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By Michael Halford & Brian O’Neill, Goodwin – Until recently, an investor in a private equity fund could expect an investment to be tied up for at least 10 years. Historically and currently, private equity funds have a 10-year life with the option for the general partner (usually with some form of investor or advisory board consent) to extend the fund by two or three additional one-year periods. In practice however, private equity funds have lasted longer than this with a typical fund potentially lasting for 15 years or more before final wind up and liquidation.
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Venture growth investor Iron Pillar, a specialist in mid-stage tech investments in India, is partnering up with Nitya Capital, a US investment firm with USD2 billion in AuM.
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UK private equity buy & build specialist Sovereign Capital Partners has supported the management buy-out of ACOLIN, a provider of regulatory and cross-border fund distribution services.
Sovereign is backing the management team led by founder CEO and asset management industry entrepreneur Daniel Haefele. Sovereign has also added Mike Covell as non-executive chairman, previously a managing director at Goldman Sachs and chairman of Tilney.
Founded in 2006, ACOLIN helps asset management businesses to access new markets, meet regulatory obligations and grow AuM across multiple jurisdictions. The business represents investment funds across Europe, ensuring that all regulatory obligations are rigorously fulfilled and
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Simon Tilley is a managing director at Stephens Europe and leads the European Financial Sponsors Group. He acts as a focal point for the firm’s interactions with European private equity firms and the wider financial sponsors community.
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By Troy Pospisil, founder and CEO, InCloudCounsel – The Covid-19 pandemic has had massive economic impacts across the globe, though the ultimate effect on business remains to be seen. What will likely become clear in time, though, is that the pandemic will have a substantial negative impact on private markets that extends to almost every corner of the economy.
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Warburg Pincus will co-invest in Tilney and Smith & Williamson’s revised transaction structure for their proposed merger, alongside funds advised by Permira.
Since the deal was first announced in September 2019, both firms have been involved in planning for the combined business.
The combined group will be known as Tilney Smith & Williamson, and will become one of the UK’s largest integrated wealth management and professional service businesses following the deal.
It will have GBP 44 billion in AuM, and generate around GBP 530 million of revenue. The combined business is expected to be the fourth largest UK wealth management
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Inflexion has exited Glide, a UK infrastructure provider to difficult to serve markets – like high-density accommodation – to US infrastructure investor Alinda Capital, generating a return of over 3x.
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Secondaries investor Coller Capital is leading a GP-led secondary transaction to acquire the four remaining assets of Permira’s fourth fund.
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