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2011 a year of two halves, 2012 the survival of the fittest

Ross Marshall, CEO Dunedin reviews 2011 and gives his predictions for the private equity market in 2012… 2011 was a year of two halves. Pre Summer the bond and debt markets were open and the PE market was very active; post Summer the debt markets seized up with the Eurozone

Seonaid Mackenzie, Managing Partner at Sturgeon Ventures

Incubator firm sets up three clients in Malta

Sturgeon Ventures LLP, the regulatory incubator, has established three of its fund manager clients in Malta, a jurisdiction it sees as set to attract an increasing number of start-up financial firms. Low cost, efficient regulation and access to the European Union are the three key attributes that are putting Malta

Nigel Strachan, Chairman of the Jersey Funds Association

Jersey introduces new scheme to enhance its fund regime

Jersey has extended its funds regime through the introduction of the Private Placement Fund to widen the choice available to investors. Private Placement Funds are closed ended funds available to a limited number of sophisticated institutional or professional investors. Similar in scope to the existing COBO (Control of Borrowing Order)

Marcus Bullus, trading director, MB Capital

Obama’s undeclared election campaign makes a dream start

First more jobs and now a resurgent economy – January has seen President Obama’s undeclared re-election campaign make a dream start, says Marcus Bullus (pictured), trading director at MB Capital… The fourth quarter GDP figures may have undershot predictions. But any disappointment should be mitigated by one plain truth –

Guernsey: Treasure island

By Peter Niven – Guernsey has an investment fund industry with a heritage that stretches back half a century. During the past two decades, the sector has seen a gradual yet sustained shift where the balance of business has moved from being largely retail, equity-traded/cash-based schemes to predominantly institutional, alternate

Matrix Private Equity Partners launches new GBP21 million VCT fundraising

Matrix Private Equity Partners (Matrix) has launched a new GBP21 million linked fundraising across three VCTs it manages. The offer has similar attractions to the first Matrix linked offer last year, which proved to be popular with investors and raised, in aggregate, GBP16.2 million. Mark Wignall, CEO believes that Matrix

D E Shaw Group spin-off Stellus Capital Management launches,

Stellus Capital Management, a spin off from the D E Shaw Group, has launched as an independent investment firm. The Stellus team will continue its current strategies of providing secured and unsecured loans to middle market companies and private equity sponsors in a wide range of industries to support growth,

Distressed deals continue to fall

Acquisitions of insolvent businesses in the UK have continued to fall in 2011, according to research by Experian on behalf of the insolvency trade body, R3.   The figures show that during 2011, 181 out of a total of 3,146 acquisitions in the UK involved companies acquired out of administration

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