• Helios targets $120m in management fees

    Helios Investment Partners is forecasting to earn million in management fees in bolstered by new funds and strategies The million represents a compound annual growth rate of from the million in management fee revenue it is expected to earn in This is as it works to grow its fee earning committed ...

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  • UK Minister for Africa starts in role

    The newly appointed UK Minister for Africa Lord Ray Edward Harry Collins of Highbury has started in his new role Lord Collins takes over from Andrew Mitchell who had held the role in the two years up to under the administration of Prime Minster Rishi Sunak The office was previously known ...

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  • Sango buys LP stakes in Synergy fund

    Sango Capital has bought fund commitments in an Africa-focused vehicle managed by Synergy Capital Managers sealing a limited partner LP secondary transaction The transaction marks one of the few secondaries in the industry historically The LP is taking over the bulk of the LP commitments in Synergy Private Equity Fund I ...

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  • Helios cultivates Japanese LPs

    Helios Investment Partners has been cultivating LPs based in Japan as part of its fundraising strategy to raise its new pan-African private equity fund which is one of six new strategies set to bring in just over billion in committed capital Several other Africa-focused GPs have in recent times signed up ...

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  • Helios set to raise 5th African large-cap fund

    a href https frontcapmedia com dba-funds-intell-database investor-search-main search-gp-profiles gp-profile-details f ba edec Helios Investment Partners a is on the road to raise its fifth Africa-focused private equity generalist fund setting the large-cap target at higher than the amount raised for fund IV which is almost fully invested This latest fund is ...

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  • Swiss LP buys secondary stakes in Africa funds

    A Switzerland-based limited partner LP investor has bought stakes in two Africa-focused vehicles also buying a position in an India focused fund The move marks one of the rare instances in the African market where one LP exits a fund position through a secondary sale a href https frontcapmedia com dba-funds-intell-database ...

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  • US giant buys Actis & grows Africa footprint  

    US-based General Atlantic has signed a deal to acquire a href https frontcapmedia com dba-funds-intell-database investor-search-main search-gp-profiles gp-profile-details f ba ee Actis a creating a billion assets under management AUM global platform The deal sees the US based player grow its footprint across Africa having previously invested in a number of ...

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  • BII CEO ends 7-year reign

    British International Investment s BII chief executive officer CEO Nick O'Donohoe is stepping down after seven years at the helm The DFI has during his reign struggled to return strong profits With O Donohoe stepping down the UK development financier is now searching for a new CEO with the recruitment efforts ...

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  • US PE players exit at $1.8bn value

    Two US-based private equity investors and a pension fund have signed a deal to exit their stake in a Botswana-based mining company at an enterprise value of billion The deal sees the investors deliver one of the largest private equity exits in the African markets historically - and one of the ...

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  • FMO’s Klein departs after 10 years

    FMO s manager for private equity Alison Klein is leaving her role departing the investment firm after over years She has been focusing on private equity funds and co-investments across Africa and Latin America Her departure comes just after Yvonne Bakkum who was managing director on its FMO Investment Management s ...

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