HarbourVest Global Private Equity’s net asset value per share was USD11.43 as at the end of April 2012, a USD0.02 per share decrease from 31 March 2012 (USD11.45), following four consecutive monthly increases. This modest adjustment reflects negative public markets during April, as well as nominal adjustments to the
Stratus Group’s portfolio company, Senior Solution, has become the first private equity-backed company to list on the BOVESPA MAIS segment – the AIM or NASDAQ equivalent – of the Brazil’s BOVESPA exchange. Founded in 1996 by Bernardo Gomes and Luciano Camargo, Senior Solution – an IT company which specialises
In his latest Market Update, Russ Koesterich, iShares Global Chief Investment Strategist, argues that current market expectations for volatility appear too low and investors should consider adopting a modestly more defensive stance… Equity market volatility has been relatively low in the past six months. Since early 2008, the annualized volatility
Venture capital investment activity in companies that are providing innovative water solutions to the oil and gas and mining industries is increasing according to a report released by the London Environmental Investment Forum. The report, ‘Water Innovation in Extractive Industries’, identifies 25 private early and growth stage companies operating in
Following the Japanese earthquake in March 2011, major industrial sectors were plunged into turmoil. So far 2012 has seen no repeat of the surge in oil prices in the first half of 2011 when they jumped more than 50% compared to the average 2010 price. The steep fall in US
General Partners (GPs) of private equity firms are significantly less optimistic about the UK economy’s growth prospects over the next 12 months than they were last year, according to Investec Fund Finance. Investec’s research among senior UK private equity professionals for its private equity industry barometer (‘Barometer’) reveals that
Some EUR40bn was raised in Europe last year across the private equity and venture capital industry as a whole, the highest fundraising level seen since 2008 and an 80% increase on 2010, according to the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s (EVCA) annual activity survey. This increase was initiated
Trident Fund Services has added the Geneva World Investor module to its existing implementation of Geneva. Trident Fund Services leverages the Geneva platform to provide integrated portfolio management and investor servicing across private equity, real estate and hedge fund clients. "A robust, integrated technology platform underpins our ability to provide
Following its official launch on 12 March 12, 2012, the European Angels Fund (EAF) has now commenced operation in Germany, with Business Angel Friedrich Georg Hoepfner, making the first investment into Fotografen-Service GmbH (www.fotograf.de), a provider of a software-as-a-service tool to support professional photographers throughout their entire business cycle from
A new report out today from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation describes how most institutional investors, including larger state pension funds, endowments and foundations, may be shortchanged by their investments in venture capital funds. Over the past decade, public stock markets have outperformed the average venture capital fund and for
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