When given a choice between USD1,000 worth of Bitcoin and USD1,000 worth of a traditional financial asset, 27 per cent of millennials chose Bitcoin over an equivalent amount of stocks, 30 per cent chose Bitcoin over government bonds, 22 per cent chose Bitcoin over real estate, and 19 per cent
Last year, Ardian, the French independent private equity firm, joined forces with Seven Mile Capital Partners to launch a North American direct buyout business focusing primarily on US industrials. The business unit, overseen by Vincent Fandozzi, Head of Ardian North America Direct Buyouts, includes the whole Seven Mile Capital Partners team,
Risk management comes in many forms for private equity and alternative investment firms, with a wide range of scenarios to consider including: account technology risk; third party and supply chain risk; fraud and misconduct risk; cyber risk; compliance risk; and reputational risk. Aimed specifically at alternative investment and private equity
Unigestion has made an investment in cyber insurance company Ascent Underwriting, the company’s third direct private equity investment this year – and the sixth in total – from Unigestion’s Direct Opportunities 2015 (UDO 2015) fund. Ascent is a cyber insurance and specialty focused Managing General Agent in the Lloyds of
Private equity and infrastructure focused investment manager 3i has selected software solutions provider AutoRek to enhance controls and automation of asset records. AutoRek will be deployed to enhance existing technology installed at 3i, including external and in-house systems. AutoRek will enable 3i to prepare a second record distinct from its
OTCX, an over-the-counter derivatives platform, has secured backing from the Angel CoFund as part of its latest funding round. The Angel CoFund is a GBP100 million investment fund, supported by the British Business Bank, with objectives to back promising UK businesses and help develop the important business angel investment market. In a market in which over 50 per
Nautic Partners has sold portfolio company IPS Corporation to funds affiliated with Sherman Capital Holdings through Sherman Capital’s existing portfolio company Encaspsys, for USD 700 million. The two companies will operate together as Cypress Performance Group (CPG), offering a portfolio of advanced materials and diversified products with leading brand positions
Legal & General’s Venture Capital and SME investment programme, which also includes its “SE-Assist” product for social enterprises, has now made investments in over 100 UK-based companies, and is on track to double that number during 2018. Early-stage companies which have benefited from Legal & General’s VC funding now have
Cairngorm Capital Partners (Cairngorm Capital) has acquired Thornbridge Sawmills Limited (Thornbridge), a leading Scottish timber processing and distribution company. Thornbridge sources certified timber and sheet materials from sustainable producers both domestically and overseas. It has a combined sawmill and distribution hub in Grangemouth, as well as eight regional branch outlets
Pan-African private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI) has appointed Takudzwa Mutasa as Principal. As a deal lead, Mutasa will work with the team to source and manage investment opportunities and partnerships across the continent, as well as work with existing portfolio investments. Mutasa will rejoin DPI from KKR
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