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Private markets general partners have continued to adopt third-party fund administration at a rapid rate, which aligns with the overall rising interest in this asset class among institutional investors, according to the 2019 eVestment Alternative Fund Administration Survey.
The median respondent grew real assets under administration by +20.64 per cent year-over-year and private equity and debt AUA by +11.35 per cent, according to the survey.
Institutional investors have increasingly turned to alternatives as a means of improving performance and diversifying their portfolios. Fund administrators have stepped in as partners to asset managers as the subsequent demand for institutional quality
Gibraltar is in a unique position for funds, despite the potential impacts of Brexit, according to a recent expert panel discussion entitled ‘Crypto Funds: The Gibraltar Solution’ moderated by a partner in Gibraltar law firm ISOLAS LLP, Jonathan Garcia.
The panel was hosted by the Gibraltar Funds and Investment Association (GFIA) at the Traveller’s Club in London on 12 of June.
In addition to Garcia, who has recently been re-elected to the Executive Committee of the GFIA, as moderator, panellists included Jay Gomez and James Lasry, who sit with Jonathan as members of the GFIA executive; Pavel Stehno, Investor, Entrepreneur and founder of
SANNE, a global provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services has obtained a new bookkeeping licence in China expanding its existing product offering in the country.
SANNE can now offer bookkeeping, accounting and tax preparation services for Chinese registered entities.
Jing Jing Qian (pictured), Managing Director, Asia-Pacific says: “We are delighted to have obtained this new licence. It underlines SANNE’s trusted reputation as a global leader in providing fund accounting and corporate administration services and aligns with our expansion plans as we double our head count in China, strengthening SANNE’s commitment to the Chinese market.”
Mark Law Chief Commercial
Apex Group (Apex), has successfully closed the acquisition of the Corporate and Private Client Services (CPCS) and Throgmorton businesses of Link Group’s Asset Services division.
The acquisitions add over 600 employees and 6,000 clients to the Apex Group, across multiple markets, and bolsters Apex’s corporate services capabilities adding specialist hubs in the UK, Jersey, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Hungary and Switzerland.
Over the past eighteen months, Apex has continued to expand its capabilities to meet client demand successfully executing a programme of strategic acquisitions to deliver on its ambition to offer a unique end-to-end solution for global asset managers
IPO exits have fallen dramatically in recent years and the causes are deeper-rooted than stock market price cycles. Private Equity Wire’s Paul Bryant investigates…
Headline numbers signal that Private Equity is falling out of love with IPOs as an exit route. Globally, the value of PE-backed IPOs surged in the 2013-2015 period, but have been on the decline since. The value of IPO exits in 2018 (USD24 billion) was just one-fifth of the 2014 peak (USD118 billion).
Across Europe, the value fell from EUR26 billion in 2015 to EUR8 billion in 2018, with deal numbers down from 49 to 13.
Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, has held the final close of Warburg Pincus China-Southeast Asia II a USD4.25 billion companion fund that will invest in Chinese and Southeast Asian portfolio companies alongside Warburg Pincus Global Growth (WPGG), a USD14.8 billion global, growth-focused private equity fund that closed in late 2018.
Warburg Pincus China-SEA II is also the successor fund to Warburg Pincus China, a USD2.2 billion companion fund that closed in December 2016. Within China, Warburg Pincus is known as Hua Ping (华平).
The Warburg Pincus China-SEA II fund was launched in January 2019, targeting
RedRidge Diligence Services has appointed Tom McClay to its New York office as Director. McClay will be responsible for providing buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence services for private equity groups, investment banks and corporate clients in North East USA.
McClay has extensive experience in financial due diligence, transaction structuring, deal negotiation and post-transaction assistance, having held a number of senior roles within the financial services space. Most recently, McClay served as Director at Grant Thornton LLP where, among other responsibilities, he supervised buy and sell-side financial due diligence.
McClay’s appointment marks a significant step forward in the company’s
Qualis Flow, an environmental management platform that tracks, monitors, and predicts project environmental risk, has raised GBP725,000 in seed funding.
This round of investment is being led by Pi Labs, the proptech VC specialist, alongside Entrepreneur First, MMC Ventures and Rising Tide Europe.
Founded by Brittany Harris and Jade Cohen, two ex-construction professionals, Qualis Flow aims to drastically reduce the impact construction work has on the local and global environment. Qualis Flow’s cloud-based platform accelerates the ability of teams to monitor and forecast the environmental risk of construction projects, reducing the overall carbon footprint and disruption to local communities and
One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Walterscheid Powertrain Group, (Walterscheid), a provider of original equipment and aftermarket parts and services for off-highway powertrain applications, from GKN Limited.
Walterscheid, headquartered in Lohmar, Germany, manufactures, distributes and services shafts, gearboxes, attachment systems, clutches and other parts for off-highway applications. Founded in 1919, the Company’s 2,200 employees provide a wide range of services for agricultural, construction, mining, and industrial OEM and aftermarket customers in Europe, China and North America.
“We look forward to supporting CEO Wolfgang Lemser and his team as they continue to
Mid Europa Partners, a private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, has completed the acquisition of Mlinar rom its founder, Mato Škojo, who will retain a minority stake in the business.
Mlinar is a bakery retail and wholesale business operating circa 220 directly-owned stores in Croatia and Slovenia, as well as franchise stores across 10 countries.
Mlinar operates its own production and logistics facilities and serves modern retail chains, as well as hotels and restaurants from its wholesale operations.
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