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Preqin evaluates investor appetite for liquid alternatives and managed account structures, and examines the reasons behind investors’ growing interest in these specialized structures, based on the results of surveys with 100 institutional investors in hedge funds and 150 hedge fund managers.
In recent years, demand for greater liquidity and transparency among institutional investors has led to growing appetite for liquid alternatives and managed account structures.
These fund structures offer investors an alternative to pooled hedge fund investments and help to make hedge fund strategies accessible to different investor groups which may have previously been unable to invest in the asset
Hampleton Partners has acted as financial advisor to the shareholders of Profit Software Oy on the sale of the company to Via Ventures Partners, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd and the company’s management team.
Profit Software delivers enterprise software solutions that allow insurers to manage all their services, business lines and processes.
The Finland headquartered company has operations in six northern European countries installing its applications on premise or as SaaS implementations.
“It was a pleasure working with Hampleton Partners. From beginning to end, they managed every aspect of the process and brought together the optimal transaction for all
Regulation and more detailed operational due diligence questionnaires used by institutional investors are pushing hedge funds to the limit of data management. Transparency is as great as it has ever been, but with that comes the need to process enormous volumes of data. Right now, however, large numbers of hedge funds do not have the required operational infrastructure to run a ‘Big Data’ strategy.
According to the results of a survey published by Thomson Reuters on 12 August 2014, 41 per cent of respondents (including broker-dealers, asset managers and hedge funds) currently lack a big data solution. The survey, ‘Big
SoftBank Corp is to invest USD250 million in Legendary Entertainment, a US film production company.
The two companies will also form a joint venture to exploit Legendary’s intellectual property rights.
Law firm Morrison & Foerster is providing advice to SoftBank on the deal, which is expected to close in October 2014.
Morrison & Foerster has a long-standing relationship with SoftBank and has advised the company on a number of high-profile transactions, including most recently in connection with Alibaba’s IPO, the largest IPO in history.
The firm was SoftBank’s lead counsel on another of the company’s major
Cushman & Wakefield and Spire Ventures have formed a strategic partnership with Pi Labs, Europe’s first property-focused technology accelerator company.
Founded by Faisal Butt (founder and CEO of Spire Ventures) and Umesh Kumar (former Techstars and Oxygen Associate) Pi Labs was created to assist start-ups focused on property and technology innovation.
The programme will accelerate the growth of these companies by providing them with access to investment, mentoring and business space.
From October 2014, property start-ups will be able to apply to join the Pi Labs accelerator programme which will be located within ‘Second Home’, a new 20,000
AIFMD Annex IV reporting is rapidly approaching for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) and with that deadline has come a last minute scramble to determine reporting requirements, according to ConceptOne.
The FCA released two documents pertaining to Annex IV reporting for both EU and non-EU AIFMs on 29 September and a related Q&A on 1 October, 2014. The documents seek to clarify questions on report content and timing which are still causing confusion for managers.
Coinciding with the FCA releases, ESMA published its long awaited update to the Questions and Answers, Application of the AIFMD. The update answers a
Strategic Partners Fund Solutions has held the final closing of Strategic Partners Fund VI, its sixth secondary fund, at the hard cap of USD4.4 billion.
SP VI began investing in April 2014 and is focused on generating attractive, risk-adjusted returns by acquiring portfolios of high-quality private equity interests and co-investments.
Strategic Partners sourced commitments from almost 300 investors, including public, corporate and foreign pension funds, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and family offices. High net worth individuals also participated via private banking vehicles. Strategic Partners’ investor base is composed of limited partners in the US, Canada, Europe,
A total of USD59bn has been invested in 5,272 venture capital deals globally in 2014 so far, compared to USD37bn invested in 5,940 deals over the same period in 2013, an increase of 60 per cent, according to Preqin.
While activity for the third quarter is below that of Q2 2014, the amount of capital invested is 45 per cent higher than during the same quarter in 2013.
A total of 1,664 financings took place in Q3 2014 valued at an aggregate USD19bn. This represents an eight per cent drop in the number of deals compared to the previous
SL Capital Partners’ infrastructure team, led by Dominic Helmsley, is in advanced stages of executing a number of prospective direct infrastructure investments.
The team’s strategy is to focus on direct investments in core infrastructure in the UK and selected European geographies and on mid-market transactions in utilities, transportation and energy.
Helmsley says: “SL Capital has developed a unique solution for clients looking to access the growing infrastructure asset class through a transparent, aligned and low cost structure across a number of strategies. We have confidence that this compelling proposition is attractive to both clients and vendors and we continue our
Law firm Goodwin Procter has promoted 23 lawyers, including London-based Greg Barclay, to the firm’s partnership.
Barclay is a member of the firm’s private investment funds group.
The appointments are effective from October 2014.
Barclay advises on the formation of, and investment in, European and international private funds, including private equity, venture capital, mezzanine/debt, infrastructure and real estate funds, and other investment vehicles. He joined the firm as an associate from Ashurst in 2012 and becomes Goodwin Procter’s seventh partner in London.
David Hashmall, chairman of Goodwin Procter, says: “We are proud to recognise this newest generation
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