A continued shortage of lending from Western banks to emerging markets has helped to boost the performance of Cordiant Capital’s emerging market loan funds. In its Annual Review the specialist emerging market loan fund manager says that new loans that it is writing continue to be at far higher margins
In light of the current fiscal and monetary concerns that are gripping the minds of investors around the world, Institutional Asset Manager asked the heads of some of the world’s leading asset managers to share their thinking on portfolio management trends post-Lehman and beyond 2011 in concise fashion. Georg Schuh (pictured),
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) today has launched Vets @ Work, a program designed to promote the hiring of US military veterans across KKR’s private equity portfolio of more than 70 companies. The Vets @ Work initiative will highlight the extensive range of talents and leadership abilities that veteran
Endomagnetics, the company that is using advanced magnetic technology to extend the availability of an important cancer staging procedure, has raised additional funding, taking the sum raised in the last few months to GBP1.8 million. The Company has also announced a move to Cambridge as it expands its operations. Endomagnetics
In light of the current fiscal and monetary concerns that are gripping the minds of investors around the world, Institutional Asset Manager asked the heads of some of the world’s leading asset managers to share their thinking on portfolio management trends post-Lehman and beyond 2011 in concise fashion. Joseph Morgart (pictured),
Forecasting is a necessary but challenging exercise in investing. The more complex the financial markets, the more complicated a forecast. In addition, the natural difficulty of forecasting is exacerbated further by typical human responses to complex situations. Scott Wolle (pictured), Chief Investment Officer of Invesco, believes investors must develop a
Investec Project and Infrastructure Finance has recently completed a new senior debt facility for Sea Fibre Networks Ltd. The USD7.5 million loan, for which Investec was the sole mandated lead arranger (MLA), will finance Europe’s most advanced sub-sea telecommunications network in a project which will link Ireland and the UK
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
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