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Deutsche Börse Venture Network passes 200-member mark

Deutsche Börse Venture Network, Deutsche Börse’s programme to fund young growth companies, has passed the 200-member mark nine months after its launch. The Network has gained 31 investors and 10 growth companies since the beginning of this year. Specifically the number of participants from outside Germany, currently at 81, has

Aurelius generates double digit return from fidelis HR sale

Aurelius Group has sold fidelis HR to SD Worx, for an undisclosed sum and stands to realise a significant, double-digit return on its investment following the completion of the deal in Q1 2016. The Group intends to pay out a proportion of the return on investment to its own investors

Pamplona appoints Mark Pacala as Operating Partner

Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has appointed Mark Pacala as an operating partner with a focus on healthcare. Pacala has more than 20 years’ experience working in the healthcare industry. Most recently he was a Senior Advisor in the healthcare team at Oak Hill Capital Partners. In that role, he served

Geoff Cook, Jersey Finance

Fund manager migration to Jersey highlighted as exciting trend at annual conference

Shifts in regulation and changes in attitudes towards reputation are prompting a rise in the inward migration of alternative fund managers to Jersey, delegates at a major annual funds conference have heard. Discussing trends within the alternative fund space, panellists at this year’s Jersey Finance London Funds Conference agreed that

LendInvest raises GBP17m equity investment from Atomico

UK-based online property finance marketplace LendInvest has completed a GBP17 million (USD25 million) Series B equity investment from Atomico, the technology venture capital firm founded by Niklas Zennström, the co-founder of Skype. This is LendInvest’s second equity investment in nine months. In June 2015, LendInvest secured a GBP22 million (USD33

GLIL acquires GBP150m shareholding in UK wind farm

The infrastructure investment joint venture between Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has entered a partnership to co-own one of the largest wind farms of its type in Europe. The investment vehicle, GMPF & LPFA Infrastructure LLP (GLIL), along with Greencoat UK Wind PLC (UKW)

Student lender Future Finance raises GBP119m for growth and lending capital

Future Finance Loan Corporation (Future Finance), which makes tailored loans to undergraduates and postgraduates at universities across the UK, has raised GBP119 million in growth and lending capital from leading FinTech investors QED Investors, Blackstone Strategic Opportunity Fund, Colchis Capital, Invus Opportunities, KCK, DW Partners, Fenway Summer Ventures, Ridge Road

Oaktree, Cornerstone to buy ProService Agent Transferowy from Highlander

Funds managed by Cornerstone Partners and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management are to acquire Polish transfer agent and business processing outsourcing specialist ProService Agent Transferowy (ProService). The agreement for purchase of 100 per cent stake in ProService Agent Transferowy was concluded on 23 February 2016. The company will be

SSandC Globe Op Bill Stone

SS&C completes acquisition of Citi’s Alternative Investor Services business

SS&C Technologies Holdings has completed the acquisition of Citi's Alternative Investor Services Business, a provider of hedge fund and private equity fund administration services. SS&C acquired the business unit from Citi for approximately USD321 million. Citi's Alternative Investor Services Business is a top 10 fund administrator and through the acquisition

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