Appleby, an offshore legal, fiduciary and administration service provider, is opening its latest office in Guernsey. The new office will be operational in the spring of 2010 and will practise Guernsey law with a focus on corporate, commercial, private client, litigation, insolvency and restructuring. Following approval by the Guernsey Financial
Augentius Fund Administration, a provider of fund administration services to the private equity and property fund sectors, has received final regulatory approval for the opening of its office in Luxembourg. “We have had increasing demand from both existing and potential clients to open an office in Luxembourg” says Ian Kelly
Future Capital Partners, an alternative investment boutique, has launched an investment opportunity that will allow UK investors to invest in the rapidly growing renewable transport fuels sector for the first time. The production of European RTFs is expected to grow tenfold over the next decade, and RTFs are currently the
Wheb Ventures, a European clean technology venture capital firm, has invested EUR3m in Torqeedo, a developer of electric outboard motors. This is the first investment by Wheb Ventures’ Munich office, which opened in April 2009, and gives Wheb Ventures a significant stake in Torqeedo. Wheb Ventures led the EUR4.7m investment
JHP Group, one of the UK’s largest private sector providers of vocational education, skills training and employability programmes, has been bought by its management team in a transaction backed by mid-market private equity firm LDC. Founded by Hugh Pitman in 1983, Coventry-based JHP operates a national network of 57 centres
The Managed Funds Association is planning to gather information from hedge funds, funds of funds and managed futures funds for use in its industry education and advocacy efforts using PerTrac P-Card. P-Cards are secure email attachments that can contain an array of manager-designated data such as strategy descriptions, investment terms,
Private equity firm Mid Europa Partners is extending its tender offer to purchase any and all of the outstanding ordinary shares of Invitel Holdings, par value EUR0.01 per share, and any and all of its American depositary shares. As of 7 January 2010, a total of approximately 2,332,601 Invitel
Charges are stacking up against Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund group who is accused of making at least USD36m in profits through deals that depended upon inside information. US prosecutors appear to be expanding the scope of the investigation and looking to find more participants in insider
Private equity fundraising has had its worst year since 2004, with only USD246bn raised by 482 funds worldwide in 2009, according to research by Preqin. This is 61 per cent down on the USD636bn raised in 2008 and 62 per cent down on the record USD646bn raised in 2007. Q4
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has acquired Brazilian tour operator CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens from founder and chairman Guilherme Paulus. Paulus will remain chairman of CVC and will retain a significant minority equity stake in the company. CVC is headquartered in Santo André, Brazil and is
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