Conditions in the UK private equity industry are forecast to improve over the next five years as debt markets improve, buyers return to the market and private equity firms exploit large cash balances and cheap valuations to add assets to their portfolios, according to latest report from IBISWorld, the UK’s
Mercia Fund Management (MFM) has launched the Mercia Growth EIS Fund for tax efficient investment in its existing and future technology portfolio, which spans medical technology, clean technology and electronics, telecoms and software. The Mercia Growth EIS Fund is open to investors with a minimum of £25,000 to invest and
Dunedin, the UK mid-market private equity house, has gone live on time with eFront’s FrontInvest Alternatives. FrontInvest Alternatives is the global forerunner in alternative asset management platforms. Dunedin is an independent private equity house operating throughout the UK from offices in London and Edinburgh. The company specialises in GBP20m
A distinct allocation to gold within a portfolio including alternative assets such as private equity, hedge funds, real estate and commodities, can preserve capital and reduce risk without diminishing long-term returns, concludes the latest research from the World Gold Council. The report, Gold: Alternative investment, foundation asset, analyses the effect
Last night’s announcement of an agreement between Euro-zone leaders and EU banks on the restructuring of Greek debt, recapitalisation of banks, leverage of the EFSF and a move toward common economic governance within the Euro-zone was the most credible political response to date to the sovereign debt crisis, says Barry
BDO LLP has published the latest results for Q3 from its Private Companies Price Index (PCPI) and Private Equity Price Index (PEPI). The PCPI has seen price to earnings (P/E) multiples paid by trade buyers for private companies remain steady at 10.6 (Q2:10.8.) Since 2008, multiples have fluctuated between 9.0
Forbion Capital Partners, the Dutch life sciences venture capital firm, has led the expansion financing of the Series A round of Curetis AG together with Roche Venture Fund, CD-Venture and management. Curetis has developed a diagnostics platform to identify the pathogen that causes a patient’s pneumonia and which antibiotic resistance
‘The time is now’ for private equity investment in Africa and ‘the continent is ready’ were the messages from the third annual Private Equity in Africa Leadership Summit, co-hosted by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA and the Financial Times publication, This is Africa. Over 300 delegates from 30
Jones Day has advised founder Sam Phillips and long-standing client Alcuin Capital Partners on the exit of their investments in Glide Technologies Limited, a leading London-based software-as-a-service provider specialising in corporate communications and reputation management solutions. The company was acquired by NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. 

 The transaction was led
A study of over 800 venture capital backed companies in Europe has found that independent venture capital is demonstrably more effective than state-backed or corporate VC. The aim of the VICO project, carried out by a group of business schools and universities from the UK, Belgium, Italy, France, Spain,
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