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James Williams, Hedgeweek

Private equity outsourcing – A leap of trust

How UMB Fund Services is utilising proprietary technology to expand its service offering and customisation support to private equity managers… With private equity enjoying a surge in interest among institutional investors, keen to seek out longer-term yield away from traditional asset classes, the opportunities for fund administrators to provide outsourced

Nck Bayley, Duff & Pehlps

A brief history of European market structure

By Nick Bayley (pictured), Duff & Phelps – In the good old days (any time before MiFID came along in 2007) the structure of European capital markets was relatively simple. There were really only two types of markets: highly transparent, exchange-operated markets and relatively opaque, over the counter (OTC) markets.

Cerea Partenaire adds to team

Agrobusiness-focused Céréa Partenaire has appointed Simon Baccelli as Director in the Céréa Dette team. In addition, the company has added Paul de Castries et de Laurent Brossaud-Monty, as Associates with Céréa Capital.   Michel Chabanel, CEO of Céréa Partenaire, says: “The first generation the Céréa Dette programme, launched in 2015,

Mobeus announces up to GBP80m fundraise for Income & Growth VCTs

Mobeus is planning to raise up to GBP80 million across four of its VCTs. Its the first time the company  has looked to raise money since 2015 and may be the last for the next three years, according to the manager. The new offer comes in a year which is

RDIF and JBIC launch Russia-Japan Investment Fund

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have launched the Russia-Japan Investment Fund (RJIF), to jointly pursue and implement attractive investment projects to promote economic, trade and investment cooperation between Japan and Russia. The process of formalising the fund’s establishment is complete and the

Phoenix-backed Bridge Leisure acquires three holiday parks

Bridge Leisure Parks, which is backed by Phoenix Equity Partners, has continued its rapid growth on the back of the UK’s buoyant staycation market by acquiring three new holiday parks for a total investment of GBP11million. The three new parks are Ashbourne Heights on the edge of the Peak District

Elaghmore Partners acquires Kesslers International

Elaghmore Partners, a UK-focused private equity firm, has acquired Kesslers International (Kesslers), a designer and manufacturer of retail displays and merchandising for world famous brands and leading UK high street retailers.  Elaghmore has bought the business from Enact which invested in Kesslers in February 2016.   Founded in 1893, Kesslers

GPB Capital appoints Senior Advisor for Retail Energy Strategy

GPB Capital has appointed Dan Alper, former CEO of Major Energy Services, as a Senior Advisor and part of the team to identify and execute potential acquisitions in the retail energy sector. The increasing trend of energy deregulation, now prevalent in 20 states, along with the ongoing development and customer

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