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Aureos completes USD10m investment in India healthcare group

Funds managed by Aureos Capital have completed a USD10m investment in BSR Super Speciality Hospitals, an Indian healthcare group. Aureos Capital is a private equity fund management company specialising in investing in small and medium sized businesses in emerging markets. BSR currently owns and operates six diagnostic centres and two

Michael Chae to head private equity for Blackstone in Asia

The Blackstone Group has named Michael Chae, a senior managing director in its private equity group, as head of private equity in Asia, based in Hong Kong.  Chae will also assume responsibility for the firm’s limited partner marketing personnel in Asia Pacific and will coordinate firm-wide relationships with the firm’s

Dragon Capital exits three investments in 2010

Vietnam-focused fund manager Dragon Capital has exited three private equity holdings in 2010 worth USD60m. In March, Dragon Capital sold its VP Bank stake at a 30 per cent premium to its carrying value. Dragon Capital invested in ten per cent of VP Bank in 1996. A partial exit occurred

EMEA

Butterfield Fulcrum expands EMEA business development team

Butterfield Fulcrum, a fund administration company for the alternative investment industry, has appointed Edwin Parker as director of business development for the EMEA region.  Parker will start in February 2011 and be based in the London office, which has recently relocated to Mayfair.  He will be responsible for identifying and

John Aspden, chief executive of the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission

Isle of Man says it will meet AIFM Directive criteria

Following approval of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive by the European Parliament, the Isle of Man says it welcomes the final Directive and that work is under way to ensure it will meet key regulatory criteria.  The AIFM Directive was first introduced in response to calls for greater regulation

Joe Toce, office managing director in New York, WTAS

WTAS expands alternative investment funds practice

Christopher Spiegleman, former director of tax at J.H. Whitney, has joined the Metro New York alternative investment funds practice at WTAS as a managing director in the Greenwich office. Spiegelman brings a strong background in multiple industries and areas of taxation including investment partnerships, alternative investments, private equity, hedge and

Great Wall of China

Vision Opportunity China Fund NAV per share up 0.48 per cent

Vision Opportunity China Fund, a closed-ended fund traded on AIM that invests in companies with operations principally within Greater China, has reported an increase in net asset value per share of 0.48 per cent to USD2.10 for the year ended 30 September 2010. Inclusive of the capital return in May,

Appleby offering authorised representative services in BVI

Appleby Authorised Representative, an affiliate of Appleby Corporate Services (BVI), has been certified by the BVI Financial Services Commission to act as an authorised representative under the Securities and Investment Business Act 2010.  Under SIBA, a licensee (unless it has a significant presence in the British Virgin Islands) and a

Hogan Lovells advises Survitec on LBO of Revere Commercial Marine Business

Hogan Lovells has acted as acquisition counsel to Survitec Group, a provider of safety and survival equipment, on the leveraged buyout of Revere Commercial Marine Business from Revere Supply to expand its presence in the US.  Survitec was acquired by private equity firm Warburg Pincus earlier this year. The acquisition

Regulators approve share transfer of Morgan Stanley’s stake in CICC

KKR, TPG, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company have received all required regulatory approvals for the purchase of Morgan Stanley’s stake in China International Capital Corporation. Li Jiange, chairman of CICC, says: "This year is CICC’s 15th anniversary. The change in our shareholding will

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