equity capital raise which introduced Magenta into iprism

Tristan Capital Partners has raised over EUR170m of commitments to a first closing of its real estate private equity fund, European Property Investors Special Opportunities 3 (EPISO 3). The fund was launched to target investment opportunities being created by economic restructuring in distressed European markets where equity and debt capital

Platte River Equity has held the closing of its third private equity investment fund, Platte River Equity III.  Platte River launched fundraising in June of this year with an initial target of USD350m and closed Fund III at its hard cap of USD405m. Platte River’s investor base is comprised of

Boston-based private equity firm Mansa Capital Management’s debut healthcare growth fund has invested USD7m into Independent Living Systems as the fund’s flagship investment. “Mansa Capital is focused on the intersection of healthcare policy, clinical research, technology development and demographic trends,” says Ruben J. King-Shaw Jr, managing partner and chief investment

State Street has published a Vision paper which explores how the continued volatility of global financial markets has identified weaknesses in investment portfolios, causing institutional investors to reconsider their asset allocation strategies. According to “The Asset Owners’ Perspective: Evolving Investment and Operational Models”, investors are using new approaches to liquidity