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Forbion portfolio company CircuLite raises USD30m in Series D round

Forbion Capital Partners’ investee company, CircuLite has raised USD30 million for its oversubscribed Series D financing round. The round was led by new investor, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., and Forbion Capital Partners, a founding VC of CircuLite and the largest investor in the Company. Proceeds from the Series D

Jay Gould, partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC gets serious about adviser compliance

Jay Gould, partner with law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, says the SEC’s recent decision to charge three investment advisers over compliance failures sends a ‘clear signal’ that the regulator is ‘serious about adviser compliance’… On November 28, 2011, the SEC charged OMNI Investment Advisors, Inc of Utah, Feltl &

Yannick Naud, Portfolio Manager, Glendevon King Asset Management

Expect further central bank intervention

Yannick Naud (pictured), Portfolio Manager at Glendevon King Asset Management is execpting further central bank intervention… This type of coordinated emergency intervention is reminiscent with what has been done during 2008-2009. The liquidity situation today is in fact much worse than during 2008 for a large number of institutions for

OION to participate in GBP50m Business Angel Co-Investment Fund

Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), a European technology business angel network, is to participate in the Business Angel Co-investment Fund (Angel CoFund) announced by the UK government that will provide GBP50 million to invest in high growth companies alongside business angels. OION was established as one of Europe’s first business

AIC Ian Sayers

AIC welcomes major reduction in red tape for UK VCTs

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has welcomed the announcement that the UK Chancellor George Osborne will allow VCTs to invest greater amounts in smaller businesses.  Currently the VCT scheme rule limits any one VCT to investing no more than GBP1 million in a single company in any 12 month

China XLX to benefit from strategic partnership with Primavera Capital

Primavera Capital Group has agreed to subscribe to China XLX Fertiliser’s convertible bonds worth approximately USD51 million through a wholly owned subsidiary. The private equity fund will indirectly hold 14.97% of the company’s enlarged capital and become its third largest shareholder and largest institutional investor upon full conversion of the

David Miller, partner, Cheviot Asset Management

European recession has already been priced in by the Markets

David Miller (pictured), Partner at Cheviot Asset Management, has this afternoon Commented on the OECD’s report which has slashed global growth rates and said that Britain may slip into a modest recession, David Miller, partner at Cheviot Asset Management, says that a European recession “is already in the Market price”…

Richard Levy, managing partner, Victory Park Capital

Victory Park Capital completes fundraising for USD480m fund

Victory Park Capital (VPC), an alternative asset management firm that provides direct financing solutions to small cap and middle-market companies, has completed fundraising for VPC Fund II, its distressed private equity and debt vehicle, with capital commitments of approximately USD480 million. VPC Fund II’s limited partners consist of a broad

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