Alliance Trust Equity Partners "ATEP" is an institutional investor in private equity funds and is building an investment portfolio comprising low to mid market buyout funds and related co-investments across UK and Western Europe. ATEP has an experienced team, most of whom have direct investment experience. This leads ATEP to have a pro-active and thorough approach to fund and co-investment assessment. ATEP is a long term, high conviction investor and is therefore looking to commit to successful private equity managers across multiple funds and investment cycles. Background & Strategy   Parameters   Approach ATEP is the private equity arm of Alliance Trust PLC, a FTSE100 company, and seeks to invest capital into private equity funds on its behalf. Alliance Trust PLC is the largest generalist UK investment trust by market value on the London stock exchange, with managed net assets of nearly £2.7bn, as at 28 February 2010. Read more>>   ATEP is looking to invest in funds of up to £1.5bn with a key focus in the range £250m - £750m. ATEP believes funds within this range are of sufficient scale to be managed by well resourced private equity managers who are focused on companies which profit from operational change and are not solely reliant on leverage for gains. Read more>>   ATEP is proactive in private equity manager identification and seeks to bring an informed, thorough and systematic approach to private equity fund investing. ATEP’s approach is research led and combines regular forecasts from its in house research centre with detailed private equity market research. Read more>> Alliance Trust Equity Partners Limited is authorised by the Financial Services Authority to conduct regulated activities related to corporate finance business and venture capital. It does not engage in FSA regulated activities for retail clients as defined by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Latest News ................................................. June 2010 ATEP commits £20m into Phoenix Equity Partners new fund Phoenix Equity Partners 2010 ................................................. April 2010 ATEP commits €20m into French growth buy out specialist 21 Centrale Partners ................................................. October 2009 ATEP commits €15m into DACH fund capiton IV ................................................. March 2009 ATEP announces the appointment of Ross Hamilton ATEP commits EUR 30m into Danish fund Polaris III ................................................. December 2008 ATEP commits £20m into ECI Partners new fund ECI 9 ................................................. About Us ................................................. Click here to download the ATEP Presentation

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