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Law firm Baker & McKenzie has advised Europe-China growth capital private equity fund A Capital on one of the first major private investment in public equity (PIPE) transactions by a Chinese investor teaming up with a private equity fund to invest in a European-listed company.
A Capital and co-investor Sparkle Roll Holdings increased share capital in Danish luxury consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen by 8.35 per cent.
Thomas Gilles (pictured), head of the China desk of Baker & McKenzie’s German and Austrian offices, who advised on the deal, says: “The investment by A Capital and Sparkle Roll is the
US-based companies raised USD8.1bn through 863 venture capital deals during the second quarter of 2012, a nine per cent decline in capital and three per cent decline in deals from the same period last year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
Through the first six months of the year, venture capital investment totalled USD15.3bn for 1,595 deals, a seven per cent decline in capital and five per cent decline in deals from the year-ago period.
"IT and internet investment has been steady but interest in capital-intense industries like healthcare and energy is fading," says Brendan Hughes, director of information analysis for
Mercia Fund Management has launched the Mercia Growth Fund, capitalising on the recent introduction of Seed EIS (SEIS) and the marked enhancements to EIS in the Finance Act.
Mercia Fund Management believes a hybrid fund will provide investors with a combination of maximised tax efficiency and the flexibility to invest in either EIS or SEIS from the same fund.
Through its first fund, Mercia Fund 1, the firm has established strong partnerships with eight universities (including the Universities of Warwick and Birmingham) gaining access to proprietary investment opportunities with protectable intellectual property.
At least 50 per cent of the prospective
Bobby Console-Verma, chief operating officer of diversified agricultural private equity investment firm EmVest Asset Management, says that large-scale farming in sub-Saharan Africa can promote sustainable agriculture and rural development as well supporting smallholder productivity, achieving social responsibility goals while delivering healthy returns to investors…
Socially responsible investing, often described as sustainable, socially conscious, ‘green’ or ethical investing, is generally defined as any investmentstrategy that seeks to consider both financial returnand social good. Socially responsible investors recognise that corporate responsibility and societal concerns are valid elements of investment decisions. SRI is constructed to incorporate both the investor’s financial
San Diego-based Brandes Investment Partners has launched a Dublin-domiciled emerging market equity fund reported Citywire Global this week.
Private equity firm Cartesian Capital Group and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s USD10bn government-sponsored private equity fund, have acquired stakes in the Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS from ZAO UniCredit Bank.
Following the transaction, the RDIF will own approximately 2.7 per cent and Cartesian will own approximately 2.5 per cent of MICEX-RTS. UniCredit Bank will reduce its stake in the exchange to 6.2 per cent.
The investment is part of a long-term strategy to promote the development of Russian capital markets and broaden the regional and international appeal of the Moscow Exchange. This transaction follows an investment earlier this year
Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has advised German private equity firm ECM Equity Capital Management on the launch of its new fund, German Equity Partners IV.
The fund raised a total of EUR230m in its final closing this month exceeding its EUR200m target.
The fund used a structure that provided flexibility for investors in selecting the appropriate investment vehicle through which to make their investments.
Carey Olsen advised on Guernsey law related aspects.
ECM Equity Capital Management is an independent investment company based in Frankfurt, Germany.
The team from Carey Olsen included corporate partner, Ben Morgan, and senior associate, David
RIT Capital Partners, the London listed investment trust chaired by Lord (Jacob) Rothschild, has made a long-term investment in Corsair Capital, resulting in it having a minority investment in the GP of the firm.
This investment is consistent with RIT’s strategy of identifying and investing in high quality asset managers, enabling close collaboration on investment opportunities, and sharing of expertise.
Lord Rothschild (pictured) says: "We are pleased to make this investment in Corsair, a firm that has a clear investment philosophy and approach to investing globally in the financial services industry. We see considerable potential to work closely together on
Bain Capital Ventures, a venture capital and growth equity firm, has launched StartUp Academy, an initiative to provide students with exposure to entrepreneurship and insights on how to build a business and work with innovative technologies.
Through the StartUp Academy programme, Bain Capital Ventures will seek elite technical talent from top-tier undergraduate, masters and PhD programmes throughout the US, including Duke, Harvard, MIT, University of Michigan, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, USC and University of Waterloo.
The programme seeks to place individuals who are looking make an impact at a startup by placing them in engineering and product management positions
The Aureos Latin America Fund (ALAF) has invested USD10m in a Mexican clinical research organisation, Investigación Farmacológica y Biofarmacéutica (IFaB).
ALAF is a fund established by Aureos Capital, a small and mid-cap private equity fund manager investing in global growth markets.
IFaB is a provider of outsourced research and development services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.
The ALAF investment will allow IFaB to acquire additional state-of-the-art analytical equipment and to grow and develop its medical and research teams. Following the investment, IFaB will become a full service clinical research organisation which will allow it to perform more
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