Independent fund and corporate service provider Crestbridge has appointed Elliot Refson as a director in its Jersey office as it continues to focus on evolving its management company (ManCo) solutions. A specialist in alternative funds, Refson will join the existing team to develop and promote Crestbridge’s onshore and offshore ManCo
HedgePort Associates, an independent C-Suite service provider, has established an advisory board initially including industry veterans Ted Seides and Bill Salus. The board will assist Hedgeport with strategic initiatives as the company continues its running underlying hedge fund and private equity fund businesses. Seides co-founded and served previously as president
Online investment platform SyndicateRoom has seen the first exit for a company that raised funds on its platform, following the acquisition of Oval Medical. Oval, a medical technology company designing and producing auto-injectors to enhance medical safety and address trypanophobia (fear of needles), has been acquired by US-based healthcare contract
Mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe is acquiring a majority stake in Group of Butchers, alongside its current management, from Nordian Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. Group of Butchers is a producer of high-quality meat products sold at supermarkets and delivered to the out-of-home market. Founded in
Pan-African law firm Bowmans is opening an office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with effect from January 2017. It will bring the number of Bowmans’ offices in East Africa to three and will be its seventh office on the African continent. The firm already has offices in Kenya and
Elaghmore Partners has closed its initial fund, Elaghmore I, at GBP60 million and completed its first acquisition. The fund held a first and final close and is now fully operational. The fund was oversubscribed and the investors are a mixture of US and European institutions. The investment strategy of
Providence Strategic Growth Capital Partners (PSG), an affiliate of private equity and credit investment firm Providence Equity Partners, has closed its second fund with USD640 million of equity commitments. PSG Fund II, which closed at its hard cap and was oversubscribed, received commitments from existing and new investors, including corporate
Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds in the US showed stronger performance in the second quarter of 2016 than the first, according to Cambridge Associates. Energy investments helped generate the rebound for the PE benchmark, and returns from healthcare VC investments made the biggest leap from the first
Diagnostic solutions specialist Curetis has secured a EUR25 million unsecured loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The financing is the first growth capital loan under the European Growth Finance Facility (EGFF), launched in November 2016 and is backed by a guarantee from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).
Carey Olsen’s Guernsey office has appointed James Cooke as a senior associate in the firm's corporate and finance team. Cooke joins Carey Olsen from another offshore law firm, having worked in Guernsey and the BVI and initially trained at Eversheds in the UK. He has been regularly recognised by
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