Managers
Here, we take a detailed look at the infrastructure industry in Australia, including a breakdown of Australia-based investors’ by preferred route to market, source of infrastructure allocation and assets under management.
Read the full factsheet here, featuring charts and tables showcasing the latest Preqin data on the Australian infrastructure market.
Figures compiled for the forthcoming 2015 Preqin Private Equity Fund Terms Advisor show a significant disparity in the fees private equity fund managers offer investors in their separate accounts and co-investment opportunities, compared with fees for commingled fund investments.
When calculating performance fees, 48 per cent of fund managers charge a 20 per cent carry rate for separate accounts, compared to 85 per cent of managers running commingled funds. 48 per cent of managers charge no carried interest on co-investments, while only a quarter keep the same rate as in their main vehicle.
With regards to management fees, private
HIG Capital’s (HIG) affiliate has reached an agreement with the shareholders of Finangeste, a Portuguese asset manager, to acquire two real estate-based portfolios.
The portfolios are comprised of 77 Real Estate assets and 114 secured loans with a face value of over EUR110 million.
The transaction represents HIG’s 21st real estate investment in Europe since the beginning of 2013. HIG continues to add to its sizeable portfolio of Real Estate assets in Europe, especially in its target market of small/midcap opportunities with a meaningful value-added component.
Ahmed Hamdani (pictured), Managing Director at HIG in London, says: “This investment
Cloud Equity Group, an investment management company focused on opportunistic acquisitions of established web service providers, has acquired Virpus, a Xen virtual private server and bare metal cloud hosting provider.
Virpus is currently one of America's largest budget-friendly Xen VPS hosting providers offering both Pure SSD and SSD-Cache services out of their Seattle, Los Angeles, and Kansas City facilities. Virpus currently owns all of its enterprise-grade hardware which allows the company pass along significant savings to their end-users. Cloud Equity Group plans to bring on a variety of new features including high-availability setup options and customer directed on-the-fly server resource
Clearwater International has advised global marketing services business adm (Group) Limited on a finance package of GBP24 million, with funding being provided by HSBC.
adm is the market leader in the promotional product industry with 18 offices in 13 countries. Since 1992 they have been worked to develop bespoke promotional materials and out sourced solutions for many of the largest international consumer brands.
The multi jurisdictional asset based financing, provided by HSBC, will be used by adm to support their aspirations for continued global growth. Following an MBO at the end of 2014 the business is in an exciting phase
SEI has introduced a new global regulatory risk and compliance platform that centralises handling of an investment firm’s regulatory and compliance functions across investment vehicles, products, and jurisdictions around the globe.
SEI’s Investment Manager Services (IMS) division developed the suite to help its diverse investment manager clients rein in the escalating costs and risks resulting from the industry’s fast-rising tide of regulations.
“For years, investment managers have dealt with regulatory compliance in a reactive and siloed way, focusing on one product type, regulator, or regulatory regime at a time. But that approach is inefficient and error-prone, poses risks of non-compliance,
Wermuth Asset Management’s (WAM) Greater Europe Deep Value Fund SPV has exited it investment in National Recovery Service (NRS), a debt collection service provider based in Russia and Eastern Europe. The investment generated a return of 3.2x on capital invested and an IRR of 17 per cent.
NRS services 450 clients through its 72 offices across Eastern Europe. It currently employs over 1,500 professionals and operates four state-of-the-art call centres in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Volgograd and Kiev. Since 2006, NRS has recovered over 10 billion roubles for its clients, which include major Russian and international financial service institutions, telecoms and other
eEquity, a growth investor in Nordic Internet companies has held the first closing of its latest fund, eEquity III, at EUR60 million, supported by existing and new European Institutional investors
eEquity III will build on the investment strategy implemented in eEquity II, providing growth capital to proven, fast growing and profitable Nordic Internet companies active within the internet retail and services sectors.
eEquity works actively with its portfolio companies to support them in becoming Nordic market leaders by accelerating growth organically and via selective add-on acquisitions. The firm's approach to value creation was most recently demonstrated by the exit
Octopus Investments (Octopus) has launched a GBP50 million fundraise for the Octopus Titan Venture Capital Trust (Titan VCT).
With over GBP215 million in assets under management, Titan VCT is the largest VCT on the market and has a strong track record of delivering returns for investors. Since it was first launched in 2007 it has focused on investing into high growth early stage companies, backing talented management teams that have the potential to develop the successful businesses of tomorrow.
Today the VCT offers investors the opportunity to invest in a well-established and diverse portfolio of around 50 smaller companies.
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -2.7% in August. One out of 12 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory. The Lyxor Convertible Arbitrage Index (+3.3%), the Lyxor L/S Equity Variable Bias Index (-0.7%), and the Lyxor L/S Equity Market Neutral Index (-1.1%) were the best performers.
The deflation and growth scares, which built up over the summer, accelerated following the CNY devaluation. They morphed into a vicious cycle in the last week of August. With volatility reaching 55 and equities plunging by the hour, Monday 24 will from now on count among the major stress episodes used as
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