Softbank’s decision to choose a Jersey-based financial services company to administer its USD100 billion technology fund is expected to lead to more funds domiciling in the island. The Softbank Vision Fund was launched in October 2016 with the aim of becoming the biggest investor in the technology industry over the
Quilvest Private Equity, the private equity arm of the Quilvest group, and Antoine Henry, former head of Sage France, have acquired Eudonet, a publisher and integrator of CRM solutions, from its current founders (Christophe Morizot, Bertrand de La Villegeorges and Guillaume Bouillot) and additional shareholders NAXICAP Partners. The acquisition will
Middle-market private equity firm Genstar Capital has acquired Bracket, a scientifically-driven clinical trial technology and specialty services provider, from Parthenon Capital Partners. Bracket offers solutions that help pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as contract research organisations, maximise clinical data integrity and ultimately improve outcomes with clinical trials. Bracket
Tilak Healthcare, a start-up from the iBionext network developing medical video games for both the diagnosis and follow-up of chronic diseases, has secured funding of EUR2.5 million from iBionext Growth Fund. The funds will help the company accelerate the development of its therapeutic mobile games, first targeting the ophthalmology field,
French private equity market participants raised EUR14.7 billion in global commitments during 2016, up 51 per cent relative to 2015, according to a report from the Association Française des Investisseurs pour la Croissance (AFIC) and Grant Thornton. These funds will be largely invested in French companies over the next five
Sealed Air Corporation is to sell its Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within its Food Care division (New Diversey) to Bain Capital Private Equity for approximately USD3.2 billion. New Diversey will be a leading hygiene and cleaning solutions company that integrates chemicals, floor care machines,
SEI increased its assets under administration (AUA) by 25 per cent in 2016, with year-over-year net flows in its UK private banking business rising by 21 per cent. The business, which provides outsourced investment processing technology for private banks and wealth management firms through the SEI Wealth Platform, ended the
UT business solutions firm Orion has acquired New York-based Structured Network Solutions (SNS). Orion says the deal strengthens its capabilities in network design, directory authentication services, IT security policy, design strategies and storage solutions and adds strength to its market share in government, non-governmental organisations, and not-for-profits verticals. It
Recently, investor demand has increased for private equity, hybrid public / private funds and alternative yield strategies such as direct lending, asset leasing and royalty streams. As such, the more complex nature of these strategies makes both pre- and post-investment due diligence far more important. Swiss investors, like all investors,
According to last year's Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, Asia Pacific's hedge fund industry had USD159 billion in AUM and the largest allocator, with USD29.9 billion of committed capital, was China Investment Corporation (China's Sovereign Wealth Fund). In total, there are an estimated 1,709 active hedge funds being managed in
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