New European Union-wide rules on the marketing of alternative investment funds overcame the final hurdle this afternoon when the European Parliament adopted, by 513 votes to 92 with three abstentions, the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers. The directive will impose registration, reporting and initial capital requirements on all funds
Los Angeles-based investment firm Pacific Capital Group has appointed Robert Hertzberg, former Speaker of the California State Assembly, as venture partner. Hertzberg, an attorney, will continue to work as senior partner at Mayer Brown. He is co-founder and a director of G24 Innovations, a solar technology company based in the
Paul Scott has been named chief investment officer and head of sponsor coverage for GE Capital’s leveraged finance business in Europe and the Middle East. Scott will report to James Fenner, president and chief executive of GE Capital’s leveraged finance business. Scott will focus on building long-term relationships with
Legal practice Norton Rose has acted for Europa Capital, the European private equity real estate fund manager, on the sale of a stake to Rockefeller Group, creating a USD20bn (GBP12.7bn) fund management group. Europa has more than EUR2bn (GBP1.8bn) in equity under management in six opportunistic European real estate funds
Panorama Capital, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, has promoted Shankar Chandran and Gaurav Aggarwal to partner. "Shankar and Gaurav have made exceptional contributions to the firm and the companies with whom they work,” says Rod Ferguson, managing director at Panorama Capital. "I am enthusiastic about them as partners who
Dorchester Capital Advisors, a California based SEC registered investment advisory firm, has hired Kyle McDaniel and Jay Van Ert as partners serving as chief strategy and administrative officer and as partner over portfolio construction, respectively. They will complement the existing team in hedge fund research, portfolio construction and risk management
PineBridge Investments has hired George R. Hornig as senior managing director and chief operating officer. He will oversee the finance, operations, legal and compliance, technology, product development, and marketing and communications divisions. Based in New York, will also serve on the firm’s executive committee. “I am delighted that we have
Darwin Ventures, a private equity firm focused on venture capital, has appointed Jay Bhatti as a general partner and Zach Heilman as lead engineering manager. "Expanding the Darwin Ventures team with Jay and Zach will allow us to focus on new opportunities in the burgeoning New York City business environment,"
Offshore jurisdictions should join forces to lobby larger nations and international organisations on matters affecting them, according to members of the offshore financial services industry. While there are obvious ways in which Jersey, Guernsey and the Cayman Islands are competitors, there are also issues of common interest, such as the
The public consultation on the reform of CDC, the UK owned development finance institution, has begun. The consultation, announced by the Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell, will enable interested parties to submit evidence based ideas via an online survey on which approaches CDC should focus on to
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