Peter Elston, CIO, Seneca Investment Management, says too many people have retirement savings invested in poor products… I abhor poor active management because there are so many people whose retirement savings have been invested in poor products; because it has given the active management industry a bad name; and because
FPE Capital (FPE), a growth private equity investor in UK lower mid-market companies, has appointed Chris Kay as Investment Manager. Kay joins FPE Capital from PwC, where he was a member of the firm’s global TMT Advisory team. Kay is a fully qualified ACCA and is a graduate of Durham University
The Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF) has completed three investments, committing a total of GBP885,000 to support local businesses. The GBP500,000 investment in Estio Training, GBP265,000 investment in The Essential One and GBP120,000 investment in Intact Projects will safeguard existing jobs and create over 20 new positions across the three
LBO France has partnered with Bertrand Talbotier and the company’s management team, plus investment fund AfricInvest Europe, BNP Paribas Développement, BPI and Trocadéro Capital Partners, to acquire a majority stake in PIEX. PIEX is a specialised distribution company which was founded in 1979 by Robert Jamain, incumbent CEO, and is
Moringa, a private equity impact investment fund specialised in agroforestry projects in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, has closed the fifth investment of its portfolio, taking a stake in Floresta Viva. The Brazilian company is developing a groundbreaking agroforestry system revolving around organic heart of palm, a Brazilian delicacy that
NorthEdge Capital has made a significant investment in Cubic Motion, a creator of advanced computer vision for digital entertainment. NorthEdge Capital manages GBP540 million of private equity funds and typically invests between GBP5-GBP45 million. The partnership provides growth capital to accelerate the deployment of the SIGGRAPH award winners’ real-time facial
PGC Capital, the Shanghai-headquartered boutique investment bank, specialising in property development and private equity, has applied for planning permission to build 517 residential apartments on a former car dealership site in Digbeth, Birmingham. PGC intends to demolish the Renault site at 75-80 High Street and replace it with a new
SmartAssistant, a provider of intelligent Digital Advice, has secured EUR5 million in Series A funding led by growth capital investor Beringea. The funds will further SmartAssistant’s mission to make Digital Advice ubiquitous and help people make smarter decisions. SmartAssistant offers businesses a unique technology with a business-user friendly interface. This
WaveLIFT has secured funding of over GBP1 million to further develop its Artificial Lift pump technology for the oil and gas sector. The funding is led by Scottish business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, with co-investment from Scottish Enterprise and a private investor. Based in Stirling, Scotland, WaveLIFT was launched in
Westcon-Comstor’s parent company, Datatec Limited, has completed the sale of its North America and Latin America distribution business (Americas), as well as a minority share in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) business, to SYNNEX Corporation (SNX), a Fremont, California-based company. Westcon-Comstor Americas, a SYNNEX company, will
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