The publication of this Guide comes as shockwaves from the UK's decision to withdraw from EU membership continue to reverberate across the world, raising several challenges for UK-based asset managers distributing across the EU. As Bobby Johal, Managing Consultant, Cordium, notes: "UCITS funds will still be distributed across Europe, but
Global law firm White & Case has advised Avast Software on its agreement to acquire New York Stock Exchange-listed AVG Technologies, a developer of business, mobile and PC device security software applications, for a total consideration of USD1.3 billion. “White & Case has forged a close relationship with Avast in
France-based SME lending marketplace Lendix has received its formal CNMV accreditation to operate as a P2P lending platform in Spain. In April 2016, Lendix completed a Series B financing round of EUR12 million led by major institutional investors including CNP Assurances, with the objective to become a leading Continental Europe
Black Swan Data has closed its Series B funding, raising a total of GBP6.2 million. The round sees Albion Ventures join initial institutional investors Blackstone and Mitsui, to help further accelerate Black Swan’s international growth and expansion of its product platform, ‘The Nest’. Founded in 2011 by Steve King (CEO)
Less than a year after the creation of its buy-and-build platform, Alliance Etiquettes has acquired Imprimerie D3, its fourth build-up acquisition. Founded in 1987, Imprimerie D3 is located in Cépie, in the Languedoc-Roussillon Midi-Pyrénées region, in the department of Aude. Led by Anthony Gleize, the company has 16 professionals.
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Marc Russell-Jones as head of business development for EMEA. Russell-Jones will be responsible for driving the growth of MUFG Investor Services’ asset servicing solutions across hedge funds, fund of funds and private equity/real estate funds
Private equity firm Altus Capital Partners has named Heidi Goldstein as Partner. Goldstein has been a member of the Altus Capital investment team since March 2006, most recently as a Principal, and has been actively involved in many of the firm’s investments during this period. She currently serves on the
Prestige Capital Management has launched its Commercial Finance Opportunities Fund on the Sweden-based Mutual Funds Exchange (MFEX) platform and has launched a dedicated Swedish Krona (SEK) hedged share class. The fund aims to achieve consistent absolute returns in most market conditions, using a diverse portfolio that carefully manages individual client
HIG Bayside Capital, the distressed debt and special situation affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG), has closed the HIG Bayside Loan Opportunity Fund IV with aggregate capital commitments of USD1.1 billion, exceeding its USD1.0 billion target. The fund will continue HIG’s investment strategy of focusing on investments in
Legal & General Capital, through LGV Capital, has agreed terms to sell its majority interest in The Liberation Group to Caledonia Investments in a transaction valuing the company at GBP118 million. Liberation is held principally on behalf of the with-profits fund for customers. Completion is expected over the course
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