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EMEA remained an attractive destination for global private equity (PE) firms in 2014, according to S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class research, data and analytics.
In the most recent issue of its EMEA Private Equity Market Snapshot report, S&P Capital IQ provides an in-depth analysis of the market and comprehensive data giving a top down view of the sector, providing a comparison to the previous year. The report also outlines emerging trends in the financial and technology sectors and in the German Mittelstand.
With 4517 new investments totalling EUR108.4bn in 2014, there was a 15.5% decrease
ALPS has launched the ALPS Interval Fund Platform, a structure built to support retail closed-end funds and interval funds.
The ALPS platform, which combines ALPS’ experience in servicing closed-end funds with DST’s shareholder record-keeping and distribution capabilities in the alternative space, was designed to provide a turnkey solution for alternative investment managers looking to launch '40-Act registered interval funds and other continuously offered closed-end funds.
In addition to a cost-effective suite of services provided by ALPS Fund Services and ALPS Distributors, funds launched on the ALPS Interval Trust Platform have access to services from leading law firms and auditors. The
iCapital Network, an online marketplace providing qualified investors and their advisors with access to private equity fund managers, has added Mercury Capital Advisors and Stanwich Advisors to its roster of fund placement agents.
These additions provide iCapital’s rapidly expanding base of registered members with access to Mercury’s and Stanwich’s networks of general partners and their funds.
iCapital Network serves as a conduit for registered investment advisors, wealth managers, family offices and high net worth qualified purchasers to get access to top private equity managers and their funds. The marketplace is aimed at satisfying the pent-up and growing demand for private
Venus Capital Management has launched the Venus India Structured Finance Fund, which invests in Venus India Asset-Finance Private Limited, a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) registered with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The NBFC provides direct loans to small and medium enterprises in India and their shareholders and promoters. This opportunity offers absolute returns that are uncorrelated to any indices and could be used as a risk reducer in investors’ portfolios.
The NBFC provides a medium, through which investors may participate in secured and unsecured lending to small and medium Indian companies and their shareholders and promoters. The objective is
The newly released 2015 Preqin Global Infrastructure Report features exclusive fund manager survey results, made available this week via a special complimentary report. The report provides insight into the future investment activity of infrastructure fund managers and their views on the current market.
Infrastructure fund managers appear to be bullish regarding the amount of capital they intend to commit to the asset class in the next 12 months, with 65% of managers surveyed by Preqin planning to deploy more capital in the asset class in 2015 than they did in 2014, and a considerable 27% planning to invest significantly
CameronTec Group has acquired Lasalletech, the US-based financial protocol operational solutions and professional services firm co-founded by current Senior Partner, Jim Northey.
Since 2006 Lasalletech has specialised in the provision of products and services for messaging and transaction processing to improve the quality of financial services in terms of efficiency, reliability and performance. Its wide range of products includes FIX Conductor and FIX Technician CTS, the industry leaders for fully automated onboarding, certification, and regression testing.
CameronTec Group CEO Anders Henriksson says the addition of Lasalletech is welcome news for the Group and the global electronic trading community: “Today’s announcement
NewSpring Capital’s NewSpring Holdings, the firm’s dedicated control buyout strategy, is to purchase X5 Solutions, a provider of a complete suite of telecommunications solutions.
The transaction is pending regulatory approval and targeted to close in March, 2015.
NewSpring has partnered with a new senior executive team with experience leading and growing companies in the telecommunications industry to acquire X5 Solutions. Greg Forrest and Rick Hirsh bring decades of executive-level experience serving as founders and CEOs of several large, successful B2B technology service providers and technology integrators.
The acquisition is part of a long-term growth strategy by NewSpring to help provide
Cavendish Asset Management, which runs the only AIM OEIC in the market, has reviewed the AIM market for 2014. Peter Renton, Equity Analyst at Cavendish comments,
The past year has been a tremendous success for the IPO market on AIM, with 79 new companies floated on the exchange during the year – the highest number of IPOs since 2007, and 30% more than in 2013.
That’s according to Cavendish Asset Management, which runs the only AIM OEIC and has reviewed the AIM market for 2014.
Peter Renton, Equity Analyst at Cavendish, says: “More than GBP2.6 billion in new capital was
Online money transfer service WorldRemit has raised USD100m in a Series B funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), with participation from existing investor Accel Partners.
WorldRemit is a global leader in smartphone and web-based money transfers – providing a convenient, low-cost alternative to expensive brick-and-mortar agents.
The company enables a growing share of the USD550bn in remittances sent each year by expatriates and migrant workers to their homelands.
This investment will allow WorldRemit to extend its existing reach of 50 send countries and 117 receive countries, and expand partnerships with Mobile Money wallets operated by telecoms companies in
Shopa (www.shopa.com), the social shopping site where customers can discover, share and buy products they love, has completed a USD11 million series A funding round.
UK venture capital firms Octopus Investments (which backed Zoopla, YPlan and SwiftKey) and Notion Capital (which funded Shutl and Duedil) led the fund raising. Shopa is now planning to roll out its ocial shopping technology in China and India after launching in the UK and US.
Peter Janes, Founder and CEO of Shopa, says: “Combining online shopping with the power of social is the holy grail of ecommerce, yet many brands are failing to fully
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