Unigestion, an independent specialist asset manager, has completed the third closing of its direct investment vehicle, Unigestion Direct II, taking the total size of the programme to EUR375 million (EUR600 million final target size). The fund has also finalised its second investment. In addition, the firm the firm completed the first
Andera Partners has completed the single closing of its ActoMezz IV sponsorless mezzanine fund, exceeding its initial hard cap of EUR500 million. This new fund, raised in record time despite the Covid-19 crisis, is the largest completed to date by Andera Partners and 60 per cent bigger than the previous ActoMezz
Well-known Irish figures including former Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Guinness family head Lord Iveagh and U2 band members Adam Clayton and The Edge are among a wide-ranging line-up of advisors and investors in a new ‘Impact Ireland’ fund launched by Dublin-based venture private equity investor VentureWave Capital. VentureWave this week confirmed
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has held a close of the BNP Paribas Euro SME Debt Fund II (‘Fund II’) with total capital commitments of EUR576.5 million. The fundraising for Fund II follows the completion of the investment period for BNP Paribas Euro SME Debt Fund I (‘Fund I’) earlier
eQ Asset Management has on 22 June 2020 closed eQ PE XII North at EUR190 million. Fund raising was launched in January 2020. As eQ’s previous Northern European focused fund raised EUR175 million in 2018, the new fund is eQ’s biggest North Europe fund so far. In addition, eQ has started
Italian investment banking and asset management group Mediobanca is launching a new private markets fund aimed at Italian private clients, aiming to offer a diversified strategy that will seek to exploit opportunities arising from the economic and financial dislocations caused by Covid-19. The new Mediobanca Private Markets Fund III vehicle,
Sherpa Capital, an Iberian private equity manager specialising in medium-sized companies, has reached a final close of EUR120 million for its new fund Sherpa Special Situations III, the fourth of the firm after the special situation vehicles Sherpa Capital I and II, and the Sherpa Capital Private Equity fund, which
Spanish insurance group MAPFRE has taken a significant step forward in its growing commitment to alternative investments with the launch of a private equity fund of funds that is open to co-investments from other institutions. MAPRE AM, the group’s asset management arm, has teamed up with Abante Asesores – the
Alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation (Ares) has held the final closing of its Ares Special Opportunities Fund, which was significantly oversubscribed with over USD3.5 billion of commitments relative to its USD2.0 billion target.When Scott Graves joined the firm in January of 2017, the Ares Private Equity Group embarked on
London-based VGC Partners is launching its GBP1 million Technology Seed Fund IV, headed by Parminder Basran, which looks to invest in early stage, tech companies which are addressing corporate innovation challenges. The UK is home to a growing number of developers, solution providers, agencies and manufacturers that are building their
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