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Dominic Wheatley, Guernsey Finance

Private capital takes a bigger stake in private equity market

Private capital is growing in significance as a source of funds for private equity funds, new research carried out by Guernsey Finance has revealed. The PE industry – particularly smaller, boutique and specialist managers – are taking advantage of the spectacular growth of private capital over the decade since the

European buyout market weathers UK drop-off

The European private equity market in the first half of 2019 has fallen short of recent years’ outstanding activity levels, primarily due to a Brexit chill, but looks set to benefit from pent-up demand in the coming months. That’s according to provisional half-year data from CMBOR at Imperial College Business

CAIS partners with PCR

CAIS, a financial technology platform connecting financial advisors with alternative investments, is partnering with Private Client Resources (PCR) to streamline the delivery of analytics-ready data for independent financial advisors and fund managers. “The CAIS Platform is constantly seeking solutions to improve access and usage of alternative investments for independent advisors,”

Sector-focused PE-funds outperform generalist PE funds by almost 5 per cent

Research from Cambridge Associates, the global investment firm, shows that investments by sector-specialist private equity funds outperform those made by generalist private equity funds by 4.7 per cent. For investments made from 2001 to 2014, the average Internal Rate of Return (IRR) on investments made by private equity funds focused

Kaiserwetter launches IRIS to accelerate M&A transactions for UK renewable energy assets

Kaiserwetter Energy Asset Management (Kaiserwetter) has launched IRIS – Analytics Machine, a technology spin-off of IoT platform Aristoteles.  The algorithms developed by Kaiserwetter provide detailed analysis of operational data of renewable energy facilities for a given point in time and are aimed at accelerating the technical due diligence process for

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New FOX report reveals increased allocations to private investments

Family Office Exchange (FOX), a membership organisation for families, family office executives, and advisers, recently published the results of the 2019 FOX Global Investment Survey.  Family offices are continuing move into private investments with a third of overall portfolios allocated to private equity (17 per cent) and real assets (16 per cent), according to the

USD2.891bn invested in data and insights industry in 2018

A total of USD2.891 billion was invested in the data and insights industry last year, either through venture capital or private equity. Market research is now receiving funding comparable to sectors such as Energy and IT Hardware, with recorded VC investment of USD1.75 billion and USD2.28 billion respectively according to

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