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SEI launches online solution for private fund investor transaction processing

SEI has launched SEI Trade, a cloud-based solution that automates the process of handling, documenting and tracking investors’ private fund transactions. SEI Trade is designed to help private fund managers upgrade the investor and financial adviser experience, while streamlining a notoriously inefficient and error-prone set of processes.   It offers digital

BaltCap to acquire Baltic operations of Selecta

BaltCap Private Equity Fund II, managed by BaltCap, is to buy the business operations serving the local markets in the Baltic States from European vending and coffee services company Selecta Group. The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian businesses altogether employ about 75 people and generate net sales in excess of EUR10

Vortex to acquire 365 MW solar energy portfolio for GBP470m

Vortex, a European renewable energy platform managed by the private equity arm of EFG Hermes, is to acquire 100 per cent of a 365 MW operational solar PV power portfolio in the UK owned by TerraForm Power. The transaction is valued at an enterprise value of circa GBP470 million and

DW Healthcare promotes Champsi to MD and partner

DW Healthcare Partners (DWHP), a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has promoted Aly Champsi to managing director and partner. “Since Aly’s arrival at our firm in 2014, he has been an integral part of our investment team,” says DWHP founder and managing partner, Andrew Carragher. “We are excited to acknowledge his

Agilitas-backed Exemplar Healthcare appoints chairman

Exemplar Healthcare, a portfolio company of mid-market private equity firm Agilitas, has appointed Dr Mark Jackson as chairman, with immediate effect. Exemplar is a provider of nurse-led residential care for adults with disabilities.   Jackson worked for many years as a GP, and as a GP practice lead, before founding

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Royal London selects Confluence for AIFMD Annex IV reporting

Royal London Asset Management has selected the Confluence’s Unity NXT AIFMD Annex IV transparency reporting solution to support the company’s growing alternative investment fund business. The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) regulation covers hedge funds, private equity, real estate and other Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) in the European

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Gibson Dunn adds private funds lawyer in London

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has appointed Joshua Tod as of counsel in the firm’s London office.  Previously of counsel with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Tod will support Gibson Dunn’s existing EMEA private investment funds practice.   Tod has experience advising private equity, infrastructure, credit and real estate funds. He regularly counsels

Signature Private Finance appoints business development manager

Principal lender Signature Private Finance has appointed Gary Playle as business development manager to support brokers in London and the South. It follows appointments to strengthen the company’s reach in the North and Midlands.   A former director of business banking with Santander, Playle proved his ability to build and

Pegasus Funding Resources strengthens team

Business adviser Bob Clarke has joined Pegasus Funding Resources as a funding consultant. The new appointment further strengthens Pegasus’ capabilities as a provider of business funding solutions, business plan writing services and mentoring.   Clarke has 30 years’ experience as a managing director of businesses in the logistics, manufacturing and

NewSpring acquires Vertical Management Systems

NewSpring Holdings, NewSpring Capital’s dedicated buy and build strategy, has acquired Vertical Management Systems (VMS), headquartered in Pasadena, California. VMS is a technology innovation firm which provides integrated solutions to solve today’s key issues like fiduciary risk, fee transparency and revenue reconciliation.   VMS processes over USD600 billion in assets,

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