In the wake of several years of underwhelming performance and lack of liquidity, many private equity fund managers are increasing transparency and decreasing fees to attract and retain skeptical investors, according to a global survey report released by SEI in collaboration with Greenwich Associates. In fact, the majority of managers
Ingenious Ventures has launched its fifth Shelley Media Fund, providing another great opportunity for investment in the fast-growing entertainment sector. The Fund will invest in HMRC pre-approved EIS companies producing films, television programmes and video games. These media sectors continue to exhibit strong indicators for sustained growth despite wider uncertainty
Prominent investors are using the recent market turmoil as an opportunity to pressure private equity firms into changing the way they organise their fee structures. Sovereign wealth funds have been particularly vociferous about changing the traditional model of management fees of up to two percent. Mark Spinner (pictured), partner at
Global venture capital firm Accel Partners has launched its Big Data Fund, a new USD100m investment initiative created to identify innovative entrepreneurs seeking to build category-defining companies at every layer of the Big Data stack. Accel’s Big Data Fund aims to fund transformative companies throughout the Big Data ecosystem, from
Some 96% of private equity backed companies says that their private equity investors have improved or not affected performance, according to the BDO Corporate Finance’s 2011 PrIvate Equity Survey, which polls the views of Private Equity Houses and their portfolio companies.. The main reason cited was the expertise and support
Bedell Trust is strengthening its presence in Mauritius with the launch of Bedell Management Services (Mauritius) Limited, a full service management company, providing corporate, trust and fund administration services. Its range of expertise complements the legal advice provided by Bedell Cristin (Mauritius) Partnership, which opened in November 2010 and has
Dalfen America Corp has acquired Trinity Ridge Business Center, an eight-building industrial park totalling 234,000 sq ft, which was built between 1998 and 2007 in Cordova, Tennessee – an affluent suburb of Memphis. In 2007, Trinity Ridge Business Center was acquired by DBSI Inc. for USD22.9 million. The property was
The third quarter earnings season in the US has turned out better than many initially feared. However, the challenges facing the corporate sector over the coming months are significant, and the likelihood is that the rate of profit growth will slow dramatically, or possibly go into negative territory, says William
Tim Kirk (pictured), Partner and National Head of Financial Services at BDO LLP, on Jose Manuel Barroso and Nicolas Sarkozy’s confirmation of the EU’s commitment to press ahead with a unilateral Financial Transaction Tax (FTT)… While potentially attractive, the idea that an FTT will make banks pay more towards economic
France Télécom-Orange and Publicis Groupe plan to launch a new venture capital fund that will finance and develop budding entrepreneurs in the digital economy, particularly in France and the European Union, building on the sector’s potential for spectacular creativity and growth. It remains subject to the approval of the relevant
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