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Recent volatility in food and commodity prices can be attributed to global growth in population and per capita incomes, increasing world consumption of animal products, rising energy prices and growing global bio-fuel production, depreciation of the US dollar and slower growth in agricultural productivity. Ralf Oberbannscheidt (pictured), portfolio manager, DWS Invest Global Agribusiness, believes that research and education provide the solutions to combat these long term issues, meet the food needs facing the twenty-first century, and provide returns for investors…
Current constraints to the country’s road and rail infrastructure places Brazilian producers at a disadvantage to their American counterparts in
Retirement plan sponsors are continuing to give investment allocations to hedge funds, private equity funds and other alternative investments. However, plan sponsors are no longer focused solely on performance but are also seeking more information on fund operations in order to assess the total risk facing pension assets invested with these funds.
In response, alternative investment managers must ramp up their disclosure of investment and operational risk factors and reassure sponsors about the steps they are taking to control and mitigate risk, according to a new PwC report, Attracting Pension Plan Assets: What Alternative Investment Managers Need to Know.
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Cinven has completed its successful IPO of Ziggo NV, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam.
Cinven led the original investment in Ziggo in 2006 and retains a 27% shareholding in the business post-IPO. At close of trading on 26 March 2012, Ziggo ordinary shares were trading at a 21% premium to the issue price.
The Ziggo IPO initially generated total gross proceeds of EUR804 million, through the sale of 21.7% of the Company at EUR18.50 per share. The shares were priced at the top end of the range, reflecting the strong demand and giving
Data centre design and maintenance specialist Aceco TI has secured an investment from growth equity firm General Atlantic in exchange for a minority stake in the company. This partnership will provide capital and strategic advice for Aceco TI as it continues to grow in Brazil and Latin America.
“General Atlantic’s investment is an important step to support our expansion, to strengthen our business and to realize our full potential. Together, we can further accelerate the company’s growth in Brazil and throughout Latin America,” says Jorge Nitzan, Chief Executive Officer of Aceco TI.
“We are excited to partner with Aceco
UK Infrastructure investment received a boost last week, following the government’s confirmation of its commitment to develop the UK’s road and rail network.
There are currently seven investment companies investing exclusively in infrastructure projects and their ability to pay relatively high dividends has made the sector increasingly attractive to today’s income hungry investors. As a result of this demand, the sector is trading on a premium of 4.1% to net asset value (as of 26 March).
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has surveyed managers of infrastructure companies for their views on the prospects for the sector, managing increasing
Livingstone Partners, the international corporate finance advisory firm focused on mid-market M&A transactions, has advised on the sale of TVC Group Ltd to The Economist Group for an undisclosed sum. Livingstone’s media:tech team advised the shareholders of TVC, including private equity house ISIS Equity Partners, on the transaction.
TVC is an award-winning marketing communications agency, based in London, which specialises in a content-driven approach to public relations and creative services. Clients such as Coca Cola, British Gas, Vodafone, Ralph Lauren, Lloyds TSB, and Aviva rely on TVC for strategic advice and execution on the most effective ways to create and
All eyes will be on former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont (pictured) and Economics Editor and Broadcaster Stephanie Flanders as they debate the future of the financial markets at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2012.
The event, titled ‘Shaken not stirred’, will be held at the Grange St Paul’s Hotel in London on Wednesday 2 May. It will comprise three sessions, culminating in a keynote debate featuring Lord Lamont and Stephanie Flanders where the audience will have the opportunity to cross-examine the pair in a ‘Question Time’ format. The debate and the preceding panel sessions will all be moderated
Don Steinbrugge, managing member of third-party marketing firm Agecroft Partners, says that in a highly competitive marketplace with more than 2,000 funds of hedge funds, firms can defy current industry headwinds and raise assets successfully by identifying a market niche within three areas: strategy focus, fund structure and investor segment.
The fund of hedge funds marketplace has experienced net redemptions four years in a row. This trend is expected to continue in 2012, but Agecroft Partners has observed that some funds of hedge funds have thrived during this time period by focusing on a specific niche in the marketplace.
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Red Commerce, backed by Dunedin in a GBP44 million buyout, has become the first UK specialist supplier of SAP consultants to build a national presence in Brazil. This is the third international office opening since the Dunedin buyout in July 2011.
Giles Derry (pictured)a partner at Dunedin on the board of Red Commerce says: “SAP predict that by 2025 Brazil will be the biggest market for SAP experts after the US. SAP software sales were up 90% in Brazil in 2011. This office represents a significant first mover advantage for the blue chip clients of Red Commerce, and closely follows
European private equity firm, Cinven, has completed its acquisition of CPA Global, a global provider of intellectual property (IP) management services and software.
The acquisition of CPA Global, headquartered in Jersey, Channel Islands, has received the required regulatory clearances and the approval of the Jersey courts, which sanctioned a new Scheme of Arrangement.
Cinven acquired CPA Global from its previous shareholders, including Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) and the founder shareholders (a number of patent attorneys in the UK and Australia) for an undisclosed consideration.
CPA Global, through its offices world-wide, supports many of the world’s best known corporations
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