As the FSA launches a two-part consultation to transpose the Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive (AIFMD) into UK law, Deloitte, the business advisory firm, says the policy positions taken will affect how the directive applies to investment trusts, hedge fund managers and private equity managers. Brian Forrester (pictured), partner at
IFG Trust and Corporate Group has acquired Jersey-based Moore Group. This is the first acquisition since the group’s MBO in July this year when it separated from IFG Group Plc. Growth is one of the group’s main objectives and the purchase of the Moore Group, which has administers assets in
The Resolute Fund II SIE, an affiliate of The Jordan Company, has partnered with the management team of Sequa Automotive Group to purchase the business from its parent company, Sequa Corporation, a diversified industrial company with operations in aerospace and metal coatings. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Breathing Buildings, the natural ventilation specialist, has secured second round funding to expand its business both in the UK and internationally. The energy-saving potential of the company’s unique e-stack ventilation system is well recognised and this latest investment will enable Breathing Buildings to embark on its plan to substantially grow
Anand Prasanna will be joining Morgan Creek in December 2012 as a director on the global investment team based in the firm’s Shanghai office. As part of Morgan Creek’s Asia team, Prasanna (pictured) will be covering the firm’s activities in private investments in Asia with a particular focus on India.
The inclusion of Enterprise Investment Schemes (EISs) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) in the FSA’s proposals to restrict the distribution of Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes (UCIS) and non-mainstream pooled investments will seriously limit client portfolio diversification opportunities, according to alternative investment boutique Future Capital Partners (FCP). The changes suggested in
Dallas-based private equity firm glendonTodd Capital has appointed David Novak as president at Chemical Information Services (CIS). John Harris stepped down as chief executive of CIS on 31 October to return to his role as an operating partner at glendonTodd. Novak (pictured) will report to Todd Furniss, chairman of the
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has launched the EVCA Handbook of Professional Standards for the Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry. Private equity firms and their investors, including insurance companies and pension funds, have committed to a comprehensive joint set of professional standards for the first
Highland Capital Partners has strengthened its consumer internet and digital media practice with the appointment of Manish Patel as a partner in its Menlo Park office. After spending nearly seven years at Google building the products and teams responsible for many of the company’s key product offerings, from AdWords and
International legal practice Norton Rose is to combine with US law firm Fulbright & Jaworski on 1 June 2013 to form Norton Rose Fulbright. Norton Rose Fulbright will have 3,800 lawyers and will be a top 10 global legal practice by gross revenue and by number of lawyers. The enlarged
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