By Jeffrey Stevenson, managing partner at private investment firm VSS – There are several reasons to be optimistic about 2021. Vaccines are starting to be made available and are expected to save lives, raising hopes that the US economy is poised to re-open next year. The US presidential election has
IQ-EQ has supported Belfast-based Cordovan Capital Management with its first institutional fund. Cordovan Capital Management is one of Northern Ireland’s most active private equity investors, having made nine portfolio investments since 2016. Focusing on Northern Ireland but investing selectively elsewhere in the UK and Ireland, Cordovan’s investment approach is to
Periscope Equity (Periscope), a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on investing in technology-enabled services and software companies, has held the final closing of its second institutional fund, Periscope Equity II, with USD225 million of capital commitments. The Fund exceeded its target and was oversubscribed with the backing of an experienced group
BlackRock Alternative Specialists’ David Lomas discusses how its three-pronged approach to deal sourcing makes it well positioned to support private market investors heading into 2021. Patience will be a virtue for investors as they seek to increase their exposure to private markets heading into 2021. Performance dispersion within private equity
Wellington Management (Wellington) has held the final close of its private equity strategy Wellington Hadley Harbor III with USD1.8 billion in commitments and up to USD400 million from co-investors to invest alongside the Fund.The Fund seeks capital appreciation by investing in private late-stage companies that need capital to sustain or
Several factors are fuelling increasing integration of sustainable investment practices among Limited Partners (LPs) and General Partners (GPs). Growing knowledge, enhanced reporting requirements and improved understanding of the connection between environment, social and governance (ESG) factors and returns are all driving a sharper need for investment which is more socially
Vuna Partners, a mid-market private equity firm, has selected Prescient Fund Services (Pty) Ltd (Prescient) as the fund administrator to the Vuna Partners Fund I.The fund’s strategy is to invest in quality medium-sized businesses across a range of sectors with high growth potential, which are strategically positioned to address and
Mirabaud Asset Management – the investment arm of the Mirabaud Group – has held the first close of its Mirabaud Lifestyle Impact & Innovation private equity vehicle.The successful first close exceeded targeted amount of EUR 50 M by achieving in excess of EUR56 million attracted from investors across Europe, Latin
By Gregory Bowes, co-founder and managing principal and Irene Rivera Calderón, associate at Albright Capital – Thoughtful investors will want to pursue investment strategies that can potentially achieve the equivalent to baseball’s rare “triple play,” ie, (i) attractive risk-adjusted returns, (ii) portfolio diversification benefits, and (iii) positive social impact. Providing
Longship, a Norway-based, lower mid-market buyout specialist, has closed its second buyout fund at its hard cap of NOK1.7 billion (cEUR160 million). The announcement of Fund II comes less than five years after Fund I closed. Longship now manages NOK3.1 billion (cEUR 300 million) in aggregated capital commitments across its
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