Aberdeen Standard Investments
Phoenix launches £100m venture capital fund
Fund enables Phoenix to build portfolios with exposure to venture capital investments for its policyholders
Q4 Barometer: How European activity returned to pre-pandemic level
European PE deal value staged an impressive recovery over the course of 2020, capped by a busy Q4
European GPs get top ESG marks, but diversity remains sore point - survey
Only 23% of Aberdeen Standard Investments' GPs have clear diversity targets in their portfolio companies
Nordic Capital-backed Trustly to list before summer – report
According to a press report, Swedish institutions would like the company to remain in Stockholm
Q3 Barometer: Green shoots emerge
Aggregate value of deals was noticeably up in Q3 as the reopening of debt markets boosted transaction sizes
Aberdeen secondaries fund on track for early 2021 final close
Secondary Opportunities Fund IV has raised more than half of its $500m target
UK Fundraising Pipeline - Q4 2020
Unquote rounds up the most notable fundraises currently ongoing in the French market across the buyout, venture and secondaries spaces
Aberdeen Standard Investments hires ESG-focused director
Alexis Crusey joins ASI after seven years at impact manager LeapFrog Investments
Aberdeen Standard appoints Redman as head of private markets
Redman will be supported by Neil Slater in his capacity as deputy head of private markets
Maguar Capital and co-investors acquire HRWorks
Aberdeen Standard Investments, EMZ Partners, Golding and LFPE are also backing Maguar's debut deal
Q2 Barometer: Coronavirus ravages European M&A market
After the first effects of the Covid-19 crisis were felt in March, the European private equity market decelerated sharply in Q2
Aberdeen Standard hires Cinven's Robinson
Robinson joins from his position as principal at Cinven, where he acted as a non-executive director
BlackRock et al. acquire minority stake in Nordic Capital's Trustly
Nordic Capital will remain a majority owner in the company
Q1 Barometer: Year of sustained growth finally halted in Q1
The European private equity market cooled in Q1, even before the Covid-19 crisis took hold, after an especially active Q4 2019
Q4 Barometer: Continued buyout bonanza tops record-breaking year
Private equity investors completed 807 deals in Q4 2019, tipping the year into record-breaking territory
Standard Life Private Equity Trust outlines 2019 secondaries activity
Fund completed three secondary investments last year
Head of global PE to leave Aberdeen Standard Investments
McDonald led the global private equity business as part of the private markets division
Q3 Barometer: deal volume hits new record with mid-market push
Buyout market has been strengthening consistently and was only four deals away from hitting 300 in the third quarter
Q2 Barometer: small-cap boom offsets mid-market lull
Europe records 533 buyout, expansion and early-stage investments over Q2, a nine-quarter low
Long-term vision: pros and cons of long-lifespan funds
A panel of LPs, managers and advisers delved into the controversial issue at Unquote's recent Allocate conference
Q1 Barometer: Price mismatch knocks dealflow
European buyout activity fell to its lowest point since Q1 2016 in the first quarter of 2019, but a large-cap rebound bolstered aggregate value
Aberdeen Standard Investments, DIF acquire Unitank
Two investors wholly acquire the oil storage business, each taking a 50% stake for an undisclosed sum
PGB mandates Aberdeen Standard with €500m
Partnership would be structured as a fund-of-one, with ASI co-investing in each fund
Q4 Barometer: European deal volume sets new annual record
Despite a slowdown in the final quarter of the year, private equity activity reached an all-time high over the course of the year
