Allen & Overy has made a major strategic addition to its global finance practice that will significantly expand its US presence, with the hiring of a team of five New York leveraged finance partners. The team is led by senior leveraged finance partner Scott M Zemser and includes dual qualified
Crowdfunding platform Seedrs has been named as Britain’s most active investor in private companies, ranked number one with 78 funded deals at the halfway point in 2016 according to a leading source of objective deep data on UK startups and scale ups. The company writes that it is experiencing exponential
Institutional and private client service provider JTC has acquired Arcange REIM in Luxembourg, enabling it to launch a new AIFM management company (ManCo) business as it continues to enhance its range of European alternative fund services. The acquisition of Arcange REIM, which was one of the first Luxembourg based independent management
Funds advised by private equity firm BC Partners and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) are to acquire a majority stake in Keter Group – a producer of resin consumer products – from its founders, the Sagol family. The transaction, which is subject to customary approvals and is expected
Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Fosun Pharma), a Chinese healthcare provider, is to acquire an 86 per cent stake in Indian generic injectable pharmaceutical products company Gland Pharma for up to USD1.26 billion. The deal will see Fosun Pharma purchase all shares of Gland owned by KKR Floorline Investments in addition to
G10 Capital, an affiliate of Lawson Conner, is to be appointed as an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) by Gresham House Asset Management in order to provide alternative fund management services to LMS Capital. The LMS portfolio, valued at just over GBP92 million, will form a key component of Gresham
Private equity firms Aksìa Group and Alcedo are to sell Gimi, an Italian home care products provider, to FHCS (Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions), the German owner of several brands including Vileda, Wettex and Marigold. The transaction, which is subject to approval by antitrust authorities, is expected to complete by
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing group of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is to acquire Guggenheim Investment’s 1940-Act mutual fund administration business, Rydex Fund Services. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2016, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

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The board of Woodford Patient Capital Trust has appointed Carolan Dobson and Alan Hodson as non-executive directors, both with immediate effect. Dobson has a background in fund management and is an experienced non-executive director in public and private sector organisations, including a diverse portfolio of investment trust roles. She spent
Pulte Capital Partners has sold portfolio company Southern Air & Heat to MSouth Equity Partners, a private equity fund with USD1.3 billion under management across three funds. Southern Air & Heat, based in the South-Eastern US, provides heating and air conditioning installation to the nation's largest homebuilders and is also
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