Figures published today by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) show that GBP330 million (value of new shares issued), was raised by the VCT sector during the 2011/2012 tax year compared to GBP365 million in the 2010/11 tax year and the sixth highest amount since VCTs were first launched in
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has published detailed analysis of the European Commission’s draft implementing rules for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), which shows substantial policy differences between the Commission text and the advice provided by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). Key areas where the
US-based companies led the way in completing merger-and-acquisition (M&A) deals with emerging and high-growth market companies in the second half of 2011, but deal activity dropped by 20 per cent compared with the first half of 2011, according to KPMG International’s latest Emerging Markets International Acquisition Tracker (EMIAT) study. The
Total sovereign wealth fund (SWF) assets under management stand at USD4.62tn, an increase from USD3.98tn in 2011, Preqin data reveals. Data analysed for the forthcoming 2012 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review also show that more than half of all sovereign wealth funds, 57%, invest in private equity. However, the overall
Willem Sels (pictured), UK Head of Investment Strategy at HSBC Private Bank on how recent data still points to a soft landing scenario in China… In recent months, concerns have increased that China will experience a hard landing and that tightening measures by policymakers since October 2010 have been too
Global limited partners (LPs) continue to expect their commitments to emerging markets private equity (EM PE) to increase, reflecting investor optimism about these markets’ ability to outperform developed markets, according to the latest EMPEA Global Limited Partners Survey. Three-quarters (75%) of LPs expect their commitments to emerging markets to increase
John Redwood, chairman of Evercore Pan-Asset’s Investment Committee on efforts by the UK and Spanish governments to rebalance their respective economies… This week saw the Spanish authorities seek to cut a further EUR10 billion from their public sector budgets, in an attempt to stave off further rises in their 10
At the end of March, HarbourVest Private Equity’s (HVPE) estimated Net Asset Value per share is USD11.45, a USD0.02 per share increase from 29 February 2012 (USD11.43), its fourth consecutive monthly increase. This modest adjustment reflects positive public markets and foreign currency movement during March, as well as adjustments
With the economy and the market showing ongoing signs of improvement, business optimism among investment managers is extremely high according to a poll by SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC). The poll, conducted at a recent event for the company’s investment manager clients, shows that a majority of participants (78 per cent) are
Forty-two US venture capital funds raised USD4.9 billion in the first quarter of 2012, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). This level marks a 35 per cent decrease by dollar commitments and a 9 per cent decline by number of funds compared to the first
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