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The number of investments made into UK small businesses through the EIS scheme rose by 11 per cent from 122,320 in 2013/14 to a record 135,445 in 2014/15, says Radius Equity, a provider of tax efficient private equity investments.
The number of companies raising funds through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) has also risen, jumping by 10 per cent from 2,820 to 3,130 in the last year.
Radius Equity explains that the EIS scheme is designed to encourage investment into the UK’s small businesses, and is one of the only government- supported tax break schemes available to SMEs.
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Having a clearly defined environment, social and governance (ESG) policy is now a key factor in attracting investors to a fund, a London funds audience has heard.
Nearly 500 delegates attended the Guernsey Funds Forum in London on 12 May to hear a panel of leading funds experts debate investor perspectives, including a focus on ESG investment.
Tim Hughes (pictured), who leads PwC’s European team advising on management incentives in private equity, told the audience that ESG had become increasingly important in investor relations.
“You won’t raise some of the large funds these days without dealing with ESG within the
The outlook for the healthcare industry remains challenging thanks in part to uncertainty over the upcoming presidential election and the continued changes ushered in by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, despite the uncertainty and rapid changes across healthcare, private equity investors are still attracted to many real opportunities.
These are some of the observations presented by William Douglass, Group Head and Managing Director, CIT Healthcare Finance, a division of CIT Group Inc. (NYSE:CIT), cit.com, a leading provider of commercial lending and leasing services, in “Affordable Care Act Drives Changes in Healthcare Market”, the latest piece of market intelligence in
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (C P Group), Banner Infant Dairy Products from China (Banner Dairy), as well as leading Middle Eastern investors and banks together with Ryazan Region Government are to establish Russia's largest integrated dairy complex. The project will be located in the Ryazan region.
This significant agreement demonstrates the commitment from all parties to this important project involving an estimated investment of USD 1 billion. The MoU was signed today in the presence of the Prime Ministers of the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Thailand Dmitry Medvedev and Prayut
Omnes has launched an AMF-accredited FCPR (Fonds Communs de Placement à Risque) private equity fund for individuals wanting to invest in unlisted growth SMEs in France.
The aim of the fund is to invest in French companies with a value of EUR50 million to EUR300 million presenting solid fundamentals, an experienced management team and strong potential for operational development and/or growth through acquisitions.
With a target size of EUR30 million, the fund is designed to make joint investments alongside the Omnes Mezzanis 3 FPCI fund managed by Omnes (target size of EUR150 million), a third-generation private debt fund dedicated
A recent report produced by BNY Mellon in collaboration with Preqin shines a light on how much demand there is among institutional investors for private equity and real estate funds. The report found that 44 per cent of real estate managers and 39 per cent of private equity managers expect their assets under management to grow by at least 50 per cent in the next five years.
Family offices (26 per cent) and public pension funds (25 per cent) are expected to be the main drivers of inflows, as they look to build long-term allocations and reduce their weighting on
Teal Natural Resources, a newly formed oil and natural gas exploration company, has secued a commitment of USD125 million from private investment firms Pearl Energy Investments through Pearl Energy Investments, and Natural Gas Partners through NGP Natural Resources XI.
Each firm made an initial commitment of USD62.5 million. Launched in March 2016 and headquartered in Dallas, Teal will use the capital to pursue and develop primarily unconventional resource play opportunities in Texas, initially focusing on the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.
Teal is led by three founding partners who boast a unique range of skills and expertise. In addition
The investment community voted to remain in the EU last night (Monday 16 May) following a passionate discussion at the ‘Brexit: Pursued by a Bear’ debate chaired and sponsored by law firm Howard Kennedy.
In a close and surprising vote, 56 per cent of attending delegates, drawn from the London investment community, voted to remain with 44 per cent wishing to leave.
The debate at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall in the heart of the City of London, chaired by Howard Kennedy partner Mark Stephens, was co-sponsored by Peterhouse Corporate Finance and accountants Welbeck Associates.
For the first time the question
Synlab Bondco, a subsidiary of Cinven portfolio company Synlab Limited, has successfully priced a private placement offering of EUR190 million in principal amount of additional senior secured floating rate notes due 2022 at a price of 99.5 per cent.
Synlab is the leading pan-European clinical laboratories business operating across 35 countries with combined revenues of approximately EUR1.5 billion. Each year, Synlab undertakes more than 400 million diagnostic tests for close to 50 million patients.
As Synlab had updated its bondholders during the FY15 Results call, the integration and the organisational changes made within the combined Synlab business are now largely
WI Harper Group, a leading early stage venture capital firm, has closed WIH Fund VIII at USS175 million. WI Harper's most recent fund includes support from many leading international institutional investors.
With WI Harper Group's family of funds, total assets under management are now close to USD1 billion.
WI Harper Group's Founder and Chairman, Peter Liu, says: "We are extremely pleased to announce the successful closing of Fund VIII which now brings our total AUM to USD1 billion. This is a significant milestone in our firm's long and successful history. WI Harper was founded 25 years ago based on a
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