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Garret Hayes joins Paul Hastings

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a leading international law firm, announced that Garrett Hayes (pictured) has joined the London office of international law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, enhancing the firm’s M&A and private equity practice in London. Garrett joins the firm from Macfarlanes where he has been a

SEB Venture Capital invests in Actiwave

Actiwave AB, a Swedish start-up technology company has raised SEK15 million in a rights issue lead by SEB Venture Capital. SEB also acquired all shares held by the current seed financier, Innovationsbron. Founded in 2007 by Pär Gunnars Risberg, Actiwave AB is a Swedish start-up company that has developed a

GTCR selects eFront for new PE web-based platform

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–eFront, a leading software provider of financial solutions for alternative assets, is pleased to announce that Private equity firm GTCR has selected the eFront’s FrontInvest Alternatives platform to support its investment operations. GTCR focuses on investing in growth companies in the Financial Services & Technology, Healthcare and Information Services &

Deutsche Bank expands brokerage services with dbRemarket

Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking Division’s Trust & Securities Services (TSS) unit has expanded the brokerage services offered by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc (DBSI), Deutsche Bank’s registered US broker-dealer subsidiary, to create dbRemarket. The new service , which launched on 14 June, will provide investors with a transparent way of

Charles Muller, Deputy Director General, ALFI

FATCA could fundamentally change the way funds are distributed, says ALFI

FATCA could fundamentally change the way funds are distributed, according to Charles Muller (pictured), Deputy Director General of ALFI, the Association of Luxembourg Funds Industry.  “Implementation will be a long and costly process and it will be the European investor who pays the price as US investors are very rarely

DDC expands service offering to VC and PE firms with Sonar Plus

DDC has augmented its portfolio management software suite, Sonar, with a service bureau offering called Sonar Plus. The Sonar Plus upgrade allows regular Sonar subscribers to fully outsource the administrative side of portfolio management, while reaping the organisational benefits. With Sonar Plus, venture capital or private equity clients can email

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Alternative Investment Group appoints Michael J Tansley as CFO

Alternative Investment Group, a fund of hedge funds that invests primarily in long/short equity strategies, has appointed Michael J Tansley as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Tansley will be based in Alternative Investment Group’s Southport, CT office and will oversee the firm’s accounting, audit, tax, internal controls, information management, and

MGPA acquires 50% interest in retail mall in Chengdu, China

Private equity real estate investment advisory company MGPA’s Asia Fund III has acquired a 50% interest in Galleria Chengdu, a high quality newly completed retail mall with retail GFA of 53,619 sqm in Chengdu, a gateway city of western China. The property was developed by GTC China Real Estate Holdings

Marc Saluzzi, chairman of ALFI

ALFI appoints new president

The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) has announced the election of the new president, Marc Saluzzi, who takes up the rolls, which will run for two years, with immediate effect.   Saluzzi has been on the board of Alfi since 2001. He later joined the Strategic Advisory Committee and

Full-year increase in net asset valuation reflects China TMT positioning

 The AIM-quoted private equity investor China Private Equity Holdings Ltd (CPE; Ticker CPEH) has posted a 6.9% increase in net asset valuation for the year to 31 December 2011. The company said the increase reflected its initial positioning within China’s rapidly growing TMT sector, while a subsequent additional move into

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