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Palatine hires Wilson to boost portfolio efficiencies

Palatine Private Equity has strengthened its UK team with the appointment of Gareth Wilson as Portfolio Operations Director to boost operational efficiencies across its portfolio. Wilson is an experienced management consultant and joins the firm having worked as an independent consultant leading key strategic and cost saving projects for a

Roynat Equity Partners sells interest in NetSet Communications

Roynat Equity Partners has sold internet access business NetSet to Xplornet Communications (Xplornet). Based in Brandon, Manitoba, NetSet provides next generation broadband services throughout the province of Manitoba. Xplornet will maintain the NetSet Communications trade name and will retain virtually all of NetSet’s employees and business operations in both Brandon

Rosewood Private Investments acquires majority stake in ProTec Laboratory

Rosewood Private Investments (RPI) has acquired a majority equity in ProTec Laboratory (ProTec), a provider of contract manufacturing services to consumer brands in the dietary supplements, sports nutrition, functional foods, and pet care products industries. The investment in ProTec represents the third within RPI’s holding company, International Nutrition & Wellness Holdings (INW Holdings), and the second

State Street’s GX Private Equity Index shows strong performance in Q2 2017

The State Street Global Exchange SM Private Equity Index (GXPEI) ended the second quarter of 2017 with continued strong performance of 3.96 per cent, in line with the 3.95 per cent return posted in the first quarter. The GXPEI is based on directly-sourced limited partnership data and represents more than

Vestar Capital Partners to acquire Nonni’s from Wind Point Partners

Vestar Capital Partners (Vestar) is to acquire to acquire Nonni’s Food Group (Nonni’s), a manufacturer of artisanal biscuits and other baked snacks from Wind Point Partners. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017, have not been disclosed.   Nonni’s products are marketed

Maureen Quill, UMB

UMB Fund Services endorses ILPA best practice principles and reporting templates

UMB Fund Services (UMB) has endorsed the Institutional Limited Partners Association’s (ILPA) best practice principles and reporting templates for the private equity space, which help promote reporting consistency and transparency for limited partners. UMB is among a select group of fund administrators to endorse the ILPA reporting standards.   “Implementing

Epidarex Capital portfolio company Apellis Pharmaceuticals completes IPO

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, a portfolio company of early-stage venture capital fund Epidarex Capital, has completed its initial public offering (IPO). Apellis began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “APLS” on Thursday, 9 November. Having raised gross proceeds of circa USD150 million from the offering.   Epidarex

ID Register goes from strength to strength with advice from Carey Olsen

One year after its launch, the Guernsey-based private funds platform, The ID Register, has grown substantially with help from Carey Olsen. The ID Register is a universal investor onboarding platform created in response to the changing regulatory requirements and frustration in the funds industry at the lengthy paper-based processes for customer

Clouds

The right time to move applications to the cloud?

By Mary Beth Hamilton – According to research firm Gartner, by 2020, a corporate “no-cloud” policy will be as rare as a “no-internet” policy is today. Cloud-first, and even cloud-only, is replacing the defensive no-cloud stance that dominated in recent years…[Additionally], hybrid will be the most common usage of the cloud.” So when

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