By Simon Gray – With the private equity industry yet to recover fully from the market convulsions of 2008 and 2009 and economic concerns still weighing heavily on investment decisions, the outlook is uncertain for service providers to the sector, who have seen new business flows slacken since the onset
By Andrew Boyce – Several headline factors will shape the short- to medium-term future of the private equity sector. Funds that had reached the end of their investment periods before the financial crisis have been unwilling or unable to exit investments as a result of the consequential hit on values.
For more than two and a half years the private equity sector has been examining how the European Union’s Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers will affect their operations in areas such as remuneration, leverage and transparency. But Aztec Group general counsel James Bermingham (pictured) argues that the way the
By Gavin Farrell – Guernsey has developed as a platform for the private equity world over the past two decades since it first stole a march on rival jurisdictions by offering a welcome to alternative investment products. In the intervening years the island has built up its experience and expertise
By Simon Gray – From a jittery market environment plagued by investor fears over the creditworthiness of European sovereign debt, the solidity of banks and the possibility of double-dip recession to the uncertainty surrounding a raft of impending regulation on both sides of the Atlantic, the private equity industry is
A new fund, Atlon Capital Partners, has formed to focus on middle-market buyouts in France. The firm was launched in October by Thibaut de Chassey and Edouard Thomazeau, both previously partners at French mid-market firm AtriA Capital Partenaires. Alton Capital Partners will focus on companies with an enterprise value between
Private equity and venture capital funds in the US continued to generate positive returns for their investors during the quarter ending 30 June, 2011 — the ninth consecutive quarter of positive earnings for each asset class. Both asset classes also closed the door on the first half of 2011 with
Many Solar EIS and VCT investments may need to close early after the Government’s decision to cut the FIT rates for solar by up to 55% from 12 December 2011. Financial advisers must be sure that any funds they recommend to their clients are able to invest in solar assets, which
Rupert Elwes (pictured), fund manager from J O Hambro Investment Management’s private client business discusses economic expectations over the next few weeks… We expect to see co-ordinated action by Europe’s politicians and central bankers to recapitalise the fragile banking sector and allow an orderly default by Greece. In addition to
Growth equity investor ABS Capital Partners has raised USD500 million for its seventh fund, ABS Capital Partners VII, LP (ABS VII). With the close of this new fund, ABS Capital continues a 21-year history of successfully investing in and partnering with growth companies as they reach a key expansion stage.
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