For a second year running, the investments of LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, feature most prominently on the annual Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100. Published this weekend for a sixth year, the league table ranks Britain’s 100 private-equity-backed companies with the fastest-growing profits (ebitda)
Independent alternative assets advisory and placement firm MVision has become a Patron of The Prince’s Trust, an organisation that helps disadvantaged young people aged 13 – 30 who are struggling at school, are in or leaving care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. Through a
US venture capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies reached USD4.9 billion in 2011, flat in terms of deals and down 4.5% in terms of capital invested compared to 2010, according to an Ernst & Young LLP analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource. However, this represents a 29% increase
Young fashion footwear retailer OFFICE, backed by Silverfleet Capital the European private equity firm, has reported a 26 per cent growth in like-for-like sales in the five weeks to 31 December 2011. OFFICE has also made a senior appointment to its board with Allan Leighton taking on the role of
GlobeOp Financial Services (LSE:GO.) has added a fourth office to its Mumbai network, increasing capacity to meet growing client service demand and to enhance business continuity planning. A new 46,700 sq. ft. (4,339 sq. meter) hedge fund administration and data centre facility is now operational in Airoli, part of
Wermuth Asset Management (WAM) has launched the Tatarstan Cleantech Fund (TCTF) and WAM can now draw against the EUR110m committed by the co-founders of the fund. Additional fundraising is underway, as WAM targets a total fund size of EUR200m. TCTF is the first ever international cleantech fund with a specific mandate
Ross Marshall, CEO Dunedin reviews 2011 and gives his predictions for the private equity market in 2012… 2011 was a year of two halves. Pre Summer the bond and debt markets were open and the PE market was very active; post Summer the debt markets seized up with the Eurozone
Sturgeon Ventures LLP, the regulatory incubator, has established three of its fund manager clients in Malta, a jurisdiction it sees as set to attract an increasing number of start-up financial firms. Low cost, efficient regulation and access to the European Union are the three key attributes that are putting Malta
Jersey has extended its funds regime through the introduction of the Private Placement Fund to widen the choice available to investors. Private Placement Funds are closed ended funds available to a limited number of sophisticated institutional or professional investors. Similar in scope to the existing COBO (Control of Borrowing Order)
The World Economic Forum should consider how participants can play more of a role in investing to fill the ‘missing middle’ equity gap in the emerging markets, according to Aureos Capital. Aureos is a private equity fund management company specialising in investing in small and medium sized businesses (“SMEs) in
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