A large group of finance and corporate attorneys from Nixon Peabody has joined Pillsbury’s New York office. Led by Mats Carlston, previously head of global finance at Nixon Peabody, who will now head Pillsbury’s leveraged finance team, the group enhances Pillsbury’s capabilities in the areas of leveraged finance, corporate trust,
The government of Gibraltar has published the text of the new, amended and consolidated Income Tax Act, which ends all distinction between “onshore” and “offshore” business. The Act lays the foundations for the reduction of company tax in Gibraltar from 22 per cent to ten per cent from 1 January
H.E. Abdul Qadir Fitrat, governor of the Central Bank Afghanistan, says the regulation of Islamic banking in Afghanistan should be implemented in the country within next two months. Speaking at the International Conference on Prospects of Islamic Banking and Finance in Afghanistan, he said that currently seven banks are offering
Arthur J. Higgins, former chairman of the board of management of Bayer HealthCare, has joined The Blackstone Group’s dedicated healthcare group, Blackstone Healthcare Partners. Higgins will join healthcare veterans Lodewijk de Vink and Doug Rogers in providing industry knowledge and expertise to private equity transactions. Blackstone Healthcare Partners is an
Jean-Marc Rivet-Fusil has been appointed head of the fund of funds team at BNP Paribas Private Equity. He is assisted by Stéphanie Egoian who has been promoted to chief investment officer. Together, they will form the investment committee. Rivet-Fusil will be in charge of defining and implementing the fund of
The Chicago Corporation, an independent investment banking firm focused on serving middle-market companies, has appointed John A. "Jack” Wing as chairman emeritus. Wing served as chief executive officer and chairman of the board for The Chicago Corporation from 1981 until 1997 when the original company was sold to ABN Amro.
Financial services firm Cowen Group has appointed Kevin Raidy as head of Cowen’s private equity capital markets group. Raidy will be responsible for the origination and execution of all private capital raising transactions, including registered directs and PIPEs. He will be based in New York and report to Scott Ryles,
A group of investment banking veterans has launched Intrepid Investment Bankers, an advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The Intrepid team brings over 100 years of mergers and acquisitions advisory experience from their prior roles as principals at Barrington Associates, a firm they built into a national middle market
Future Capital Partners, the GBP6bn alternative investment boutique, has hired Tim West as its deputy chief executive. West joins from Babcock and Brown where he was head of the London office and chief operating officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to Babcock & Brown, West was European
The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published its revised Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation to incorporate eight new principles, based on the lessons learned from the recent financial crisis and subsequent changes in the regulatory environment. The eight new principles cover specific policy areas such as hedge funds,
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