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Rothschild Merchant Banking closes first US PE fund at more than USD655m

Rothschild Merchant Banking, the investment arm of Rothschild & Co, is pleased to announce that it has completed the final closing of Five Arrows Capital Partners (FACP), its first corporate private equity vehicle in the United States. This is the 13th fund raised by Rothschild Merchant Banking over the last

Granite Bridge Partners selects PEF Services for fund administration

Granite Bridge Partners (Granite Bridge), a newly formed private equity investment firm focused on the lower middle market, has selected PEF Services for its fund administration. Granite Bridge was formed by the former management team of the Direct Equity Division of Wafra Inc to effect the acquisition through a Secondary

HQ Capital adds Director of Business Development in North America

HQ Capital has hired Amy Thiessen as Director of Business Development to lead capital-raising and business development in North America. She will be based in New York. Thiessen will raise capital and develop new strategic partnerships across HQ Capital’s platform with institutional investors in North America including pension funds, sovereign

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Abacus Group reports 20 per cent revenue growth

Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms, has reported revenue growth of 20 per cent year-on-year so far in 2018. The company has seen a 23 per cent increase in the number of end-users on its flagship IT-as-a-Service product, AbacusFLEXä, and a

Private investors launch Swiss blockchain incubator

Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC), a new company founded by Zug-based Lakeside Partners and a group of private investors, is to invest in all stages of crypto and blockchain development, from incubation to late stage. The CV Labs incubator will offer seed money and a three-month incubation program to

DPI invests in Moroccan irrigation systems and solutions business CMGP

Development Partners International (DPI), a leading Pan-African private equity firm has made an investment through African Development Partners II (ADP II), in Moroccan irrigation systems and solutions business, Compagnie Marocaine de Goutte à goutte et de Pompage (CMGP). Under the agreement, ADP II has acquired a majority stake in CMGP

The Riverside Company breaks ground with latest investment

Private equity firm The Riverside Company has made an investment in Hiway Group (Hiway), a New Zealand-based ground improvement specialist that has been delivering innovative and environmentally friendly solutions since 1986. The company is New Zealand’s leading provider of specialist recycling solutions for road, rail and pavement stabilisation, slip and

Triple Point launches new Venture Fund share class

Triple Point has launched the Venture Fund, a new share class in the successful Triple Point VCT 2011 plc. The fund is designed to generate significant returns for investors through a challenge-led investment strategy. Traditional venture investing focuses on researching a broad cohort of companies and seeking to identify those

Primary Bid raises GBP2 million to fuel pan-European expansion

Primary Bid, an online platform that enables retail investors to gain access to discounted equity offerings of publicly listed companies, has closed a GBP2 million investment round led by funds managed by Lombard Odier, family offices and a series of angel investors. The proceeds will fuel Primary Bid’s pan European expansion

Tiller Investments partners with West Hill Capital

Online wealth manager Tiller Investments has greed a partnership with venture capital firm West Hill Capital. West Hill Capital will now offer access to Tiller’s premium wealth management service to all of its clients via the firm’s distribution network.   Built from the ground up, Tiller’s modular technology design makes

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