With some of the biggest names in private equity real estate raising ever larger funds, this extract from Preqin Real Estate Spotlight looks at how emerging managers are faring in the fundraising market and how investor appetite for new firms is changing. The fundraising environment for emerging managers* seems especially
Australian private equity and venture capital has continued to deliver strong returns, outperforming the S&P/ASX 300 Index by over 8 per cent in the June 2015 quarter and delivering a 23 per cent net return for the year to 30 June 2015. That’s according to data released today by the
The Leland Family of Funds, in conjunction with Thomson Reuters, has launched the Leland Thomson Reuters Venture Capital Index Fund which, as its name suggests, tracks the Thomson Reuters Venture Capital Index. Launched in October, 2012, the Thomson Reuters Venture Capital Index is an investable index that tracks the performance
Technology and Consulting firm Methys has appointed Jean Philippe Gireaud as Head of International Business Development, a move designed to support the firm’s strategy to increase its presence in Continental Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Based in Paris, Jean-Philippe will be responsible for developing new streams of business
Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm specialising in financial and related business services companies, has completed fundraising for its fourth institutional buyout fund, reaching the cap of USD750 million and surpassing the USD550 million target. Lovell Minnick Equity Partners IV received commitments from many limited partners who invested in
CohnReznick Capital Markets Securities has added three new members to its renewable energy team. Industry veteran, Nick Sangermano is Managing Director and Head of Corporate and Private Placements. Hw will lead CohnReznick Cap Markets’ efforts to further support its energy and other corporate clients’ needs for capital. Sangermano brings
Middle market private equity firm Blackford Capital has appointed Jeffrey W Johnson as managing director. Prior to joining Blackford, Johnson served as managing director for Gilbert Global Equity Partners, LP, a billion-dollar private equity fund that was launched by Soros Quantum Funds alumni. As a key founding member of Gilbert,
State Street Corporation’s GX Private Equity Index (PEI), a benchmark for comparative analysis of private equity performance, saw an overall return of 4.2 per cent in the second quarter of the year. The index is based on directly sourced limited partnership data and represents more than USD2.2 trillion of private
Polaris Private Equity (Polaris) has sold its holding, equivalent to 75 per cent of all shares, in Skånska Byggvaror to Byggmax, for SEK741 million. In addition to the initial purchase price, an additional payment of SEK110 million may also be made depending on the financial performance for Skånska Byggvaror during
Oberthur Technologies (OT), a provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions, has decided to postpone its Initial Public Offering (IPO) over concerns about current market conditions. Didier Lamouche, CEO of OT, says: "The decision taken with our majority shareholder Advent International is a natural one given the current
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