Unigestion has launched Unigestion Global Choice VII, a global small and mid-market investment programme and a continuation of the ‘Unicapital Global’ and ‘Euro Choice’ series of funds. Unigestion Global Choice VII is seeking EUR300 million to build a portfolio of around 30 specialist buyout, growth capital and selectively special situations
In the US alone there are more than 200,000 middle market companies with revenues between USD10 million and USD1 billion. If one narrows that range to USD50 million to USD1 billion in revenue, there are 32,000 businesses, with around 15 times as many private businesses to public businesses. That’s a
By Hugh Stacy, Augentius – While the world may have suffered its share of challenges and dislocations over the past decade, the aviation sector has continued to move from strength to strength. The increasingly mobile nature of the global economy has seen air travel volume more than double over the past 15
If one looks at Private Equity & Real Estate (PERE) assets, they’ve been growing substantially over the past decade. Since December 2007, PERE assets have more than doubled from over EUR3 trillion to EUR6 trillion. “Today we have around EUR6 trillion of committed capital invested and that is set to
The value of regulated funds being administered in Jersey rose to a record level of almost GBP300 billion at the end of 2017 driven primarily by a rise in private equity business. That’s according to the latest figures to be collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) and published
Mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe Limited (Equistone) has held the final closing of Equistone Partners Europe Fund VI (EPEF VI) at its hard cap with total capital commitments of EUR2.8 billion. Equistone completed the fundraising within four months of its launch in early November 2017. The Equistone
New research released by CEPRES shows how the growth in so-called ‘dry powder’ is driving up EBITDA pricing multiples for US and European Buyouts. ‘Dry powder’ is a measure of how much capital remains committed by investors, but un-deployed in the market. Following multiple years of increased fundraising, especially in
General Partners (GPs) and their teams at private equity funds are increasing their personal commitments, expecting to commit an average of 3.3 per cent to their next fund, according to Investec Fund Finance’s latest GP Trends report. “These figures show that the days of 1 or 2 per cent commitments
Last year, Pantheon celebrated its 35th anniversary. It is testament to the drive and determination to evolve the business model in response to changing market dynamics that has helped Pantheon stand the test of time to become, arguably, one of the most experienced global private equity, infrastructure and real assets
2017 proved to be hugely successful for global private equity and despite rising valuations and increased levels of competition, the general feeling among PE groups is upbeat for 2018, confident that they can still deploy capital with effect. As Preqin outlined in its recently published 2018 Global Private Equity and
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