Funds experts will examine Guernsey’s approach to the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) at an event in London this November. With uncertainty still surrounding aspects of the Directive, panellists from the UK and Guernsey will look at what the Island’s dual regime means in practice for advisers and
Mourant Ozannes continues to lead the field in the offshore market, according to the latest rankings published by Legal 500 UK. The 2013 legal directory rankings, which include feedback from clients and peers backed up by independent research, show that Mourant Ozannes has maintained its leading position by achieving
ESG Analytics, a provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment support tools, has launched Aditus, an ESG investment analytics platform for the private equity industry. The launch of this tool will help to facilitate the implementation, analysis and reporting of responsible investment (RI) practices throughout the private equity
Omnes Capital is supporting Exclusive Networks in the implementation of the financing of its three-year strategic plan. Exclusive Networks now has sufficient resources to complete its acquisition programme for 2013 and 2014 which should allow the group to reach a EUR1bn turnover in 2018. Omnes Capital is investing EUR6.7m.
Gannett is partnering with private equity firm Generation Partners to fund the continued growth and expansion of the Captivate Network, which will be spun out into a separate company co-owned by Gannett and Generation. Founded in 1997, Captivate operates an IP-enabled digital place-based media network with over 10,000 screens
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the former chief executive of an education services provider based in China with stealing tens of millions of dollars from investors in a US public offering. Another executive has been charged with illegally dumping his stock in the company after he helped
Octopus Investments has launched Online Service Portal for VCTs, which will enable Octopus’ investors and advisers to check their VCT investments through a secure web portal for the first time. The portal will also enable investors holding multiple investments with Octopus to monitor their Octopus portfolio of products through
Prodealcenter has completed a EUR1m fundraising round with Omnes Capital. The investment will allow the company to boost its development by pursuing commercial and marketing efforts and expand its catalogue. Created in 2010, Prodealcenter is a specialist in agricultural spare parts e-commerce and has recently experienced a strong
Private equity firm Egis Capital Partners has appointed Bill Polk as a managing partner. Polk, who joins from CapitalOne Bank, has more than 25 years of debt and equity investment experience and has been involved in more than USD6bn of middle-market security financing transactions. He will be responsible for
The Carlyle Group has agreed to buy Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management, a manager of real estate funds of funds with more than USD2.6bn in capital commitments. Equity for the transaction will come from Carlyle’s balance sheet. Financial terms were not released. The transaction, subject to Metropolitan’s investors’ consent,
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