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Taliance names Hipercept as channel partner for North & South America

Taliance, an analytics software provider in the alternative investment marketplace, has selected Hipercept, to serve as its channel partner for North and South America. Taliance’s software solution, GlobalAsset, complements the technology infrastructure of alternative asset investment firms through real-time, dynamic forecasting, scenario modelling, and consolidated analytics capability for the front

Ken MacCuish, Intralinks

What hedge fund CISOs need to consider when appointing a SaaS provider

A couple of years ago, the title Chief Information Security Officer, or CISO for short, was a foreign concept within the hedge fund community. The winds have changed, however, as hedge funds become increasingly targeted by cyber hackers, causing many to hire a CISO to uphold the network integrity of

Centrus Advisors expands Dublin team with appointment of new director

Centrus Advisors, a treasury, corporate and project finance advisory firm, has appointed Fiona O’Driscoll as Director in the firm’s Dublin Office. O’Driscoll has over 11 years’ experience in capital markets and project finance spanning the infrastructure, utilities and renewable energy sectors. Ms O’Driscoll has recently completed the Lisbon MBA International

Morrison & Foerster appoints Sloan as London Corporate Head, Global M&A Co-Chair

Morrison & Foerster has appointed corporate lawyer Graeme Sloan as a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice in the firm’s London office.   Sloan will head the firm’s London corporate practice and will serve as global co-chair of the firm’s M&A practice. Sloan’s arrival continues the expansion of the

Livingston advises Ding on iSend acquisition

Livingstone’s Debt Advisory has advised Ding on its acquisition of US based iSend. Livingstone arranged debt facilities to support the acquisition and fund other projects. Ding is a provider of international top-up services for mobile phones and is headquartered in Dublin, with offices across the globe. Ding is a service

LBO France completes acquisition of IKKS

LBO France has completed the acquisition, from Roger Zannier, of IKKS, a French ready-to-wear clothing brands focused on the “casual chic” segment.  LBO France became the majority shareholder and Roger Zannier retained about 30 per cent of the company's capital. Furthermore, Silverfern, a fund specialised in co-investment, entered the capital

Cabot Square Capital makes three promotions to Partner

Financial services private equity investor Cabot Square Capital has promoted investment directors Tarun Sharma and Richard McDougall, and General Counsel Lawrence J Small to Partner. Managing Partner, John Van Deventer, says: “Reaching the milestone of the close of our fifth fund is an appropriate point for us to reflect Cabot

Preqin Amy Bensted

SWFs in Latin America and Middle East consider their first hedge fund allocations

For any hedge fund manager, winning a mandate from a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is the Holy Grail. These are the biggest institutional investors on the planet and also offer, potentially, the stickiest capital given their multi-year investment horizons.  One should therefore take encouragement from the fact that SWF allocations

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Blackstone Completes acquisition of Philadelphia Financial Group from Tiptree Financial

Tiptree Financial has completed the previously announced sale of its subsidiary Philadelphia Financial Group to funds managed by Blackstone. The deal includes both Philadelphia’s Third Party Administration and Life Insurance operations (PFG).   The sellers received a payment of USD155 million at closing and will receive additional two payments over

Encore Consumer Capital’s closes third fund at USD260m

Private equity firm Encore Consumer Capital has closed its third fund at the hard cap with USD260 million of commitments, exceeding its target fund size of USD225 million. "We are extremely grateful for the continued support we have received from our loyal investor base and excited by the new world-class

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