By Simon Gray – With a growing reputation as one of Europe’s key centres for the domicile and servicing of alternative investment vehicles, Jersey is starting to reap the benefits of its experience and expertise as the private equity industry at last shows some signs of recovery from the slump
Many opportunities exist for the patient investor, says Thomas Becket, Chief Investment Officer, PSigma Investment Management… We have just suffered the worst quarter for financial markets since 1928. Confidence is very low and markets are almost totally focussed on what might go wrong for the global economy. The press and
Everything old is new again – at least that’s what Kaye Scholer investment funds Partner Thomas Stromberg (pictured) believes is the start of a new private equity trend. “Cutting edge energy, financial services, healthcare and technology companies have been, and no doubt will continue to be, big draws for PE
The corollary to the recent falls in emerging market equities is that valuations begin to look attractive, says Bill O’Neill, EMEA Chief Investment Officer of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management… The MSCI Emerging Market Index is trading (as at end September) on an 8.8x one year forward price earnings ratio, nearly
Chris Wyllie, chief investment officer at Iveagh Private Investment House (Guinness family office), comments on the BoE’s announcement of a further GBP75bn of QE… We are not surprised by the BoE’s move as it was well flagged, however increasing the existing QE program by such a large sum (more than
Troubled Franco-Belgian bank Dexia is set to sell various wealth management and investment-related businesses based in Luxembourg or tracing their origins to the group’s bank in the grand duchy, Dexia-BIL, as part of a rescue plan also involving fresh aid from the French and Belgian governments. French prime minister François
A team from Guernsey’s fund industry hosted an event in Luxembourg last month aimed at boosting cooperation between the two jurisdictions. The Guernsey delegation hosted a lunch debate to discuss the ways in which service providers in the two centres can work together more effectively for mutual benefit. Fiona Le
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co, has expanded its private securities business with the formation of Cantor Private Markets Group, offering clients alternative investment opportunities including private company stock, private real estate investment trusts, and private equity and hedge fund interests. Expanding on Cantor’s equities and structured products divisions, the Private
Private Equity firms invested about USD2,249 million across 98 deals during the quarter ended September 2011, according to a study by Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on Private Equity and M&A transaction activity. The latest figures take the total PE investments in the first nine months of 2011 to
Greener Capital, a venture capital firm focused on breakthrough solutions in clean technology, has held a first closing on commitments totalling USD33 million for its second cleantech fund, Greener Capital Partners II, L.P. Greener’s first fund has returned approximately 45%, net of fees, since inception in 2009. The partners expect
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