LBO France has widened its fund range, usually reserved for institutional investors, with the launch of the FCPR White Caps Sélection, a private equity fund for high net worth clients with a minimum investment amount of EUR25,000. The FCPR White Caps Sélection fund will invest directly or via funds managed

EnTrustPermal, an affiliate of Legg Mason, is to launch a USD250m direct lending investment trust to capitalise on the shipping industry’s USD80 billion debt requirements. The Blue Ocean Maritime Income investment trust will target a yield of 7 per cent a year by providing debt finance to high quality shipping

Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group and the largest provider of venture capital trusts (VCTs) in the UK, has opened fundraising for Octopus Titan VCT (Titan). Octopus is targeting another GBP120 million fundraise for its flagship VCT, following last year’s record-breaking fundraise when Titan raised a total of GBP200 million. If

eQ Asset Management has raised a company-record EUR175 million for its latest Northern European private equity fund eQ PE X North at final closing on 6 September 2018. A final closing was also held on the same date for eQ’s second secondary fund eQ PE SF II with EUR135 million

Tera Ventures has held the first close of Terra Ventures Fund II with EUR21m in capital commitments. The fund aims to invest in 25-30 seed-stage technology startups located in key tech hubs in Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic. The target fund size is EUR55

White Oak Global Advisors has held the close of the White Oak Yield Spectrum Fund to outside investors, with approximately USD2.1 billion of total commitments, exceeding the USD1.75 billion fundraising target. White Oak’s previous flagship fund, the White Oak Summit Fund, closed with approximately USD1.3 billion of commitments in March

Atlantic-Pacific Capital has held the final closing of Dalmore Capital 3 (DCF 3) at its hardcap with GBP950 million of capital commitments. DCF 3 received support from a diverse group of new and existing investors across the UK, Germany and Asia.   The offering attracted a wide range of institutional

Capvis, a mid-market investor in Europe, has held the final closing of Capvis Equity V LP (Capvis V) with capital commitments of just under EUR1.2 billion, comfortably in excess of both its target of EUR1.0 billion and the EUR0.7 billion size of Capvis Equity IV LP. Capvis V attracted capital