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,
Cambridge Consultants, creator of a stable of successful high-tech start-ups, is to spin out of Aveillant with venture investment from DFJ Esprit and AIFCL, the wind industry fund. Aveillant’s technology will remove the concerns about aviation safety and air defence that are holding back growth in the wind energy
Following the recent close of its renewable energy EIS fund Elara I, Future Capital Partners (FCP), the GBP6 billion alternative investment boutique, has launched a new EIS fund that will give investors another chance to capitalise on the firm’s green energy strategy. The new EIS fund, Elara II, targets annual
dms Management Ltd (DMS), a fund governance firm serving the hedge fund industry, has opened a New York office, dms Management (USA) Inc, at 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 7th Floor, Rockefeller Center. The New York office is headed by Kathleen Celoria, Executive Director. "Our New York office aims
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