Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), Deputy Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry – explores why conditions are right to consider re-domiciling or co-domiciling funds in Guernsey. The global financial crisis initially came to a head in 2008, yet more than three years later
Despite the intense economic headwinds in the second half of the year, global middle market investment bank Robert W Baird believes 2012 will be a strong year for M&A.
 
Baird, which posted a record year of results in 2011, with investment banking revenues up 50% and employee numbers rising 17%
By Petrina Smyth and Noeleen Ruddy (pictured) – As a leading jurisdiction for the establishment of investment funds and structured finance vehicles, Ireland has seen commodity funds established for many years using regulated Qualifying Investor Funds, ranging from funds investing in precious metals to agricultural crop funds. Prior to the
The Blackstone Group has reported Economic Net Income (ENI) of USD1.389 billion for the full year 2011, slightly lower than USD1.418 billion ENI for the full year 2010. The decline in ENI compared to the full year 2010 was driven principally by a slowing in the rate of increase in
For a second year running, the investments of LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, feature most prominently on the annual Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100. Published this weekend for a sixth year, the league table ranks Britain’s 100 private-equity-backed companies with the fastest-growing profits (ebitda)
Independent alternative assets advisory and placement firm MVision has become a Patron of The Prince’s Trust, an organisation that helps disadvantaged young people aged 13 – 30 who are struggling at school, are in or leaving care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. Through a
US venture capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies reached USD4.9 billion in 2011, flat in terms of deals and down 4.5% in terms of capital invested compared to 2010, according to an Ernst & Young LLP analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource. However, this represents a 29% increase
Young fashion footwear retailer OFFICE, backed by Silverfleet Capital the European private equity firm, has reported a 26 per cent growth in like-for-like sales in the five weeks to 31 December 2011. OFFICE has also made a senior appointment to its board with Allan Leighton taking on the role of
GlobeOp Financial Services (LSE:GO.) has added a fourth office to its Mumbai network, increasing capacity to meet growing client service demand and to enhance business continuity planning. A new 46,700 sq. ft. (4,339 sq. meter) hedge fund administration and data centre facility is now operational in Airoli, part of
Wermuth Asset Management (WAM) has launched the Tatarstan Cleantech Fund (TCTF) and WAM can now draw against the EUR110m committed by the co-founders of the fund. Additional fundraising is underway, as WAM targets a total fund size of EUR200m. TCTF is the first ever international cleantech fund with a specific mandate
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