A team of investment management specialists has launched Galileo Capital Management, an investment management and advisory firm with operations in London and Hong Kong. Founders Anders Jacobsen and Paul Thompson (pictured) have over 40 years’ combined experience in the investment management sector at firms including Goldman Sachs, Prudential Financial, Bankers
President Obama has called for reforms to ensure that no US bank or financial institution that contains a bank will own, invest in or sponsor a hedge fund or a private equity fund, or proprietary trading operations unrelated to serving customers for its own profit. While it is believed any
Prudential Capital Partners has completed fundraising for Prudential Capital Partners III with capital commitments totalling USD965m, exceeding its initial fundraising target of USD900m. Prudential Capital Partners is the middle-market mezzanine fund business sponsored by Prudential Capital Group, a private fixed income investment business of Prudential Financial. Investors include state and
Mark Dalton, Alex Sorokin and Neil Wessan have launched Halsey Lane Holdings to assist lenders-turned-owners of distressed companies in managing and maximising the value of their post-restructuring equity investments. Halsey Lane combines the principals’ private equity, turnaround, restructuring and capital markets expertise with an offering that is solely focused on
Activ Financial, a provider of low-latency market data solutions, has received a minority equity investment from venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners. Activ will use the proceeds to drive new customer acquisition, power continued product innovation and meet the escalating market demand for ultra-low latency market data solutions. The demand
Antin Infrastructure Partners has completed its second closing with an additional EUR215m. Antin IP has raised total commitments of EUR515m, more than half of the fund’s target, from Scandinavian, German and French investors. Alain Rauscher (pictured), Antin IP’s founder and chief executive, says: “This achievement is the result of clear
Franklin Templeton Private Equity Strategy, a private equity portfolio managed by Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) and advised by Darby Asia Investors (India), has invested up to INR600m in Hyderabad-based GKC Projects. GKC provides construction services in key infrastructure areas such as roads, irrigation, power (civil portion) and pipelines, and
The Alternative Investments Conference organised by the London School of Economics private equity society and financial markets group has attracted unprecedented interest among students and financial institutions with over six top-level students competing for each place available. Despite the fact that the global economy and the financial markets are still
Venture capital firms invested USD475m over 92 deals in India during the 12 months ending December 2009, according to a study by Venture Intelligence in partnership with the Global-India Venture Capital Association. The amount invested during 2009 was lower compared to 2008 which had witnessed USD836m being invested across
Accelr8 Technology has started a private sale of equity to qualified investors following its annual shareholders’ meeting on 16 December 2009. Since early October 2009, the company has opened discussions with a number of prospective industry collaborators. The company’s ability to do so became possible upon the completion of a
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