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Fried Frank adds asset management regulatory attorney Gregg Beechey in London

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has appointed Gregg Beechey (pictured) as a partner in the firm’s Asset Management Practice in London. Beechey is a regulatory attorney who focuses on alternative investment funds and the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). He counsels a range of financial sector clients

LIFE New York appoints new chairman

LIFE, the global diaspora organisation of Lebanese finance executives, has appointed Wissam Kairouz as the new chairman of its New York Committee.  Kairouz (pictured) is a managing director at Morgan Stanley's Leveraged & Acquisition Finance Group in New York, where he oversees the group's industry practices in Healthcare, Media and

KKR appoints Dominique Lafont as Senior Advisor

KKR has appointed Dominique Lafont (pictured), former President and Chief Executive Officer of Bolloré Africa Logistics, as a Senior Advisor to the firm, effective immediately. Johannes Huth, Head of KKR Europe, Middle East and Africa, says: “Over the last few years, we have been building our Africa team which is

Tadataka Yamada re-joins Frazier Healthcare

Frazier Healthcare, a provider of growth capital to healthcare companies, announces that Tadataka Yamada has re-joined Frazier Healthcare, a provider of growth capital to healthcare companies. He will serve as a Venture Partner on the Life Sciences team, focusing on creating companies as well as providing strategic guidance to existing

Tailwind Capital closes fund II with USD1.05bn of commitments

Private equity firm Tailwind Capital has held the final closing of Tailwind Capital Partners II in excess of its USD750 million target, raising a total of USD1.05 billion of committed capital. Fund II will pursue the same investment strategy Tailwind has employed since its inception – partnering with leading entrepreneurs

Quad-C Management sells Dental Care Alliance

Middle market private equity firm Quad-C Management has sold Dental Care Alliance (DCA), one of the largest multi-branded, dental-practice management companies in the United States, to New York-based private equity firm Harvest Partners. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.   DCA, founded in 1991 and based in Sarasota,

Lyxor: A New Era for Hedge Funds?

A new era for hedge funds?

The lack of hedge funds’ excess returns since the financial crisis put the industry under rising pressure. In this 12th edition of the White Paper, we review the causes and identify the key hedge fund performance drivers. We put to test these drivers under three long-term macro-economic scenarios. It is

Blackstone names Liping Zhang as Chairman for Greater China

Blackstone has named Liping Zhang as a Senior Managing Director and its Chairman for Greater China.   Based in Hong Kong, Zhang (pictured) will advise and provide guidance to firm management and its regional business units as the firm continues to expand its presence in the region. Zhang has more

Ratan Tata joins Jungle Ventures as Special Advisor

Jungle Ventures has appointed Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of the Indian Conglomerate, Tata Sons, as a Special Advisor. Founded by Anurag Srivastava and Amit Anand, Jungle Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund, with a firm focus on helping build innovative technology led companies out of the Asia-Pacific. Jungle

Euronext Brussels

Euronext reports strongest six month trading and listing activity since 2011

Euronext posted its strongest six-month trading volume performance since the end of 2011 in the first six months of 2015, supported by favourable economic conditions. The June 2015 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR9,202 million (+54 per cent compared with June 2014). Activity

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