Last year, Ardian, the French independent private equity firm, joined forces with Seven Mile Capital Partners to launch a North American direct buyout business focusing primarily on US industrials. The business unit, overseen by Vincent Fandozzi, Head of Ardian North America Direct Buyouts, includes the whole Seven Mile Capital Partners team,
Andrea Auerbach, global head of private investment research at Cambridge Associates, says that given today’s private equity valuations, now is the right time to sell. The high water mark for fundraising in private equity was 2007 when the market saw around USD270 billion in capital raised. This year is getting
NewAlpha has teamed with Societe Generale, Crédit Municipal de Paris and Exton Consulting to launch of Swave, the first physical incubator, entirely dedicated to fintech firms and managed by Paris&Co with the support of the French government. This new platform, fostering “innovation”, will offer 2,500 sq m of office space
The RMB fund market has grown rapidly in the last three years, in part due to increased market access for foreign funds. However, in an attempt to stem outward flows and promote international usage of the Yuan, China’s new capital controls are working to significantly accelerate growth. The scale of
London-based impact investment firm Red Ribbon Asset Management has launched the Red Ribbon Private Equity Fund and the Red Ribbon Real Estate Fund. The funds will focus on socially responsible investments in emerging and growth markets, and India in particular. The new Funds, both of which are listed, will restrict
Pontifax AgTech Management (Pontifax AgTech) has held the close of its first fund, the Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund with commitments totalling USD105 million. The fund attracted commitments from leading investors, comprised of financial institutions, university endowments, investment firms, large-scale growers and family offices. Pontifax AgTech invests
Two well-known names in the structured finance market, Marc Sefton and Kieran McSweeney, have founded Aquilam Capital, which will focus on investing and lending into companies in the speciality finance sector. This includes businesses in the consumer and SME finance, leasing and mortgage markets. Aquilam will offer both debt and
Siparex has raised EUR315 million in capital commitments for Siparex ETI 4, the firm’s fourth-generation fund, which will focus on helping mid-market firms expand. The new fund is significantly larger than the previous-generation fund, Siparex Midmarket 3, and has greatly increased Siparex’s investment capability in the midmarket segment. With the
A majority of the UK private equity and real estate industry believes that a ‘soft’ Brexit will help fundraising. Similarly in the US, political instability is having a negligible effect on US mangers’ ability to raise funds from investors, according to research from Augentius, one of the world’s largest independent
How UMB Fund Services is utilising proprietary technology to expand its service offering and customisation support to private equity managers… With private equity enjoying a surge in interest among institutional investors, keen to seek out longer-term yield away from traditional asset classes, the opportunities for fund administrators to provide outsourced
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