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UK-based multi-asset manager Westbrooke Alternative Asset Management has raised \u00a375 million (an estimated R1.6 billion) in a UK private equity fund, mainly from South African high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs).<\/p>\n
Westbrooke\u2019s UK private equity strategy focuses on the UK lower mid-market.<\/p>\n
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The fund is designed to invest in six to eight UK lower mid-market businesses over 24 months, targeting net investor returns of 20% and more per annum and a 2.5 times multiple on invested capital.<\/p>\n
The first close was completed in March 2026, and the first investment concluded in April.<\/p>\n
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The close reflects a strong appetite among South African private investors for direct access to UK private equity opportunities.<\/p>\n
Rob Grieve, head of Westbrooke UK Private Equity, said the \u00a375 million first close was anchored by South African HNWIs and their wealth managers, channelling offshore allowance capital into a structure that offers portfolio diversification, sterling-denominated returns, and direct exposure to growing UK businesses.<\/p>\n
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As Dino Zuccollo, head of Investor Solutions at Westbrooke, explains:\u00a0\u201cSouth African investors are increasingly externalising capital, but thereafter struggle to access proven, specialist managers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fund structure addresses this, providing access to Westbrooke\u2019s proprietary deal flow, diversification and the option of co-investment.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe response from South African investors has validated the investment thesis.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fund manager says the UK private equity market is among the world\u2019s most mature, with \u00a3400 billion raised by UK-managed funds since 2015.<\/p>\n
Yet the lower mid-market of approximately 196 000 businesses with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) below \u00a310 million, remains structurally underserved.<\/p>\n
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