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While growth optimism remains high among UK SMEs, a significant number of businesses are unaware of the steps required to support this growth, according to new research by independent asset manager, BOOST&Co.
Around the world, public sector infrastructure spend is in focus. The trillions of dollars promised will need to leverage private capital but the projects themselves could be far in the distance…
Nomura Holdings is to acquire shares in forestry asset management company New Forests Pty Limited (New Forests).
As a result of the acquisition, Nomura will own 41% of New Forests shares.
Under the agreement, Mitsui & Co, Ltd (Mitsui), which currently owns 22.98% of New Forests shares, will increase its shareholding to 49%.
New Forests is the second largest unlisted forestry asset management company in the world and the largest one in Asia Pacific, with AUD7.8 billion in assets under management across over 1.1 million hectares of investments.
The UK is among the top five global markets for venture capital (VC) funding. A total of 639 VC funding deals were announced in the country during January-April 2022 while the disclosed funding value of these deals stood at $11.1 billion, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Akin to several other global markets such as the US and China, the UK also witnessed a decline in VC funding deals volume and value in April 2022 compared to the previous month. VC funding deal volume and value registered a month-on-month decrease of 30.3% and 21.6% in April, respectively.
Northern Gritstone, a new investment business focused on university spin-outs in the north of England, has held a first close at £215 million having seen strong interest from investors in its proposition.
The company, chaired by Lord Jim O’Neill and led by Chief Executive Duncan Johnson, is expected to begin deploying capital and making its first investments in innovative start-ups over the coming weeks.
Northern Gritstone has attracted funding commitments from a broad and diverse base of investors encompassing local authority pension funds, high net worth individuals, institutional investors and real estate investors active in the tech and science
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is to create AXA IM PRIvate Markets Enabler (AXA IM Prime), a business unit which would host the Private Markets Fund of Fund business that the groups investment teams have built since 2013 together with AXA IM Alts.
AXA IM Prime would gather indirect alternative investment expertise such as Primary and Secondary Private Equity and Infrastructure, General Partnership (GP) minority stakes, Private debt, Fund of Hedge Fund, Fund financing and Co-investments which would complement AXA IM’s current offer. For these activities, assets under management stand at c€20 billion as at end 2021, 12 of which
The Board of Directors of Real Madrid CF has ratified an agreement with Sixth Street, an investment firm with extensive experience in sports and infrastructure, and Legends, a premium experiences company for sports and live venue organisations, with the objective of promoting the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as a venue and a worldwide benchmark for leisure and entertainment.
As part of the long-term partnership, Real Madrid will receive approximately €360 million to be invested across any of the Club’s activities. Through this alliance, Sixth Street acquires the right to participate in the operation of certain new businesses of the Santiago Bernabéu
Canadian venture capital firm Round13 has launched a new fund dedicated to investing in the emerging blockchain and digital assets market.
The fund, which has raised $70 million to date and is targeting $100 million, is operated by Managing Partners and blockchain/digital asset market veterans, Satraj Bambra and Khaled Verjee.
The lead investor is a major Canadian pension fund, with additional participation from institutions, high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and members of the Round13 team. The fund is also partnered with Satstreet, one of Canada’s fastest growing digital investment firms with a deep network of relationships in the crypto universe.
Qmulos, a cybersecurity software and professional services firm, has secured a strategic growth investment from PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies to help accelerate their growth.
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
The Qmulos platform enables customers to continuously monitor security controls to meet compliance requirements across a wide spectrum of regulatory frameworks.
Andrew Eshelman has joined the Board of Directors of Paxton/Patterson. Eshelman is a managing director at Maranon Capital where he is responsible for structuring, negotiating, and closing transactions.
Eshelman joined Maranon in 2012 and has 13 years in leverage lending, asset management, and investment banking. He serves as a Board Observer for two other portfolio companies.
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