Krusen Capital Management has formed a partnership with Meeschaert Group to provide clients with alternatives advisory services, manager and strategy due diligence, and access to a platform of alternative investment solutions.  Krusen will be responsible for identifying actionable opportunities, analysing traditional and alternative solutions, conducting due diligence on best in

Phoenix Fund Services’ UK funds business has grown more than 60 per cent in 2012 and now administers total funds under management of GBP850m. Anthony Wolfe, business development director, says: “Phoenix is delighted that its UK funds business has grown so strongly in the past year in a harsh investment

Nearly 50 per cent of divestments in the UK over the past two years were driven by a need for a quick cash injection rather than to achieve a longer term strategic objective, according to a report from Ernst & Young. The 2012 Global Corporate Divestment Survey reveals that respondents’

The Beekman Group has held the final closing of Beekman Investment Partners II at USD100m in equity commitments. "We are pleased to have raised USD100m in the current environment and to have surpassed our debut fund by over 40 per cent" says John G Troiano, founder and managing partner of

Wellington Financial, a privately-held specialty finance firm providing growth capital to US and Canadian-based companies, has held the second closing of Wellington Financial Fund IV. Wellington’s 2006-vintage Fund III was capitalised with USD150m of re-circulating institutional equity commitments.  That fund led over USD300m of financings via 52 loans over its

A new investment fund is launching to take advantage of the opportunities created by the challenges facing America’s healthcare system. As the first of its kind within the for-profit retail medicine market, the National Healthcare Development Fund (NHDF) is designed to generate revenue from both its portfolio of real estate

Former chairman and chief executive of 3M, Sir George Buckley, and ex-head of responsible equity strategies at PGGM, Alex van der Velden, are launching an asset management firm designed to engage in a close partnership with the companies it invests in – a practice they have coined “ownership investing”. Buckley

IMAP, the global partnership of M&A and corporate finance firms of which Clearwater Corporate Finance is the UK partner, has consolidated its position as the world’s leading advisory network for mid-market deals in the latest Thomson Reuters rankings. IMAP is ranked seventh in the worldwide mid-market rankings for 2012 after