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This week’s newsletter brings news of Private Equity Wire’s European Mid-Market Summit – Inside the mind of the modern mid-market/emerging PE manager – which was held at the Reform Club in Pall Mall, London on Tuesday, 26 June and provided 80 or so attendees with the opportunity to meet and listen to some of Europe’s leading emerging managers in a series of panel discussions.
Also, this week, Anastasia Williams, Head of Private Equity, Americas at TMF Group, explains why she believes the big US private equity fund managers are set to remain the vanguard of the PE growth story and
The key trends shaping Europe’s mid-market space were the focus of Private Equity Wire’s European Mid-Market Summit, which was held in London yesterday (25 June).
‘Inside the mind of the modern mid-market/emerging PE manager’ at the Reform Club in Pall Mall, provided around 80 attendees with the opportunity to meet with and listen to some of Europe’s leading emerging managers in a series of panel discussions including: Value creation in Europe’s mid-markets, Fee structures and creative solutions, Cybersecurity Trends & Opportunities, and Fundraising tactics and strategies to win over LPs.
Panelists included Allen MacDonnell, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Laura
Arlington Capital Partners a US private equity investment firm focused on government-regulated sectors, has held the final close of its latest fund, Arlington Capital Partners V with total capital commitments of approximately USD1.7 billion – hitting the Fund’s hard cap.
The fundraise, which was significantly oversubscribed, successfully reached its final closing in three months from its launch. The fund sourced capital commitments from a hand-selected, globally diverse group of marquis investors, including public pension funds, corporate pension funds, insurance companies, fund of funds, and foundations.
Fund V will continue Arlington’s strategy of targeting high-growth government-related sectors including aerospace and
Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 1 and Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2 have exited their nvestments in ChargePoint Services Ltd (CPS) via a trade sale to Engie as part of the French utility’s buyout of 100 per cent of CPS.
The exit will generate a total rate of return to shareholders of 11.9 per cent per year based on the initial purchase consideration, rising to 13.2 per cent per year if all future tranches of the purchase consideration, linked to CPS’ future performance, are received.
The Gresham House VCTs invested GBP1 million (GBP0.5 million per VCT) in CPS in
Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm focused on investments in the global financial services industry, has completed a significant minority investment in oneZero Financial Systems (oneZero), a provider of software and technology solutions to the rapidly growing foreign exchange (FX) trading industry.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, oneZero provides FX and multi-asset class liquidity, distribution, business intelligence and risk management solutions to the retail brokerage and institutional marketplace, including hedge funds, prime brokers and global banks. Through its international presence across offices in the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and Cyprus, the Company offers hosted and SaaS-based solutions that
A new survey of alternative investment professionals has found that hedge fund and private equity executives alike predict moderate economic growth for the remainder of 2019.
Conducted on-site at EisnerAmper’s 4th Annual Alternative Investment Summit in New York, the survey polled 120 senior industry leaders from the hedge fund, private equity/venture capital (PE/VC), and institutional investor audience on their sentiment surrounding the industry and economy.
Executives were surveyed immediately following the conclusion of the Federal Open Markets Committee’s (FOMC) meeting on the afternoon of 19 June. Following the FOMC’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged, 45 per cent of
MackeyRMS, a provider of research management software, has secured a significant equity investment from Resurgens Technology Partners.
The partnership makes MackeyRMS the third FinTech investment in Resurgens’ USD200 million flagship private equity fund, and will enable the Company to accelerate investment in its market-leading software, expand its global presence and enhance the overall customer service experience.
MackeyRMS is a rapidly growing provider of SaaS-based research management software built for today’s modern buy-side investment firms, including global asset managers, asset owners, hedge funds, fund-of-funds and private equity funds. The platform unites existing workflows with disparate data sources to streamline research
Northern Trust has partnered with data management automation specialist Confluence to deliver financial and regulatory reporting solutions for Northern Trust’s European asset manager clients.
Together the organisations are leveraging data technology to streamline how financial documentation is prepared and delivered for fund disclosures – reducing time spent on manual tasks and driving efficiencies to help clients meet reporting obligations in a timely and accurate manner.
Those responsible for investment funds – including asset managers, investors, directors and regulators – must produce a wide range of financial statements and regulatory reports as part of their disclosure obligations.
Todd Moyer
The annual SS&C Intralinks global survey of leading limited partners (LPs), produced in association with Private Equity Wire, is yielding a wealth of insights about how they plan to invest over the next 12 months.
More than 170 LPs shared their views, plans and preferences about:
Private equity vs hedge funds
Allocations and preferred fund sizes
Investment approaches
Click here, to get an exclusive first look at the new survey results, and sign up to receive the full report when it’s published on 10 September, 2019.
London-based investment manager Downing has appointed Tom Moore to lead its asset management capability.
Prior to joining Downing, Moore was previously Director for Foresight Group, where he was responsible for overseeing a significant portfolio of renewable energy investments and also built a 30-strong team covering the sector.
Efficient, proactive and intelligent asset management is key to protecting, and enhancing, investor returns. The continued investment and development of its in-house asset management capability further enables Downing to deliver exceptional service to its investors.
Kostas Manolis, Head of Unquoted Investment at Downing, says: “Tom’s experience will allow Downing to develop self-reliant asset
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