Managers
C Capital is planning to raise $500 million for investments in blockchain assets as well as the credit and private equity spaces on the assumption that the prices of both digital assets and private companies are bottoming out, according to a report by Bloomberg.
HarbourVest Partners has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia in response to increased demand in the region from institutional and private wealth clients in Australia and New Zealand for the firm’s investment solutions.
The office, which represents the global private markets investment firm’s first location in Australia and sixth in Asia Pacific, will be led by Warwick Mancini, who will be responsible for the business development activities and client relationships in the region.
This expansion increases the firm’s global footprint to 13 locations across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. The Sydney office is fully integrated into the firm’s
KKR is providing individual investors with tokenised access to a portion of one of its private equity funds through a tie-up with digital assets specialist Securitise, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The offering, for the second vintage of KKR’s HealthCare Strategic Growth Fund, is available to clients with at least $5 million in investable assets via the Avalanche public blockchain.
The report cites an unnamed source as saying that the tokenised position in the fund is the first ever from a major equity fund in the US. Under the terms of the offering, investors will be
26North Partners – an alternative asset manager that invests across asset classes – has been launched by Josh Harris, co-founder of private equity giant Apollo. With an initial $5 billion to invest, 26North Partners will focus on private equity, credit and insurance solutions.
Energy Impact Partners (EIP), a global venture capital firm, has launched its European Fund which has €390 million to deploy in European investments to accelerate the growth of innovative technologies which have the potential to drive the transition towards net zero.
The fund will seek growth and venture investments across the continent, targeting mission-driven companies with established products, markets and customers across the full spectrum of the energy transition. This includes high impact European tech companies that contribute to safer, more flexible and cleaner energy sources.
Mirroring the successful strategy of its North American funds, the new fund is structured
Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers specialising in sustainable investment, is to expand access for retail investors to its impact private equity fund.
Launched in 2021, the Mirova Environment Acceleration Capital fund qualifies as an ELTIF (European Long-Term Investment Fund) which means it is accessible to a larger number of investors, including retail investors. The fund invests in companies providing sustainable innovative solutions and technologies that contribute to the environmental and energy transition.
To pursue its development in France and Europe and meet the new expectations of private retail clients, Mirova is opening up direct access to
US private equity firm GTCR is considering a £1.3 billion deal to acquire UK-based digital identity specialist GB Group (GBB), according to a report by Private Equity Insights.
The report cites a statement by the Chicago-based private investment firm as confirming recent press speculation that it is interested in acquiring GB Group, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The statement also said that, as yet, there is no certainty a formal bid will be made and that further statements will be made ” as and when appropriate”.
Now that talks have commenced, GTCR has until 4 October to
LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) has welcomed US-based investor The Kresge Foundation as a new external co-investor as part of the further build-out of Lumen Re and confirmed the roles of two senior managers in Bermuda.
Lumen Re serves as a cornerstone of LGT Capital Partners’ ILS investment activity, both as a dedicated property catastrophe reinsurance carrier, and as a fronter/service provider to the LGT CP ILS fund suite. The reinsurer was established by LGT Capital Partners’ specialist ILS team (LGT ILS Partners) in 2012 to facilitate the structuring of investments in ILS on behalf of ILS funds and mandates
SkyBridge Capital, has secured an investment worth 30 per cent of the business from FTV Ventures, a $2 billion venture capital firm based in Nassau, Bahamas, according to a report by Finance Magnates.
Singapore-based multi-family office Whampoa Group is planning niogn to raise $50 million for a new cryptocurrency hedge fund and also deploy $100 million via a venture capital fund focused on the same space, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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