KalVista Pharmaceuticals (KalVista), a new ophthalmology company with a focus on diabetic macular edema (DME), has raised GBP8 million in a series A round from leading life sciences investors Novo A/S and SV Life Sciences. The company is developing novel, small molecule plasma kallikrein inhibitors, which represent a new approach
Ogier Fiduciary Services Cayman Limited (OFSCL) has announced a new management structure designed to allow its leadership team to focus and develop capabilities for specific lines of business and build even deeper partnerships with clients. “The growth and diversification of the fiduciary services business and Ogier Cayman overall has required
Global private equity firm Vector Capital has completed its USD283, acquisition of Gerber Scientific, Inc, an international supplier of sophisticated automated manufacturing systems for the sign making, specialty graphics, packaging, apparel and industrial industries. CITIC Capital Partners, a China based private equity firm, will take a minority stake in Gerber
Fund administrator HedgeServ has expanded its international platform with the opening of an office in London on 22 August. The office, located at 21 Upper Brook Street, W1, will focus on business development with hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, private equity funds, and institutional investment managers. "Our entry into
HealthPlan Holdings, a portfolio company of Water Street Healthcare Partners, has acquired Zenith Administrators, Inc. The company will merge Zenith with its subsidiary, American Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc, creating a national third-party administrator of health care, retirement and other benefits to Taft-Hartley trust funds, and state and municipal plans. Together,
Capital IQ has launched its first iPad application for the Capital IQ platform. The application offers clients the ability to sync documents such as investment research, investor meeting transcripts and company filings to their iPad for easy offline access. Mobile access to the Capital IQ platform itself, including the majority
Peakside Capital, a specialist European real estate private equity firm, has, on behalf of Peakside Real Estate Fund I (PREF I), successfully concluded the sale of a prime mixed use asset in Berlin to a private investor for in excess of EUR12 million. With a price 15% above the property’s
Schroders’ Chief Investment Officer, Alan Brown comments on Friday’s market volatility… Two items of news lie behind the continuing market rout: the sharp decline in the Philadelphia Index and the news that other Eurozone countries were likely to seek to negotiate collateral arrangements from Greece to match the deal that
Just under two-thirds of infrastructure funds charge management fees of 2% on funds that are currently raising or that have closed in the recent past despite pressure for lower fees from investors with 62% believing that management fees are too high. The data was collected as part of the 2011
Alex Orus (pictured), CIO, Blue Diamond Asset Management, on the current ‘flight to safety’ prompted by the recent political and market turmoil… The political and market turmoil has caused many investors to aggressively reduce or exit equity markets in favour of what the global media and investors call “safe assets”
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