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TA Associates completes investment in DNCA Finance

Global private equity firm TA Associates has completed an investment in DNCA Finance SA, a French asset management firm with EUR5.8 billion in funds under management. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed. TA Associates purchased its stake in DNCA from majority shareholder Gruppo Banca Leonardo, the pan-European, Milan-based

Aureos Africa Health Fund invests USD4.5m stake in Ghanaian hospital

The Africa Health Fund, which is managed by private equity fund management company Aureos Capital, has invested USD4.5 million in Ghanaian hospital C&J Medicare. The Africa Healthcare Fund was established in June 2009 by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the African Development Bank, and

Comment: Spotlight on remuneration schemes

Changes to tax regimes, notably in the UK and US, are focusing attention on tax efficient remuneration structures and incentivisation structures for closed-ended fund managers and their teams, says Simon Burgess, head of Real Estate Fund Services – EMEA at State Street… Carried interest, as the profit share paid to

Stone Point Capital forms Access Point Financial

Stone Point Capital has formed Access Point Financial, Inc, a newly-created specialty finance company focused on the hospitality industry. Access Point is a full-service lending and advisory platform that will provide financing to qualified franchisees of major hotel brands throughout the United States. The company expects to originate over USD1

Legal changes could boost appeal of fund vehicles

By Simon Gray – A debate is underway in Luxembourg about whether this civil law country, already a major European hub for private equity acquisition and transaction vehicles, should wholeheartedly embrace the Anglo-Saxon common law concept of the limited partnership in order to seize a larger share of the global

Private equity and the AIFM Directive

By Olivier Sciales and Rémi Chevalier – Luxembourg’s private equity industry faces a range of challenges but also opportunities as a result of the implementation of the European Union’s Directive on Alternative investment Fund Managers, which was agreed by the European Parliament in November 2010 and formally adopted by the

A natural winner from the crisis?

By Simon Henin – If there’s such a thing as a winner from the recent economic downturn and the growth of regulation in the private equity industry, arguably one might be Luxembourg. As private equity investors have become more cautious, fund managers have looked for reputable and well-regulated jurisdictions to

New EU rules set to boost private equity activity

By Simon Gray – The advent in July 2013 of the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive could help Luxembourg to consolidate its position as a domicile and servicing centre for private equity funds and acquisition vehicles, according to industry members and analysts in the grand duchy. Luxembourg is

Tradition Midstream receives USD200m in financing from Denham Capital

Tradition Midstream has closed a USD200 million equity commitment from Denham Capital. The funding will help the company take advantage of the increasing need for new and expanded infrastructure required by the continued growth of natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil production in the United States today. “There

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