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Over the next three years, 77 per cent of pension funds expect their appetite for investment risk to increase to enable them to meet long-term liabilities and deliver optimal value for members.
That’s according to a new report from State Street, which also reveals that one in five (20 per cent) of the asset owners surveyed expect their risk appetite to increase significantly during this period.
As part of this shift, pension funds intend to increase their exposure to alternatives. Some 60 per cent intend to increase their exposure to private equity, with the corresponding figures for real
New research conducted by Intralinks Holdings conducted in association with the Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre (MARC) at Cass Business School, City University London, that identifies the relationships between M&A activity and shareholder value creation.
The study finds that companies significantly underperform the market during periods when they announce no M&A activity (whether acquisitions or divestments) and even more significantly underperform companies which are actively engaged in M&A. Contrary to most previous research studies, which have only focused on the impact of individual deals over shorter time periods, this study finds that companies outperform the market the more frequently they
Private equity investment firm CVC has strengthened its Nordic team with the appointment of Tomas Ekman as a Partner in the Stockholm office.
Most recently a Partner and Managing Director of 3i in the Nordic region, Ekman has over 20 years of experience of private equity and senior operational executive roles.
Ekman joins CVC at a time when the Nordic team has been active with a number of successful transactions, notably the recent investments in Paroc, Synsam and Ahsell as well as the IPO of Matas.
Søren Vestergaard-Poulsen, Managing Partner, CVC, says: "We are delighted to welcome Tomas
ArchOver, a FinTech company offering secured and insured loans to investors, has formed a partnership with online private shares marketplace, Asset Match to provide a secondary marketplace for its loans.
This is the first time Asset Match has partnered with a crowdlender.
ArchOver’s CEO, Angus Dent, says: “We believe that the loans we offer are the safest on the Internet worldwide; certainly, they are as close to zero risk as we can make them but none of us know when we might need access to money we have saved. Our partnership with Asset Match gives our lenders the potential
Dutch pension fund ABP has acquired a 33% stake in Norwegian plant operator Tinfos AS from French mining and metallurgical group ERAMET.
The transactions was completed via the EUR500 million hydropower partnership between ABP’s asset manager APG Asset Management and alternative investments manager Aquila Capital.
Tinfos operates two large-scale and nine small-scale run of river hydropower production facilities in Norway producing a mean annual production of about 279 GWh. Through Tinfos the APG/Aquila partnership will invest in the construction of additional Norwegian hydropower plants to more than double the company’s annual production to around 600 GWh by 2020. The majority
SEI’s Lori White explains how social media platforms such as Twitter and LinkedIn can help investment managers market their business.
The rise of social media platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter has been unprecedented over the last couple of years. LinkedIn now has some 313 million users and in Q2 2014 its revenues rose by 47 per cent to USD534m reported the Wall Street Journal on 31 July 2014.
McKinsey estimates that there is a GBP772bn opportunity for business to use social media.
All of us use social media in one form or another but when it comes to applying it
Carey Olsen has advised the Scott family on the sale of its privately-owned car dealership to an investor grouping led by Guernsey-based investment fund Bailiwick Investments Limited.
The deal, which is subject to approval by the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority and the Jersey Financial Services Commission, includes the sale of the Jacksons and Motor Mall car dealerships in Guernsey and Jersey, St Martin's Tyres in Guernsey, Trinity Tyres in Jersey as well as the Jacksons CI group's other assets for a total consideration of GBP41.7 million.
The Scott family will retain an interest in the group with Tom Scott
Preqin examines the recent surge in European fundraising, including the growth of debt and distressed strategies and the increasing flow of international capital into the region.
European fundraising has improved dramatically over the last year, reflecting growing investor appetite for the region. Almost 90% of Europe-based fund managers believe that investor appetite has increased over the past year, with none stating they have seen a decrease in appetite. This has led to a large amount of capital focusing on Europe, and while transaction volumes are up, pricing is becoming competitive and it is now harder to find attractively priced assets,
LBO France has completed an investment via its Hexagone III fund in Fournitures Hospitalières Group (FH Group), specialised in orthopaedic prostheses.
Accompanied by co-investors, LBO France has acquired its stake from previous shareholders including Bpifrance and Matignon Investissement et Conseil.
Following investments in Fine Sounds, a global leader in the high end audio market, in Jaumont, which operates a limestone quarry for the construction industry, and in Payot, the French cosmetics and skin care laboratory, FH Group is Hexagone’s fourth acquisition in 2014.
Hexagone III, which closed on 1EUR54 million in 2010, is now invested in nine companies.
Cabot Square Capital, the specialist financial services private equity investor, has acquired Blue Motor Finance, the car finance provider.
Blue Motor Finance will offer auto finance backed by equity investment from Cabot Square Capital and a newGBP200 million long term funding facility provided by a major international bank. The company has agreements with fifteen major dealer networks and brokers that will use Blue Motor Finance’s funding and plans on significantly expanding its introducer relationships in the coming months.
Blue Motor Finance will offer funding across the entire UK prime auto finance market, giving both dealerships and consumers a major
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