Local Pensions Partnership Investments, London CIV and the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) have announced that The London Fund has secured a further £50m of investment, bringing their total investment capital to £150m.
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Endeavour Vision closes Endeavour Medtech Growth II LP at USD 375m to invest in transformative healthcare technologies
Endeavour Vision today announces the closing of Endeavour Medtech Growth II (EMG II) LP at USD 375 million in capital commitments. The fund will pursue the same strategy as its predecessor: to support growth-stage medtech and digital health innovations that advance the standard of care and bring efficiencies to healthcare systems. Both new and returning investors supported EMG II LP, including public pension funds, multi-manager funds, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. EMG II LP builds on Endeavour Vision’s two decades of healthcare investing, which to date has included over USD 500 million invested in 42 companies - 21 of which have exited via an acquisition or IPO.
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Endeavour Vision closes Endeavour Medtech Growth II LP at USD 375m to invest in transformative healthcare technologies
April 22, 2021 GMT
Endeavour Vision - Supporting medtech and digital health companies to shape the healthcare system.
ST PETER PORT, Guernsey & GENEVA & MINNEAPOLIS (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 22, 2021
Endeavour Vision today announces the closing of Endeavour Medtech Growth II (EMG II) LP at USD 375 million in capital commitments. The fund will pursue the same strategy as its predecessor: to support growth-stage medtech and digital health innovations that advance the standard of care and bring efficiencies to healthcare systems. Both new and returning investors supported EMG II LP, including public pension funds, multi-manager funds, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. EMG II LP builds on Endeavour Vision’s two decades of healthcare investing, which to date has in
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Gert-Jan Verhagen has been named chief executive officer of Amundi in the Netherlands. Prior to his new appointment, he had been head of indexing, ETF and smart beta sales for Benelux at Amundi since 2015. Prior to that, he was head of BlackRock iShares in The Netherlands since 2012, and before that he was iShares ETF senior sales director since 2010.
Verhagen worked for Van Lanschot Bankiers between 2000 and 2010, where he was head of product management investments. He started his career in finance in 1995 as a management trainee at ABN AMRO Bank. After his traineeship, he fulfilled the function of private banker investment advice between 1996 and 2000.
By Susanna Rust2021-01-25T13:04:00+00:00
Some of the UK’s largest pension investors have written to prime minister Boris Johnson to request a meeting with him to discuss the country’s net-zero strategy ahead of this year’s United Nations climate change conference.
The asset owners also wrote to the secretary of transport, setting out key principles the government should integrate in its transport decarbonisation plan and planning for the 2030 sales ban on petrol and diesel cars in the UK.
“Climate change is recognised as the most significant global risk facing investors,” the letters state. “Even a short delay in implementing the necessary policies increases the likelihood of a disorderly transition, threatening beneficiaries’ savings and the resilience of the financial system.”