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
The overwhelming majority (84%) of private equity professionals believe their firm will be engaged in fund raising activity over the next 12 to 24 months, according to a new study by Investec Fund finance. However, underlining the increasingly competitive fundraising environment, on average respondents predicted that 30% of fund raisings
Nicola Marinelli (pictured), portfolio manager at Glendevon King Asset Management, on the ECB’s decision to cut interest rates, the ongoing difficulties in Greece and potential problems in Italy…
 Exactly when the major equity markets were expected to officially enter a bear market, they posted one of the strongest months ever
Today’s uncertain global economic climate is the biggest challenge confronting the global PE industry, according to the findings of Grant Thornton’s annual private equity (PE) report sponsored by GTI titled: A force for growth. US respondents in the study meanwhile, cited tough fundraising conditions, increased competition for deals, a looming
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