The public markets showed a strong appetite for US venture capital companies in the first quarter but corporations did not as the pace of acquisitions slowed dramatically, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Twenty companies held initial public offerings (IPOs) during the first quarter making it the most active quarter for
The total number of mergers, acquisitions, flotations, rights issues and placements announced during Q1 2012 fell by 19.8 per cent, according to figures released by Experian. The number of deals announced fell to 944 in Q1 2012, down from 1,177 in Q1 2011. However, Scotland and the South West were the
Carey Olsen has advised Kreos Capital on the establishment of a new expert fund and an investment management company in Jersey. Regulatory consents and approvals were obtained in 2011 with initial drawdown of investor commitments expected early in 2012. The fund, Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited, has EUR120 million
All eyes will be on former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont (pictured) and Economics Editor and Broadcaster Stephanie Flanders as they debate the future of the financial markets at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2012. The event, titled ‘Shaken not stirred’, will be held at the Grange St Paul’s
In the wake of Walkers’ recent announcement regarding the sale of Walkers Management Services to Intertrust, Maples & Calder has made an approach to a small number of Walkers’ investment funds lawyers based in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands – a move that Walkers says it was expecting. "This
Despite facing continuing economic uncertainty and difficult debt markets, private equity (PE) backed companies remain focused on growth and expect to increase both turnover and profitability in 2012. Eight out of ten expect to grow turnover and almost three quarters anticipate EBITDA growth, says PwC in a new report. To
The PrEQin Distressed Private Equity Index stands at 322.1 as of September 2011 (rebased to 100 as of 31st December 2000), making distressed PE the best performing strategy over that time period. The PrEQIn Distressed Private Equity Index encompasses the distressed debt, turnaround and special situations fund types, and such
Crédit Agricole Private Equity is changing its name to become Omnes Capital, following its sale by Crédit AGricole to Coller Capital, which completed on 29 March. This transaction follows the acquisition by Coller Capital from Crédit Agricole SA of a portfolio of assets managed by Crédit Agricole Private Equity which
All eyes will be on former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont (pictured) and Economics Editor and Broadcaster Stephanie Flanders as they debate the future of the financial markets at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2012. The event, titled ‘Shaken not stirred’, will be held at the Grange St Paul’s
French banks’ valuations are being weighed down by uncertainties over the French presidential election, says Yannick Naud (pictured), French Portfolio Manager at Glendevon King Asset Management in London… If Hollande is elected, his proposed measures on tightening banking regulations would push up costs and reduce earnings, by as much as
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