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Alternative methods of accessing the private real estate market, including separate accounts, joint ventures and co-investments, are under the spotlight in this extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015.
Recent years have seen an increase in institutional investor appetite for alternative structures, which offer the investor a variety of benefits over the traditional commingled fund model, including greater control over their real estate portfolio, lower fees and a greater level of exposure to attractive assets. Fig 1 illustrates that the proportion of investors that will invest through separate accounts has steadily increased since 2011, with 39
Digital health innovator DynoSense has closed a USD9.4 million Series A funding round, with participation from WI Harper Group; JKOM Cloud Health Technology Co; Plug and Play Tech Center; Jinmao Capital; and Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati.
The company will use the proceeds to support US regulatory clearance and commercialisation of its patented Dyno, the world’s first fully integrated multi-function health scanner technology that can capture more than 33 critical health metrics in less than 60 seconds with a single user action. The captured health data is securely and wirelessly uploaded to the company’s cloud computing platform for further analytics
Audax Private Equity and Moelis Capital Partners (MCP) have completed the sale of Quest Construction Products (QCP) to Building Materials Corporation of America.
Upon closing, Audax and MCP will have fully exited their investments in Quest, following the sale of the Quest Automotive Products and Quest Industrial Products divisions to The Valspar Corporation earlier this year.
QCP manufactures and supplies roofing systems, coatings solutions, and protective pavement systems for the non-residential construction industry under the Hydro-Stop, United, and StreetBond brands. Since Audax’ and MCP’s initial investment in 2011, QCP completed two acquisitions, adding decorative asphalt coatings to its product
Jeff Mazer and Katya Baron have joined Aequitas Capital as senior managing director of capital markets and treasury, and managing director of capital markets, respectively.
Mazer has more than 30 years of financial services industry experience. He most recently served as a director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Global Liquidity Investment Solutions unit, where he led a team that helped deliver investment management solutions for clients with approximately USD63 billion in assets.
Mazer will be responsible for managing the company's portfolio of investment offerings, executing senior and junior debt and credit strategies, and serving as an advisor to executive
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a USD4 billion venture global capital firm, has appointed Eric Ahlgren (pictured) as Vice President. In his new role, Ahlgren will continue to identify entrepreneurial opportunities in promising technology startups.
Since joining BVP in 2013, Ahlgren has focused his investments on data infrastructure, cloud computing and consumer services, being heavily involved in the firm’s investments in Hadapt (acquired by Teradata), Infinio Systems, OneCloud Labs, Xtime (acquired by Cox Automotive), nToggle, Club W, Scratch and others.
"Having worked with Eric for several years, I’ve come to know him to be a wonderful contributor for BVP. He is
Scepter Partners, a standing syndicate of sovereign investors and ultra-high net worth families, has formed a core merchant banking division with veteran investment banker Anthony J Steains and his former Blackstone Advisory Partners Asia team.
Steains will lead all merchant banking activities of Scepter, which will consist of syndication, structuring and execution.
The formation of Scepter’s merchant banking division creates one of the most experienced merchant banking specialists focused on family offices and sovereign wealth. The team led by Steains has directly advised on many landmark transactions and is one of the most experienced M&A teams in Asian industrials and
NB Private Equity Partners has reported a 2.6 per cent increase in Net Asset Value (NAV) during the first six months of 2015 to USD713.0 million (31 December 2014: USD694.8 million).
The increase has been driven by unrealised gains on public and private equity holdings as well as cash and payment-in-kind (PIK) interest on the firm’s income investment portfolio.
NBPE’s NAV increase of USD45.1 million during the six months included:
• USD42.9 million of realised gains, or USD0.88 per Share, net of tax expense
• USD14.6 million of unrealised losses, or (USD0.30) per Share, net of tax expense
Energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital and Nexif, a Singapore-based independent power management company, are teaming up to develop, finance, construct and acquire conventional and renewable power generation assets across Southeast Asia.
The platform marks a return to the region for Denham and builds upon Nexif’s strong experience and relationship base.
“We are excited to team with Denham in chartering the next phase of Nexif’s growth. Southeast Asia has a tremendous need for new power generation and we look forward to working with governments, our partners and the region’s communities to provide electricity solutions that are both economical and reliable,”
This extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015 analyses the responses gathered in Preqin’s latest round of investor interviews to find out what investors in private equity believe are the biggest issues they face at present.
Preqin’s recent survey exposed valuations, deal flow and fee pressure as some of the biggest challenges investors face while seeking to operate an effective private equity portfolio. While regulation has been cited as a key issue by over a third of LPs surveyed, it seems a large proportion of investors are yet to adjust their private equity investment plans in light
Three senior hires will join the Research and Economics group of Wells Fargo Securities, the capital markets and investment banking business of Wells Fargo & Company.
Michael Schumacher will join Research and Economics as head of Rates Strategy in September; Jim Birchenough will join the Equity Research team as a senior biotechnology analyst in early November; and Ike Boruchow will join the Equity Research team in September as a senior specialty retail analyst.
“These three marquee hires underscore our ongoing commitment to fundamental research and the value we place on providing our clients with leading-edge investment insight across the capital
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