Private Equity
Dominique Senequier, CEO of AXA Private Equity, listed ageing infrastructure, regulation and new services among the drivers of infrastructure investment needs in OECD countries. Asian economies also face steep financing needs but offer more attractive returns.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Shackleton Ventures has deviated from its typical direct secondaries strategy, making a follow-on investment into medical technology company Nanosight. It purchased the stake from UK government-backed NESTA, which hopes the deal will set a precedent for early stage secondaries investments.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK-based private equity firm has sold one division of Healthcare Knowledge International, returning 1.5x on its investment. It has now repaid all of the capital drawn on its 2003 Fund with five investments still to exit.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Paris-headquartered AXA Private Equity has formed a partnership with Italian industrial firm Tozzi Group to invest in Italian wind farms, hydroelectric and solar projects. AXA hopes to capitalise on the renewable energy sector which infrastructure head Mathias Burghardt says has a 'bright future'.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Vietnamese asset management and investment firm plans to begin raising the fund by the end of 2009. It will be Vina’s fifth fund, alongside three UK-listed and one unlisted investment fund the firm manages.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Munich-based firm founded by former 3i executives has raised €96m to date for its debut fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Goldsmith Capital Partners, the alternatives firm set up by Clemens Vedder in 2007, is raising its first private equity vehicle. Whitesmith Private Equity Investors will target opportunities in the retail and financial services sectors.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Secondaries specialist Coller Capital was the largest investor in the listed fund of funds’ recent rights issue, having picked up 50 million shares. The investment was made from Coller's fifth fund, which is around 55% deployed; the firm is expected to raise up to $6bn for Fund VI later this year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The mid-market European fund of funds will invest the vehicle in Central and Eastern Europe, special situations and growth capital funds.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The venture capital arm of German technology firm Siemens has raised almost half of its $200m target.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
