ESG investing continues to gain momentum and prominence among global institutional investors as they increasingly look to benchmark not only the performance of funds in their portfolios but the impact they have on the world. Mutual funds and ETFs with a focus on sustainability attracted USD20.6 billion in net inflows
Elysian Capital has held a first close of its third fund, having raised 90 per cent of the fund’s target of GBP 300 million in three months, since officially launching the fund. The final close is expected to be completed in the next couple of months from investors already well
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
Forge Global has expanded it’s presence on Hong Kong to provide regional professional investors with access to shares of high-growth private technology companies, a large market comprising more than 473 unicorns worldwide with a combined market value of USD1.4 trillion. The global expansion follows the company’s announcement that it signed an
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
Sandberg Capital acquires a 35 per cent stake in Czech company Revolgy Business Solutions. The management team stays on board and continues to lead the company.
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
The rapid acceleration of ESG as a major focus for private equity investors around the world is highlighted by the results of a new survey released this week by corporate and fund solutions provider Intertrust.
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