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Chancery Investment Partners adds business development director

Chancery Investment Partners (CIP), a provider of tax efficient private equity investments, has hired Patricia Reynolds as business development director. Reynolds joins CIP from Carey Pensions, the UK administration and trustee company of Guernsey-based Carey Group.   Prior to Carey, Reynolds was at The Royal Bank of Scotland for over

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Agritek Holdings secures USD400,000 cash infusion from PE fund

Agritek Holdings is to receive an estimated USD400,000 from its institutional partners and private equity fund based in Chicago this month. The funds will be used to roll out and market the company's Mont Blunt brand of e-cigarettes and to cover initial infrastructure costs related to its agricultural greenhouse project

Vector Capital acquires IPVALUE

Private equity firm Vector Capital has acquired IPVALUE Management from existing venture investors and other shareholders. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   IPVALUE, founded in 2001, is a provider of intellectual property (IP) transactional and advisory services for the world’s premier technology companies, top R&D labs,

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Private equity and alternative firms move down market to support retail clients

Private equity and alternative firms are moving down market to support the retail marketplace, according to research from analytics firm Cerulli Associates. "Private investment managers, following in the tracks of hedge-fund-focused alternative firms and traditional long-only managers, are tapping the public markets," says Michele Giuditta, associate director at Cerulli. "Delivering

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MidOcean Partners invests in Nutrabolt

Private equity firm MidOcean Partners has made a significant minority equity investment in Nutrabolt, a nutritional life sciences company known for its popular sports nutrition brand, Cellucor. Founded in 2002 in Texas, Nutrabolt produces a line of sports nutrition products under the Cellucor, Neon Sport and Royal Sport brands.  

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Dunedin-backed Weldex appoints new chairman

Weldex, a UK crane hire company backed by private equity firm Dunedin, has appointed Bill Caplan as chairman. Dunedin backed the GBP55m management buyout (MBO) of Weldex in June 2010.   Until recently, Caplan served as an executive director on the board of Aggreko.   Prior to joining Aggreko, Caplan

SEC provides Custody Rule guidance for private funds, SPVs and escrows

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a new Guidance Update – “Private Funds and the Application of the Custody Rule to Special Purpose Vehicles and Escrows.” According to Cordium, this regulatory update is relevant to certain registered investment advisers to private pooled investment vehicles using special purpose vehicles

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Ipes authorised by the FCA as private equity AIF Depositary

Ipes has received Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation to act as private equity AIF Depositary under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). Ipes Depositary currently acts for 118 Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), representing over USD49 billion in commitments, for 25 private equity clients (AIFMs).   As a pure private

SS&C GlobeOp depositary “Lite” service fully authorised

SS&C GlobeOp has obtained Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approval for its Depositary “Lite" service offering. The recently launched service helps managers of non-EEA AIFs in fulfilling their Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD) requirements.   SS&C will help managers comply with various aspects of the AIFMD including functions relating to

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AAA to acquire additional APU stake

All Asia Asset Capital (AAA), through a special purpose wholly owned subsidiary, is to acquire a further 4.5 per cent of Andaman Power and Utility Company (APU) from existing shareholder Chakris Kajkumjohndej. APU is a privately held company based in Myanmar and Thailand which operates in the development of utility

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