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China Renaissance has expanded its asset management business with an array of strategies and approaches to investing in companies across high-growth sectors of China’s economy.
The business will offer a range of options for investors who want exposure to “new economy” entrepreneurs, those with progressive business models built around innovations in technology, media, and entertainment (TME) as well as healthcare and life sciences.
China Renaissance has built its asset management business around its longstanding focus on TME companies. Its proprietary investments in China’s most prominent TME firms have formed the basis for developing an independent fund management business that is
Hermes GPE, a specialist investor in global private equity, has appointed two new senior investment professionals, Sanjeev Phakey and Fidel Manolopoulos (pictured), who will both be based in the firm’s London office.
These appointments bring Hermes GPE’s investment team to 20 professionals across three offices in London, New York and Singapore.
Phakey joins Hermes GPE from the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) where he spent six years working across the private markets platform. Phakey joins Hermes GPE to focus on fund and co-investments in the EMEA region, which is led by Simon Moss. Prior to joining USS, he worked at
By George Ralph, RFA – I’ve written before about the ways in which hedge funds can gain much needed competitive edge in order to stand out in this crowded marketplace, and there are a few key areas where firms can excel and nudge ahead of the competition. Developing solutions to automate workflows is a key area for many firms, as bespoke, slick workflows can optimise operations at every stage of a trade.
Anything that improves the investor’s experience is a good thing and it is becoming more important than ever to provide first rate customer service. However, we work with
Quilvest Private Equity, the private equity arm of the Quilvest group, has acquired a majority stake in GEDH from Platina Equity Solutions, together with CEO Amin Khiari. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
GEDH is a French network of higher education schools dedicated to communication, arts management and journalism which operates three well-known brands across six campuses located in France (Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux and Lille), New York and Shanghai. Founded in 1961 and headquartered in Paris, GEDH has over 3,000 students and an alumni base of over 20,000. In recent years, the business has undertaken an ambitious
The unlisted infrastructure market is dominated by core and core-plus vehicles, in line with its perception as a lower-risk, lower-return asset class. These funds account for the largest proportions of annual fundraising, and collectively hold over a quarter of a trillion dollars in assets under management.
However, Preqin says there are signs that higher-risk, higher-reward approaches such as value added funds are accounting for an increasing portion of the market. Over the past decade, the AUM of value added funds has grown at a compound annual rate of 26 per cent. As a result, while core – plus funds have
Over EUR1 million has now been invested in P2P platform DoFinance since its launch seven months ago.
“We’ve achieved one of our first major milestones, and DoFinance platform has been recognised by its investors. We’ve moved to this goal strategically and it is proven that with an easy and user-friendly solution it is possible to become an important player in the p2p lending market. DoFinance will continue to develop by actively following all the newest fintech trends, so we can continue to serve our investors and provide an opportunity for everyone to invest,” says Co-founder of DoFinance, Viesturs Kuļikovskis
Pan-European seed investor Seedcamp has held the first close of its fourth fund to invest in the next generation of European talent with GBP41 million in commitments.
The fund is already over 2x larger than Seedcamp’s last (EUR20m raised in 2014) and is backed by 60 leading corporates, venture capitalists and fund of funds from across the world including: Investec, Unilever Ventures, Thomas Cook Money, MassMutual Ventures, ADV, Draper Esprit, Index Ventures, Atomico, Idinvest Partners, Underscore Ventures, Speedinvest and British Business Investments, the commercial arm of the UK-government backed British Business Bank.
The launch of Seedcamp Fund IV also
The London team at Ropes & Gray has made some predictions for the private equity market in 2018, against the backdrop of market uncertainty caused by a range of factors including Brexit.
Phil Sanderson (pictured), private equity partner at Ropes & Gray, says: “M&A in the UK will remain resilient – doing deals will be a distraction from the protracted Brexit goggle-box.
“Funds are still being raised into an already saturated market. The market needs more good opportunities and sellers will still be in charge as a result. What is more, sellers will be able to sell a more credible
Sacha Bright, CEO of www.businessagent.com on the impact that today’s budget news will have on VCT & EIS investors and the alternative investment space…
Hammond’s budget today will be welcomed by the alternative investment community. More money to the British Business Bank is likely to feed through to the peer-to-peer (P2P) community and changes to EIS and VCT investments are about trying to encourage more direct investing in genuinely entrepreneurial companies which is what crowdfunding is all about.
It seems clear that the Government is targeting large sums of money invested in tax-vehicles, rather than growth company investment vehicles,
Toppan Vintage, an international financial printing, communications and technology company, has formed a global partnership with virtual data room (VDR) provider Intralinks.
The companies will jointly market and develop a suite of best-in-class services for deals, including the leading virtual data room, the industry’s only auto-pagination typesetting system and traditional financial printing services. Combining the best VDR and financial printing and communications solutions will enable dealmakers and issuers to be more productive than ever.
“We’re incredibly excited with the Intralinks’ alliance,” says Yeo Chee Tong, President & CEO of Toppan Leefung, Toppan Vintage’s parent company. “As one of the
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