Burford Capital made USD1.3 billion in new investment commitments in 2017, more than triple its 2016 level. The new commitments reflect a number of dynamics in Burford’s business: continued growth in demand for capital in its core litigation finance business; access to capital through direct balance sheet investing and its
CRUX Asset Management Ltd. (CRUX), an employee-owned investment management business, has appointed fund manager, Richard Penny. Penny joins CRUX from Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) where he was a senior fund manager within the High Alpha team and was lead manager of the L&G Alpha Trust and the L&G
Spencer Technologies, a specialist in managed retail technology projects and deployments, has finalised the acquisition of Certified Retail Solutions, a service integrator of end-to-end IT life cycle solutions for the retail and hospitality industries. The acquisition is one element of Spencer’s aggressive strategy to broaden its capabilities and provide an integrated set
Redgate Investments has made a substantial investment in Croatia-based monitoring and administration software company, SysKit. Redgate Investments, a sister company to Redgate Software, the leading Microsoft SQL Server tools vendor, was created to make sizeable minority investments in founder-led businesses, without the onerous terms and conditions often required by private
Noerr has appointed five new equity partners as of 1 January 2018, including four women. Meike von Levetzow, Annette Pospich, Marlies Raschke, Bärbel Sachs and Ralph Schilha were admitted to the partnership. Michael Bergmann and Pavol Rak were designated as (non-equity) partners and will work as Senior Counsel in the
Frederic Mege, a dual-qualified French and English private client lawyer, has joined Moores Rowland, an independent firm based in Monaco. A member of the Paris Bar Association, the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux (IACF), the Law Society (England & Wales) and the Society for Tax and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Frederic
Harvest Partners has named two new partners in its structured capital business effective 8 January 2018. The new partners – Steven Duke and Sean Murphy – co-lead the strategy and were formerly Managing Directors. Structured capital is Harvest’s non- control senior equity product. Duke joined Harvest in 2014 and serves
Britbots, an organisation dedicated to promoting UK-based robotics companies, and Sapphire Capital Partners, have launched the second British Robotics Seed Fund. The new fund follows the success of the first fund, which has now been fully invested, leading the seed rounds of six high-potential robotics and AI (artificial intelligence) related
Bpifrance, China Development Bank (CDB) and Cathay Capital are to launch the Sino French Midcap Fund II, which has a fundraising target of EUR1.2 billion and is the successor to the first Sino French Midcap Fund which was Iaunched in 2014. The fund should complete its first closing and first
By Olivia Munro – As the deadline to the GDPR steadily approaches, it is important to start preparing for the regulation if you haven’t already. In case you aren’t aware, the EU took a major step to protect their citizens’ personal data and privacy rights by instating the EU
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