The post of director of investment business at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission will be advertised locally and in the Financial Times this week. Peter Moffatt (pictured), the current director who joined the Commission in 2000, will retire from the role early next year. Nik van Leuven, the director general
SBI Ven Capital has selected Imagine Software’s ASP service, Derivatives.com, for risk and portfolio management. SBI Ven Capital, a Singapore subsidiary of Japan-based SBI Holdings, is a private equity firm providing growth capital to companies in the mid-market sector in the Asia Pacific region. Its adoption of Imagine includes both
Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in California, has promoted Tom Beerle, Jeff Giles and Tim Heston to vice president. The promotions follow the closing of Bertram Capital’s second fund, Bertram Growth Capital II, with USD500m in limited partner commitments. "Tom Beerle and Tim Heston have made significant contributions
UK private equity firm Sovereign Capital has hired Luke Kingston, Jonathan Marlow, Jonathan Kay, Ross Coull and Elizabeth Buckle. Kingston joins Sovereign’s deal team from Ernst & Young. He has significant buy-side advice experience having completed numerous transactions with a variety of private equity houses. He also brings six years
Michel Davy has been appointed as managing director for Ipes in Guernsey. The appointment, which is an internal promotion, was approved by the GFSC earlier this month. Davy will spearhead the development of the Guernsey business, overseeing key client relationships and taking a lead role in building relationships with the
WI Harper Group, a Chinese expansion and early growth stage private equity firm, has appointed Savio Tung, founding partner and chairman of the technology investment committee of Investcorp, to its advisory board. Tung will counsel WI Harper on building its investment platform and on major market trends and investment
Guernsey has signed a tax information exchange agreement with Greece. It was signed by Guernsey’s chief minister Lyndon Trott (pictured) and Ilias Plaskovitis, secretary general of the Ministry of Finance in Greece. Plaskovitis signed the agreement during the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, which
Throgmorton, a UK accountancy and professional services provider to the hedge fund, private equity and corporate finance industries, has appointed Adam Hewitson as internal legal counsel and corporate financier Roger Looker to the board as a non-executive director. Looker has a long track record working in the corporate governance arena
Over the last decade the state of private equity in the Middle East has gone from virtually nonexistent to a booming prospect to an industry facing a shakeout, says consulting firm Booz. The sector’s breakneck evolution has made it difficult for investors to obtain a clear picture of the industry’s
Financial law firm Walkers has made a number of promotions at its Hong Kong office. Arwel Lewis and Thomas Granger have both been promoted to partners in Walkers’ investment funds group. Lewis joined Walkers in January 2007, specialising in corporate work with an emphasis on private equity and investment funds.
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