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The vast majority of private equity investors (83 per cent) feel that compliance management is one of the most important operational factors when evaluating private equity funds, according to a new survey by Corgentum Consulting, a provider of operational due diligence reviews and background investigations.
Similarly, 79 per cent of respondents feel that a weak compliance framework would negatively influence their private equity investment decision. However, only 14 per cent of investors feel private equity managers place more emphasis on regulatory audit preparedness as compared to hedge funds.
Some 86 per cent of those surveyed also believe that continued regulatory
Investors plan to stay the course with private equity, despite expectations for flat or negative returns from public equity in the US.
That’s according to a new Endowments and Foundations Survey from NEPC, looking at how endowments and foundations view private equity relative to other asset classes, the strength of the US economy, the domestic equity market, and the biggest threats to their portfolio over the next 12 months.
More than half of the survey respondents (51 per cent) expect private equity to outperform other asset classes over the next 12-24 months. Forty-five per cent believe private equity returns will be
Juniper Square, a technology provider for real estate investments, has secured USD25 million in Series B funding led by Ribbit Capital, a financial technology VC firm.
Ribbit joins Felicis Ventures, Zigg Capital, and other strategic investors from the real estate industry, who also participated in the round. This latest investment brings total funding to date to USD33M. The company will use the funds to further accelerate the rapid adoption of its market-leading software solution.
Founded in 2014, Juniper Square is transforming the multi-trillion dollar real estate investment industry with modern, easy-to-use software that automates one of the most critical business
Twin Brook Capital Partners, the middle-market direct lending subsidiary of Angelo Gordon, has appointed Tim Healy as a Managing Director, effective immediately. Healy will focus on originations along with developing and building client relationships.
“Tim’s background with middle-market leveraged transactions, and more recently as a partner at a private equity firm, brings a truly distinctive set of experience that we will look to leverage as we continue our strong growth,” says Trevor Clark, Managing Partner of Twin Brook. “We have known Tim personally and professionally for nearly two decades and welcome him to the Twin Brook team.”
Healy says: “Since its
Private equity firm MidOcean Partners has acquired and merged HW Holdco (Hanley Wood), a B2B media and information services company serving the US residential construction industry, and Meyers Research, a provider of real-time market data and advisory services to the homebuilding industry, which was previously a subsidiary of global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson.
Through Metrostudy and Zonda – the respective data products of Hanley Wood and Meyers Research – the combined company will offer data spanning the full homebuilding lifecycle, from land acquisition and property development and build, to new home sales and marketing. In addition to having
An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has completed the acquisition of Vision Integrated Graphics Group (Vision), a provider of tech-enabled marketing solutions focused on customer acquisition and engagement for Fortune 1000 customers.
Headquartered in Bolingbrook, Ilinois, Vision provides personalised, turnkey marketing solutions which generate high returns on investment for blue-chip customers across several industries, including financial services, insurance, healthcare, retail and automotive. The Company’s end-to-end automated marketing campaigns and direct mail programs leverage technology and data in conjunction with best-in-class production and fulfilment to drive higher response rates and lower customer acquisition costs for clients.
“HIG
Private equity company DRS Investment has acquired 100 per cent of all shares of the Swiss software company XELOG AG.
The logistics software specialist has been developing intralogistics solutions for companies in the retail, industrial and logistics service sectors for over 20 years, and is one of the leading providers in Switzerland. With the help of DRS Investment, XELOG intends to move deeper into the German market and expand its cloud computing business. In addition, applications with artificial intelligence (AI) will become more important.
“We are convinced that with DRS Investment we have found the right partner for the sustainable
Healthcare tech and media specialist Hemavli Bali has joined corporate finance firm Clearwater International’s TMT team as a Director in the London office.
Hemavli joins from Deloitte, where she led M&A advisory services for areas including e-clinical solutions, medtech, software and IP driven consultancies. With over a decade of corporate finance experience, she has previously held roles at Results International, Nomura, Royal Bank of Canada and Ernst & Young.
Clearwater’s TMT team has seen a 14 per cent increase in completed deals compared with 2017, closing three deals in a week during the last quarter, with a value of EUR160
Aliter Capital-backed Boston Networks has continued its expansion in the UK with its second bolt-on – the acquisition of 2020 Vision Systems Limited (2020).
2020 is a North East England based security services integrator with a focus on high-end converged security systems involving IP connectivity. 2020 has created a platform with an established service offering covering the provision of innovative design, installation and maintenance services of a variety of security systems. The addition of 2020 will increase Boston Networks’ market presence across the North East England market offering a wide range of services covering multiple end user markets.
The senior
The Capzanine Situations Spéciales fund is providing financial and strategic support to Legal, the leading independent French coffee roaster.
Affected by a fire in 2016, Legal had to meet medium-term financing needs to finish the modernisation of its industrial tooling and continue its development.
After working in close collaboration with the management and the shareholders to clearly understand Legal’s financial and strategic issues, Capzanine intervened to set up a EUR5.4 million, five-year bond financing in order to enable the company to finalise its investments and support its growth approach.
Capzanine was particularly convinced by the involvement and agility of the
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