KKR and Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO) are teaming up to create a new liquid alternatives investment firm by combining PAAMCO and KKR Prisma. Under the terms of the agreement, the entire businesses of both PAAMCO and KKR Prisma will be contributed to a newly formed company that will
Jersey funds and regulatory specialist Emily Haithwaite has joined Ogier as a partner. Haithwaite’s (pictured) wide-ranging investment funds and financial services law experience has brought her recognition from clients and industry. Head of Ogier's Jersey funds team, Niamh Lalor, says: "She has an outstanding reputation in her field, named
Idinvest Partners has appointed Alban Wyniecki as an investment director. Wyniecki will provide strategic direction and oversight of Idinvest’s Growth Capital Fund II, which recently held its first close at EUR250 million. The fund’s first investment this year was in Vestiaire Collective, an online e-commerce marketplace for pre-loved clothes.
Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) has appointed Michael Anstey as an investment director specialising in healthcare investments. Anstey says: “There is an abundance of impressive innovation in bioscience occurring in the Cambridge Cluster. We are on the cusp of something fantastic here. It's exciting to be part of an opportunity in
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has appointed Fiona Gibson to support its growing portfolio in the South West of England. Gibson joins BGF from Lloyds Banking Group where she was head of equity investments, responsible for the bank’s portfolio of more than 250 legacy equity assets. Whilst at Lloyds, Gibson delivered
IBID Group, an investment firm focused on buying and investing in internet-based companies with high growth potential, has expanded its gaming portfolio with the majority acquisition of Riverplay, an end-to-end platform for the online gaming industry. Following the acquisition, Riverplay will be re-branded as Pragmatic Solutions. Pragmatic Solutions is
Forterra, a manufacturer of water infrastructure pipe and products in the US and Eastern Canada, has acquired the business of Royal Enterprises America (Royal), a manufacturer of concrete drainage pipe, precast concrete products, stormwater treatment technologies and erosion control products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based
Matthew Pohlman has rejoined law firm Goodwin as a partner in the hospitality and leisure practice in the London office. Pohlman brings extensive experience in the development, operation, management, acquisition, disposition and financing of hotels, resorts and other mixed-use hospitality assets around the world. “We are delighted to welcome
By Ras Sipko, KOGER – For the past four years, alternative fund managers with US investors have been coming to terms with the far-reaching effects of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act or FATCA. Some 60-plus countries have signed up to cooperate with the IRS in order to enforce FATCA and
There are a number of encouraging developments in Ireland that would, on the surface, appear to place it on a strong footing to further enhance its reputation as Europe's leading onshore alternative funds jurisdiction. If one looks at fund growth, through October 2016 (the most recent figures at the time
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