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Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), a UK fund manager and social enterprise has invested GBP250,000 in Futures, a social enterprise which provides jobs and skills advice, training and apprenticeships in Nottinghamshire.
SASC has provided a loan of GBP250,000 to fund the expansion of the organisation’s support services for young people at risk of being not in education, employment or training (NEET) in Nottinghamshire.
Through an innovative project called Future Impact, developed in collaboration with local commissioners, Futures will address the hardest to reach part of their NEET cohort – young people with special education needs and disability.
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Gresham House, a specialist alternative asset manager, has appointed Samee Khan as General Counsel.
Khan joins Gresham House from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), where he was responsible for establishing and then leading the legal and compliance function within its Private Equities Department. Khan has over 21 years of legal, commercial and financial experience covering private and public equity, M&A and corporate finance.
Khan also spent 11 years at SVG Capital plc (SVG) where he worked closely with Tony Dalwood, Chief Executive Officer of Gresham House, and Graham Bird, Gresham House’s Head of Strategic Equity. He was heavily involved
An overwhelming majority (91 per cent) of investors in alternatives believe that the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will help the financial industry address pressing environmental and social issues.
A quarter of them already integrate the SDGs into their investment activities in some way, while another 40 per cent plan to do so within the next two years.
In a new study, LGT Capital Partners surveyed over 200 investors in alternatives (including pension funds, endowments and insurers from 28 countries). The survey assesses how investors integrate ESG into their investment activities, their views on the SDGs, and their requirements
Private investment firm Inverness Graham Investments’ dental products manufacturing platform, Vista Dental (Vista), has acquired Apex Dental Materials (Apex).
Based in Lake Zurich, Ilinois, Apex is a branded manufacturer of restorative dental materials including adhesives, primers, composites, and cements.
“The acquisition of Apex expands Vista’s endodontic product portfolio with a complementary restorative offering,” says Aliya Khaydarova, Principal at Inverness Graham. “Apex provides world-class products that meet the needs of general practitioners and endodontists. The Company continues to innovate and we are excited about the new products in development that we expect to bring to market later this year.”
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Ipsum Group Limited (Ipsum), backed by Aliter Capital (Aliter) ha completed its fourth investment with the acquisition of Stormport Professional Services Limited (Stormport). This is Ipsum’s second successful transaction of 2019, following the acquisition of EEG in February.
Cambridgeshire-based Stormport, founded in 2009 by Steve Wright and Pete Hulyer, is a provider of electricity network asset installation, maintenance and repair services, and network connections to the DNO (Distribution Network Operator) and ICP (Independent Connections Provider) markets.
Ipsum says the acquisition of Stormport will enhance its existing services and geographic footprint in the UK electricity sector and add new customer relationships
I Squared Capital has appointed Gautam Bhandari and Adil Rahmathulla as Managing Partners.
Sadek Wahba, Chairman & Managing Partner of I Squared Capital, says: “It is a great pleasure on a personal and professional basis to make this announcement. We have known each other for over 14 years and, together with our colleagues, have built I Squared Capital into a vibrant platform with over USD13 billion of assets under management. The next stage offers exciting growth opportunities and I look forward to working with Gautam and Adil over the coming years to execute on our long-term strategy.”
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How much institutional investors pay in asset management fees continues to be a hot topic, but hard data about the difference between what asset managers say they charge and actual fees charged has been hard to come by.
A new report form eVestment provides a comprehensive overview of fee structures across the traditional strategy landscape globally and compares stated fees from thousands of asset managers reporting to eVestment covering more than 8,000 separate accounts with actual negotiated fees charged on mandates awarded sourced from eVestment Market Lens.
As expected, quoted fees went down as the size of the mandate
GoldenTree Asset Management (GoldenTree) has closed on USD1.7 billion in commitments for GoldenTree Distressed Fund III. The fund employs a private equity draw down structure and will focus on primarily global distressed opportunities in mid-cap and large-cap corporates.
GoldenTree has extensive experience in distressed investments with over USD26 billion of distressed investments made since the inception of the firm in 2000. GoldenTree Distressed Fund III follows the closing of GoldenTree Distressed Fund I in 2010 and Distressed Fund II in 2014, which collectively raised USD1.7 billion. Both funds since inception have consistently performed in the top quartile of their peer group.
Palatine Private Equity is targeting the GBP100 million investment mark in Midlands businesses, having pumped GBP55 million into the region over the last three years.
The firm opened its Midlands office in December 2015, and has since moved to a new office in Somerset House on Temple Street.
Palatine’s Midlands team has made four investments and an exit since the office launch, generating over GBP8.5 million in fees for the local corporate finance community. Westleigh Partnerships was backed with a GBP21 million investment and was exited less than 21 months later when the company was acquired by a Plc
Estera, a provider of funds, corporate and trust services, has moved to its new, state of the art offices in Guernsey. It will see the firm’s fund administration, accounting and reporting services, as well as their corporate and trust services offered from one high-specification office.
Estera acquired Heritage Financial Services Group and Morgan Sharpe in 2017 making it one of the island’s largest administrators. The move to the 17,600 sq ft offices at Trafalgar Court in St Peter Port, brings together the 100 members of the Guernsey team under one roof.
Farah Ballands, Chief Executive Officer at Estera, says:
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