The turn of the year saw the CHF hit record highs. The trade-weighted exchange rate was up 15% in 2010, and is 30% higher from the start of the financial crisis in October 2007. Paul Marson (pictured), chief investment officer at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch, examines the factors driving this
UK student accommodation developer and manager the UNITE Group estimates the net asset value (NAV) of the UNITE UK Student Accommodation Fund to be GBP0.808 per unit as at 31 December 2010. The figure reflects an increase of 1.1% during the fourth quarter and an uplift of 6.0% in
Paris-based M&A investment manager, Bernheim, Dreyfus, has unveiled research designed to uncover possible or potential bid targets during 2011. Among other names, the luxury jeweller Tiffany and software company, Adobe Systems, are seen as being particularly attractive. Tiffany & Co is a jewellery and specialty retailer whose principal merchandise offering
Praesidian Capital, a provider of mezzanine capital for small and mid-sized companies, has successfully exited its investment in Venio. Praesidian’s exit was facilitated by Venio’s acquisition of certain divisions of The Keane Organization and the new financing associated with the transaction. Venio has been in the Praesidian portfolio since December
WCI Consulting has been sold to TAKE Solutions, an Indian technology company with products backed by a strong domain expertise in Life Sciences and Supply Chain Management. WCI Consulting is a leading Patient Safety and Compliance advisor to the Life Sciences industry. WCI founded pvnet and pvconnect, the industry’s
Viola Private Equity has made a growth equity investment of USD7 million in Zend Technologies, a provider of software and services for developing, deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications on-premise and in the cloud. Viola’s investment adds to the Company’s previous internal round raised from its existing investors, including
Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals (Resolvyx) and Celtic Therapeutics Holdings (Celtic Therapeutics), a successor firm to Celtic Pharma, have entered into a final agreement under which Celtic Therapeutics has acquired and licensed worldwide rights related to Resolvyx’s RX-10045, a late-stage program for the treatment of dry eye syndrome and other ophthalmic conditions.
Artificial sausage case producer Kalle – backed in 2009 by European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital in EUR212.5 million deal – has acquired Jif-Pak Inc a US based producer of innovative meat nettings and casings in a transaction funded entirely by existing cash and a new debt facility. "The acquisition
A GBP185 million business growth fund was launched in December to help small and medium-sized enterprises across the North West of England. The North West Fund, formerly known as the Venture Capital and Loan Fund, is the largest public sector fund in the UK and will be used to
Despite an increase in average costs, a unanimous rise in business volumes and a robust increase in fee, commission & premium income meant that investment management profitability grew strongly for the sixth consecutive quarter, according to the latex CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey. However, the survey, which asked participants how their
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