The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a consultation paper on proposed guidelines on remuneration of alternative investment fund managers. ESMA’s future guidelines will apply to managers managing alternative investment funds including hedge funds, private equity funds and real estate funds. These funds will be asked to introduce sound
Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) announced at this week’s Fund Forum International the launch of a turnkey solution to enable asset management companies and independent managers to create, manage and promote Ucits funds. SSGS said that the solution was aimed at global managers who don’t want to create a Ucits-registered
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), a later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm, is to launch IVP XIV, a USD1 billion fund. This is the largest fund raised in the firm’s 32-year history and brings the cumulative committed capital to $4 billion. The fund was significantly oversubscribed with IVP’s existing Limited
NBGI Private Equity (NBGIPE) has acquired Horizon Care, a Midlands based specialist child care provider. NBGIPE has signalled its intention to double the size of the business through acquisitions and organic growth over the next three to five years. Horizon Care caters for children with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Pan-Euopean private equity investor Montagu Private Equity is to acquire St Hubert alongside the comany’s existing management team from Dairy Crest Group plc, for a consideration of USD430m in cash. St Hubert is a leading producer of standard and low fat spreads in France and Italy. Founded over 100 years
Alternative asset management firm Black Diamond Capital Management has appointed Jean Fleischhacker as Senior Managing Director, Business Development. Fleischhacker will lead the structuring and marketing for CLOs, other structured products, and mezzanine debt. Fleischhacker will also head new product development and play an instrumental role in strategic development and growth initiatives. She
Skrill (formerly Moneybookers), the online payment company owned by Investcorp, has agreed to acquire 100% of paysafecard.com Wertkarten AG, an Austrian provider of prepaid vouchers that enable consumers to shop online. The total consideration for the acquisition is up to EUR140 million. Paysafecard provides a prepaid electronic payment method. People
Chicago Equity Partners has hired Brian Portnoy as Managing Director and Head of Alternatives and Strategic Initiatives. In this newly formed role, Portnoy will report to the firm’s President, Patrick Lynch, and will help to lead the firm’s ongoing efforts in creating innovative solutions for the firm’s institutional clientele. The
LogRhythm has closed a USD15 million Series D round of funding. Siemens’ Venture Capital group, which is a part of Siemens Financial Services, led the round, with participation from existing investors Adams Street Partners and Grotech Ventures. The additional funding will be used to further accelerate growth, product innovation and
Gravitas has launched Gravitas Private Cloud, an expandable, secure cloud solution based on leading converged infrastructure systems from VCE. The Gravitas Private Cloud is an industry vertical cloud, designed for the unique computing and hosting needs of alternative asset managers, from startup to established funds. Gravitas Private Cloud combines the
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