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SVG posts 23% NAV increase, returns £101mA £143m valuation uplift for Permira-backed ProSiebenSat, Arysta Life Sciences and Hugo Boss was among the drivers behind SVG's positive half-yearly results.
- Latin American investors 'can't be passive'
It takes much more time for fund managers and investors to successfully source and take advantage of private equity opportunities in Latin America than in developed markets, according to speakers at an industry summit.
- Morgan Stanley pulls plug on €852m German fund
In a further sign that investors are taking flight from once-popular open-ended vehicles, Morgan Stanley decides to close down its fund two years after halting redemptions.
- Boundless opportunity
After the crisis, opportunities abound in the US private equity market, writes Graeme Faulds.
- Listed firms shrink debt levels
In a bid to better position themselves for future market ‘wobbles’, a recent study found Europe’s most highly leveraged listed private equity firms have cut their average net debt by half.
- Credit Suisse pushes back into asset management in Japan
Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) is setting up a Tokyo-based investment management company. The new entity will offer alternative assets, including private equity, to Japan's pension funds.
- Aberdeen’s growth team spins out
Following last year’s spin out of Spirit Capital, the remaining private equity team within Aberdeen - led by head of investments Bill Nixon - has now gained its independence in the form of Maven Capital Partners.
- Private equity write-downs plague Credit Suisse
The Swiss bank’s CHF 599 million in private equity write downs contributed to an overall yearly loss of CHF 1.1bn in the asset management division. Credit Suisse is overhauling its asset management division to focus more on alternatives.
- Aberdeen spins out to form Spirit Capital
Aberdeen Asset Management’s senior executives, Andy Glennon, Francesco Santinon and Colin Stirling, have led a management buyout from its London-listed parent. Former Bridgepoint investor relations head, Graham Dewhirst, will join the lower mid-market team as chairman.
- Apax closes in on European record
The buyout fund could set a European record, as a parallel fundraising from employees nears completion. Rival CVC Capital Partners is also hard on the heels of record holder Permira.