European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has agreed to invest in Aesica Pharmaceuticals, one of the UK’s fastest growing companies. Completion, which is subject only to obtaining clearance from the German authorities, is expected to occur within the next four weeks. Headquartered near Newcastle, Aesica has the expertise to both develop and
HALO Networks has closed a Series A round of GBP1.6m led by Nauta Capital and DN Capital. Nauta Capital invested from its recently closed Nauta Tech Invest III fund of EUR105m. This is the 9th investment from this fund. DN Capital invested from its second fund GVCII and this is
Despite falling equity prices across Europe, there has been a sharp rise in the purchase of European blue chip American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) – securities issued by European companies and traded on US exchanges, says Chris Hanley, Regional Manager UK and Ireland, BNY Mellon… Issuance of European ADRs has hit
The Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management Report 2011 published earlier this year found that HNWIs, at the end of 2010, were allocating 33 per cent of their portfolios into equities. The S&P 500 Index gained around 11 per cent, whilst the likes of commodity futures such as corn doubled in
Compushare and Advanced Fund Administration (AFA) have announced a partnership whereby AFA clients will have access to Compushare, Inc’s full suite of technology based solutions including the firm’s fully hosted cloud computing platform, which allows the funds to eliminate technology assets and avoid the cost of owning and maintaining a
DisplayLink Inc, the leading provider of solutions that simplify the connection between monitors and computers using USB, has announced that it has closed a USD15m Series D funding round. The new equity financing was led by incoming investor Cipio Partners and co-led by existing investor DFJ Esprit. Previous investors Atlas
According to Lok Yim (pictured), Head of North Asia Private Wealth Management, Deutsche Bank, there was a big shift out of equities into fixed income instruments back in June amongst the bank’s Asian HNW clients. The mentality of Asian HNWIs is quite different to those in Europe. Rightly or wrongly,
Spredfast, a social media management system provider, has raised USD12 million in Series B funding led by InterWest Partners. Also participating in the round is Austin Ventures, the lead investor of the company’s USD3.6 million Series A round. Spredfast plans to use the funding to expand its industry-leading platform
Carey Olsen has advised Crescent Capital on the establishment of Turkey’s first clean energy fund. The Clean Energy Transition Fund LP, a private equity fund, has raised EUR100m in its first closing this month and is looking to target EUR200m by the end of 2012. Crescent Capital is a Turkish-based
John Redwood (pictured), Chairman of Evercore Pan Asset’s Investment Committee, on the effect of the Euro crisis on world markets… These are savage markets. As we feared, the markets continue to worry about the Euro crisis. More are concluding that cash or near cash is the best short term answer.
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