ACE USA, the US-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has released a white paper exploring the insurance and risk management issues that global companies and private equity firms confront when seeking strategic merger and acquisition growth opportunities in the marketplace, in particular the ever-expanding and stricter environmental liability laws
FrontLine Compliance, a regulatory compliance consulting firm servicing investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity firms, investment companies and insurance company affiliates, will open its new office headquarters at 6010 Executive Boulevard in Rockville, Maryland on 1 August. The firm will continue to be based in the Washington, DC
TwinFocus Capital Partners has established TwinFocus Equity Partners, a private equity advisory unit specialising in co-investment opportunities. Orlando Mendoza, formerly of Harvard Management Company, joins the TwinFocus team as managing director working from the company’s Boston office. Mendoza will oversee a disciplined co-investments programme and spearhead a private
Post Oak Energy Capital and funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) have made a USD100m capital commitment to PetroEdge Energy III. PetroEdge’s management team will be co-investing alongside Post Oak and GSAM. PetroEdge is a newly formed oil and gas company headquartered in Houston, Texas. The
Milwaukee-based private equity fund Generation Growth Capital has held the final close of its second fund, Generation Growth Capital Fund II, which significantly exceeded total capital commitments raised for Fund I. In addition, the company has closed companion fund Generation Growth Capital Wisconsin Fund II Wisconsin. “We are
Global investors have been somewhat sceptical about the touted structural reforms in Japan and the ability of Abenomics to achieve its aims, says John Vail (pictured), chief global strategist at Nikko Asset Management… At Nikko AM, we have been confident that this time it is indeed different for Japan and
A strong performance in mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2013 by the corporate finance arm of BDO LLP pushed the firm up to first and second place respectively in the Experian Corpfin and Thompson Reuters league tables, ranking advisers to UK deals by volume. BDO moved
Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust has committed a total of GBP60m to Dunedin’s latest buyout fund, Dunedin Buyout Fund III. The fund has closed at GBP300m, exceeding its target of GBP250m. It is dedicated to investing in UK SME businesses with an enterprise value of between GBP20m and GBP75m.
New York-based private equity firm Blue Wolf Capital Partners has closed on USD300m in limited partner equity commitments for its latest fund, Blue Wolf Capital Fund III. The fund’s investors, which are primarily located in the US and Europe, include foundations, endowments, fund of funds and public, corporate, and Taft-Hartley
The much anticipated Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive enters into force on 22 July 2013. GFM’s comprehensive AIFMD Implementation Guide outlines the regulatory position in key alternative investment fund domiciles – the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey and Malta and also examines key issues such as depositary
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