Idinvest Partners has appointed Guillaume Cavalin as Legal Director. He will report to Sylviane Guyonnet, Partner and COO at Idinvest Partners.

A development partnership has adopted a new funding model to unlock the potential of a residential development site in County Durham.  Durham-based Homes by Carlton has secured £400,000 of funding for a pioneering development of quality family homes in Chilton, near Bishop Auckland.

Unigestion, the boutique asset manager that focuses on guiding its clients with risk managed investment solutions, has completed the final close of Unigestion Secondary Opportunity IV (USO IV) at EUR 306 million.

17Capital’s survey on Liquidity in Private Equity Funds explores the views of more than 50 Limited Partners (LPs) and General Partners (GPs) in Europe and North America.

UKBAA is launching Angel Hubs, a new, physical focal point from which angel investors will be able to better connect with their local angel community.

Peakon has raised $22 million in a funding round led by Balderton and joined by EQT Ventures, IDInvest and Sunstone. The company will be using the investment to expand to the US, Germany and APAC, and Bernard Liautaud will be joining Peakon's board. 

Two Invoke Capital portfolio companies have been selected as 2018's 'Most Innovative Companies' by Fast Company.

Anyfin, a Stockholm-based startup that enables consumers to refinance their existing loans with a picture, has raised €4.8 million Series A investment led by Accel and Northzone. Global Founders Capital and angel investors, including consumer finance executives and international fintech entrepreneurs, also participated in the round.

Ed Lascelles, head of technology investment at Albion Capital, commented on the FCA/CFTC collaboration to support innovative Fintech entrepreneurs.

To help investors understand private equity better, the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has produced a series of videos with investment company managers for the AIC website and YouTube channel. The videos answer the broader question of “What is private equity?”, explain the types of businesses private equity investment companies invest in and define key private equity terms such as commitments and carried interest.

Augentius has appointed James Watts to the role of Chief Operating Officer. The appointment follows another successful year of 19% growth for Augentius as the industry remains resilient to political and regulatory challenges. 

State Street Global Exchange today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for February 2018.