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
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
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
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
301 INC, the new business development and venturing unit at General Mills, has launched a new multi-million dollar capital fund through the CircleUp marketplace to seed emerging consumer food brands. CircleUp connects consumer and retail brand entrepreneurs to accredited investors through its online platform. By using powerful technology and a
Israeli private equity deal-making fell to a mere USD419 million in 20 deals in the third quarter of 2015, following an exceptionally high Q2/2015, when 27 deals accounted for USD1.6 billion (the third highest quarter in the last four years). Moreover, the amount was 43 per cent below the five-year
American Capital has closed American Capital CLO Fund I, a new USD450 million fund focused on investing in equity tranches of collateralised loan obligations (CLOs). The transaction further expands American Capital's asset management business and increases American Capital's third-party earning assets under management by approximately USD450 million, or 3 per
Global M&A has broken last year’s annual tally after another ‘merger Monday’ pushed 2015’s total deal value to USD3.29 trillion, according to figures released by MergerMarket. On 2 November, 28 deals worth USD35.7 billion were announced, taking 2015 above 2014 total deal value of USD3.27 trillion two months before year
Revelstoke Capital Partners has completed the fundraising for Revelstoke Capital Partners Fund I, and Revelstoke Capital Partners Co-Investment Fund I. The Fund, which raised USD303 million, was substantially oversubscribed and reached its hard cap, significantly exceeding its target fund size. Since the firm’s inception in mid-2013, Revelstoke has raised in
As Europe’s private debt market continues to evolve, those managers well placed to offer direct lending strategies could benefit substantially as insurance companies, in particular, seek alternative yield-enhancing funds within their credit portfolios. Not only do direct lending strategies provide stable, consistent returns over a multi-year time horizon, they also
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