Overview
Private Equity Investor has invested in and maintains a broad portfolio of US-based venture capital and buyout funds (the “Funds”), managed by a number of different management groups, and focused on various stages of growth so as to obtain exposure to a diversified underlying portfolio of investments primarily in private companies in the technology sector. Through the Funds, the Company has exposure to a diverse portfolio of underlying companies.
The objective of Private Equity Investor has been to provide shareholders with long-term capital growth. The Company is not making investments in new private equity funds but is managing its existing investments with a view to making periodic returns of capital to shareholders
Research History
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31 Jan 2017 1 min read
QuotedData – 2016 review of the year
Our review of 2016 includes performance data, significant moves in discounts and premiums, money raised and money handed back, major news stories and links to the research we have published including our guide to investment companies. 2016 Annual roundup
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27 Oct 2016 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2016
Q3 saw the market adapt to life post the UK’s EU referendum. Sterling continued to fall but most stock markets stabilised and discounts narrowed across most sectors. While the US election is dominating headlines, it does not seem to be having much impact on markets so far. q3-quarterly-roundup
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13 Oct 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2016
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of September 2016. october-investment-companies-roundup
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10 May 2016 1 min read
Standard Life European Private Equity – Sitting in a sweet spot
In recent years Standard Life European Private Equity Trust has been one of the best performing private equity funds of funds listed in London. SL Capital, managers of the fund, believe it its discount of 26.9% is too wide for the quality of its NAV and that, as a European (mid-market) specialist, it sits in […]
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10 Jan 2014 3 min read
Private equity funds in 2013
2013 was a year of mixed fortunes for the listed private equity sector. Some funds did exceptionally well but others, particularly those exposed to emerging markets saw falling NAVs and widening discounts. The recovery in 3i : III ‘s share price following the disclosure of Sherborne’s stake building in the fund pushed it close to the […]
News
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28 Sep 2016 1 min read
Private Equity Investor to delist from the London Stock Exchange
Private Equity Investor has announced that it has made applications to the FCA to remove the listing of its shares from the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange to cancel trading in its shares on the London Stock Exchange’s market for listed securities. Private Equity Investor also says that, in connection with the […]
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11 Aug 2016 2 min read
KHP makes bid for Private Equity Investor
The board of KHP Fund GP LLC, the general partner of KHP, and the board of Private Equity Investor are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer pursuant to which KHP, acting by the General Partner, will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share […]
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28 Jul 2016 2 min read
Private Equity Investor helped by sterling weakness
Private Equity Investor has published results for the year ended 31 March 2016. The Company’s Net Asset Value per share at 31 March 2016 was 211.2p, compared with 238.7p a year earlier, a decline of 11.5%. This was predominantly due to a decrease in LP valuations. The NAV per share in dollars decreased by 14.3% from […]
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04 Jul 2016 1 min read
Private Equity Investor gets approach for portfolio
The Board of Private Equity Investor has announced that it has received a proposal to acquire 15 of its Limited Partnership investments. The proposal covers approximately 87% of the NAV of the investment portfolio of the Company. The proposal is priced at a 35% discount to the net asset value of these holdings at 31 December 2015. […]
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30 Jul 2015 1 min read
Private Equity Investor benefits from dollar strength
Private Equity Investor’s net asset value fell in dollar terms over the year to the end of March 2015 from $3.808 to $3.544 but rose in sterling terms from 228.4p to 238.7p as the dollar strengthened. The share price rose by 6.6% as the discount narrowed to 18.5%. £8.5m was returned via a tender offer […]
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25 Nov 2014 1 min read
Private Equity Investor flat despite Twitter
PEQ : Private Equity Investor flat despite Twitter Private Equity Investor’s net asset value barely moved over the six month period that ended on 30 September 2014 – falling by 0.6% to 227.1p from 228.4p. In US dollar terms the fall was slightly more pronounced, -3.3%. By contrast however the fund’s share price rose by […]
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01 Aug 2014 1 min read
Private Equity Investor : PEQ – finals
Private Equity Investor saw its net asset value fall slightly over the year to the end of March 2014 (from 230.8p to 228.4p) but this was almost entirely attributable to the strength of Sterling over the period as, in US dollar terms (most of the assets are in the US) the net asset value rose by […]
