Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity firm, has confirmed the final close of its second African real estate fund, Actis Africa Real Estate 2, with total commitments of USD278m. The fund will focus on retail and office developments in East, West and Southern Africa, excluding South Africa. Actis’s ten person
Guinness EIS 4 – a discretionary managed service that will invest in UK sustainable energy companies through the tax-efficient EIS structure – is now open for investment. Guinness EIS 4 is targeting attractive risk-weighted returns by making investments in sustainable energy companies which have predictable revenues, low technology risk and
Mark Florman (pictured), Chief Executive of the BVCA, has responded to George Osborne’s announcement on owner employees… This is a great step towards putting the entrepreneurial zeal back into Britain, providing an opportunity to employers, employees and so many of those desperately looking for work. We need to make it
Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta-based private equity investment firm, has closed its third private equity fund, Roark Capital Partners III, with capital commitments of USD1.5bn. RCP III included strong support from existing Roark investors and a number of new investors, including endowments and foundations, public and corporate pension funds, sovereign
Graphite Capital (UK), Activa Capital (France), ECM (Germany) and MCH (Spain) have launched the Private Equity Network (PEN), a pan-European network of mid-market private equity firms. The Private Equity Network brings together the strong local expertise of European mid-market firms with the primary aim of building international portfolio companies. The
Recent improvements in the US economy could give Barack Obama the edge over Republican rival Mitt Romney, says Marcus Bullus, trading director at MB Capital… If President Obama looked on the ropes in Wednesday’s Presidential debate, the economy has just hit his opponent with a sucker punch. For the first
Apollo Global Management has priced ALM VII, a USD722m collateralised loan obligation (CLO), the largest broadly syndicated CLO issued in the US in 2012. ALM VII will invest in corporate leveraged loans and high yield bonds. Apollo has priced three CLOs this year, raising approximately USD1.7bn in aggregate, which represents
Acanthus Advisers’ seventh annual survey of LP-GP relations examines the foundation of the LP-GP relationship, asking the question: “Is the LP-GP model working?” And according to the private equity placement agent’s findings, on initial inspection, it would appear so. The majority of both LPs and GPs describe their relationship as
TLG Capital has made an investment in EmVest, a diversified agricultural fund focused on sub-Saharan Africa. The fund has deployed over USD40m, employs approximately 1,500 people and manages over 10,000 hectares of land across South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia. EmVest operates 10 projects across the agricultural chain, growing, processing
Symphony International has launched a fully underwritten USD100m rights issue. The proceeds will allow Symphony to invest in additional opportunities that its investment manager is exploring in the healthcare, hospitality and leisure sectors (including branded real estate developments) in the Asia Pacific region. The company believes there are a number
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