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BV Investment Partners sells Northstar Travel Media

BV Investment Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company Northstar Travel Media, to The Wicks Group of Companies. This is the fourth exit in 2012 for BV Investment Partners. Northstar is a business information and marketing solutions provider to the USD964bn global, travel, tourism, and meetings

Samir Kaji and John Cummings join First Republic Bank

First Republic Bank, a private bank and wealth management company, has hired Samir Kaji in its Sand Hill Road office in Menlo Park and John Cummings in the downtown Los Angeles office. Kaji, who has 13 years of banking experience, works with venture capital and private equity clients in Silicon

MVC Capital sells SHL Group

MVC Capital, a publicly traded business development company that makes private debt and equity investments, has closed the sale of SHL Group, a MVC portfolio company, to The Corporate Executive Board for USD660m in cash, subject to customary pre and post closing adjustments. SHL provides workplace talent assessment solutions, including

Eoxis buys 20 MW Italian PV portfolio from SunEdison

Eoxis acquired a portfolio of 20 MW solar photovoltaic projects in Italy from SunEdison between Q1 and Q2 2012. The portfolio includes four projects, which were connected by the end of 2011 and which are located in the regions of Puglia and Campania. The assets will be monitored, maintained and

HedgeServ appoints Bill Kelly as global head of sales

Fund administrator HedgeServ has appointed Bill Kelly as global head of sales, responsible for building relationships with hedge fund managers, funds of hedge funds, private equity funds and institutional investment managers. He will be based in HedgeServ’s New York office and will report to Jim Kelly, HedgeServ chairman and co-founder.

James Williams, Hedgeweek

Galaxy Asset Management shuts China UCITS fund, Smith & Williamson to launch corporate bond UCITS, ALFI responds to EU proposal paper on UCITS V, while alternative UCITS end June down 0.23 per cent

AsianInvestor this week reported that Joe Chan’s Galaxy Asset Management, one of Hong Kong’s longest running hedge funds, had decided to shutter its China Absolute Return Ucits hedge fund just 19 months after inception. The fund, which at the time was the first Ucits-compliant, China-focused hedge fund to be launched

Paulson adds two employees

Paulson Investment Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Paulson Capital, has hired Chris Clark as senior managing director and Bryan Hagen as chief compliance officer. Clark has over 23 years of industry background in investment banking, private placements, and as co-owner of several broker-dealers and asset management firms. “He joins

CDC appoints new chief operating officer

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Colin Buckley as chief operating officer. Buckley (pictured) joins CDC after a career combining international development and corporate finance. His development experience includes working for governments, multilateral donors and private philanthropy organisations.   Buckley will be responsible for improving the effectiveness of

Aureos’ Africa Health Fund invests in Togolese private hospital

Aureos Capital, a small and mid-cap private equity fund manager, has made an investment in Clinique Biasa, a private hospital and clinic providing medical services in Togo, West Africa. The investment has been made by the Africa Health Fund, which is managed by Aureos Capital. The fund’s objective is to

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