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Oakley Capital acquires Facile.it

Oakley Capital Investments, through OCPE II Master LP, has acquired a majority stake in Facile.it, Italy’s largest car insurance broker and price comparison website.  Fund II will invest alongside Facile’s founders who will re-invest part of their proceeds.   Originally established in 2008 to provide consumers with access to the best

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iLEVEL opens European data centre for private equity industry

iLEVEL, a cloud-based software provider to the private capital market, has opened a European data centre in the UK. The iLEVEL Private Capital Data Platform is built to streamline data collection across a portfolio into a central repository, enabling fund managers and institutional investors to track investment performance with real-time,

ADAM results ‘establish foundation for move to credit finance’

AIM-quoted investment group Adamas Finance Asia (ADAM) says its improved interim financial results provide the foundation for a reshaped strategy. ADAM plans to sell off its private equity asset portfolio to provide cash reserves for redeployment into income-generating investments.    ADAM chairman John Croft says: “There is no doubt that

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2014 sees record levels of VC investment in Asia, says Preqin

Preqin’s latest research into the Asian private equity industry has highlighted the accelerated growth in venture capital investment throughout the region in recent years. After a number of years of slower fundraising and investment activity across the continent, venture capital deal flow across Asia, particularly in more emerging economies such

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Power Capital Partners hires managing director and director of asset management

Power Capital Partners (PCP) has hired Eyob Easwaran as managing director and director of asset management, responsible for leading construction oversight, asset and risk management activities.  Easwaran will serve on the PCP investment committee.   Easwaran has more than 20 years of experience in the power industry in various capacities

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HIG Capital expands investor relations team

HIG Capital has expanded its investor relations team with two new hires. Jordan Peer joins the firm as managing director and head of investor relations, based in New York.   Thierry Edde joins the firm as director of investor relations, based in London.   Peer will oversee all marketing and

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Wells Fargo Advisors to pay USD5m penalty over control failures

Wells Fargo Advisors is to pay a USD5 million penalty to settle SEC charges that it failed to maintain adequate controls to prevent one of its employees from insider trading based on a customer’s non-public information. The SEC also charged Wells Fargo for unreasonably delaying its production of documents during

EFH acquires London-based Meridian Equity Partners

Equities First Holdings (EFH) has acquired Meridian Equity Partners Limited in the UK. Its operations will continue under the name Equities First (London) Limited.   Equities First Holdings specialises in shareholder finance with offices in London, Indianapolis, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Sydney and Perth.   “Today’s acquisition is transformational for

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Akin Gump appoints four partners in London and Hong Kong

International law firm Akin Gump has appointed four partners from Bingham McCutcheon in the firm’s corporate, restructuring and funds practices in London and Hong Kong. The new partners are: Vance Chapman (corporate, London), Thomas John Holton (funds, London), Matthew Puhar (corporate, Hong Kong) and Thiha Tun (funds, London).   These

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