Asset owners and managers are increasing their investment in Cashflow Driven Investment (CDI) assets, such as Infrastructure, according to data released by RiskFirst covering over GBP1 trillion of assets. The average allocation to CDI eligible assets, such as infrastructure, private and multi-asset credit, has more than doubled since the beginning
Midwest Products & Engineering (MPE), a design and manufacturing partner to healthcare and technology OEMs, has secured a majority equity investment from Chicago-based Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company (BPOC), a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Astarte Capital Partners is hoping that its new discretionary co-investment platform, the Astarte Special Opportunities Platform (ASOP), will help facilitate investor allocations to European ‘real assets’ and encourage a greater alignment of interests with operating companies over the long term. “The way we see ourselves is bringing global institutional capital
With interest in infrastructure investing increasing significantly in recent years, AMP Capital’s David Rees explains how asset managers are looking to new technology to bring PE-like rigour to the sector and add value for investors… The McKinsey Global Private Markets Review 2019 (Private markets come of age) notes that infrastructure expanded
BlackRock Real Assets (BlackRock) is to sell five operating wind farms and one operating solar project (the Portfolio) located across the UK to Equitix Investment Management (Equitix). This marks the fourth realisation in the past three months for BlackRock’s Renewable Power platform and the latest addition to Equitix’s significant capabilities
Scale Computing, a market leader in edge computing and hyper-converged solutions, has secured USD34.8 million in Series F funding. The largest investor in the round is Lenovo, which last week announced a global partnership with Scale to bring intelligent edge computing to global retailers, distributed enterprises, and SMBs. New and
The Growth Stage has launched what it says is the world’s first funding platform for private growth companies to raise investment capital from regulated institutional investors. The company has signed up investors with over USD4 trillion of assets under management, from pension funds, retail funds and hedge funds through to
Despite private equity managers raising a record USD453 billion in 2017, it is estimated that the amount of dry powder has risen to USD1.3 trillion. Whilst PE managers search for the best investments, this dry powder sits idle, to the detriment of investors. This is pushing large institutions to increasingly
Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), has formed a new Real Assets business, bringing together direct real estate, infrastructure, structured finance and private debt under a single leadership and operating structure. With global allocations to alternative strategies, including real assets and private debt, expected to
A Q&A with Brian Desmond, CSO and EVP Head of Fund Services at Horseshoe Group. For readers unfamiliar with ILS Funds, can you give a brief summary of the asset class? Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) are financial instruments sold to investors and whose value is affected by an insured loss
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