Luxembourg has long been an attractive jurisdiction for setting up private equity vehicles, and until 2004 the most suitable structure was the financial participation company or Soparfi, a normal comp
Luxembourg has many attractive qualities as a domicile and servicing centre for private equity and other types of alternative investment, from its tax transparency and firm but flexible regulatory app
The development of the private equity industry in Luxembourg over the four years since the introduction of the Sicar vehicle for risk capital investment has opened up a wide range of opportunities for
The servicing of private equity and property funds is becoming an increasingly important area of business for CACEIS, the investor services joint venture between the Crédit Agricole group and Natixis,
For many players in Luxembourg, private equity activity began with its arrival in the regulated fund environment with the launch of the Sicar in 2004, but Fortis’s experience goes back rather longer.
Last weekend German news magazine Focus reported that Daimler, the maker of Mercedes Benz cars, could be the target of a hedge fund bid after banks had supposedly informed the company that
The Carlyle Group has announced that it is winding up its hedge fund management operation, Carlyle-Blue Wave Partners Management, barely 15 months after its launch in April last year, afte
Falling share prices and increasing desperation on the part of banks and other financial institutions to unload distressed assets are attracting hedge funds more than ever.
Accel Partners, a venture capital firm operating in Silicon Valley, Europe, Israel and China, has announced the establishment of the Accel India Venture Fund, which will focus on early-sta
The problems faced by many sectors of the alternative investment industry are being shared with the law firms that service them (Cadwalader, Wicker
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