Direct Online Services, a Gloucestershire-based e-commerce business is on course to hit 67 per cent growth in revenue over two years (37 per cent in the last year alone) following an ambitious expansion programme across the UK and Europe. Turnover at Direct Online Services, now the UK’s largest online retailer
Preqin’s latest survey of alternative assets investors finds that they have generally been satisfied with the performance of their portfolios in recent years, and most are seeking to maintain or increase their allocations over the next 12 months. However, across all closed-end private capital asset classes, investors reported high pricing
The alternative assets industry reached a record size as of the end of 2016, according to the latest performance analysis data released by Preqin examining assets under management, horizon returns, public market equivalents and top performing funds. Hedge funds saw their assets hit a record USD3.25 trillion, despite net investor
The boom in venture capital activity in Asia reached new heights in Q2 2017: with a record USD47 billion in deals announced during the quarter, including the USD5.5 billion financing of Didi Chuxing, which became the largest venture capital deal ever. In 2017 so far, Asia represents almost half of
The Inspiring Travel Company, a maker of bespoke luxury holidays which is backed by private equity firm North Edge Capital, has boosted revenues by 13 per cent during a year of robust growth. The Cheshire-based travel group featured in the BBC documentary The Millionaires’ Holiday Club, which provided a behind-the-scenes
The Avaloq group, an international fintech company and specialist in integrated banking solutions, has reported continued organic top line growth, margin expansion and strong free cashflow for the first half of 2017. The company says its results benefited from increased project activity, strong upselling into the customer base and growth
Chief Outsiders, an “Executives-as-a-Service” firm offering fractional Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) to mid-sized companies across the nation, has been named on the Inc 5000 2017 list as one of the country’s fastest growing companies. This is the fourth consecutive year Chief Outsiders has earned a place on the list, with
One of the UK’s fastest-growing housing developers has announced a turnover increase of more than 35 per cent in its annual results. Westleigh Partnerships, which is backed by Private equity firm Palatine, specialises in building affordable homes for housing associations and local authorities, as well as high quality new homes
Private equity (PE) managers in the US posted their strongest annual returns since 2013 in 2016, while US venture capital (VC) funds performed worse last year than they have since 2008, according to the benchmark indexes of the two alternative asset classes from Cambridge Associates. The Cambridge Associates LLC US
Investcorp has reported ‘significant progress in the execution of its growth strategy’ which produced a healthy level of activity across all its businesses in terms of investments, realisations, fundraising and portfolio performance, for the twelve months ending 30 June 2017 (‘FY17’). According to the firm’s full year results, Investcorp made a
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