A delegation of politicians, officials and business leaders from Guernsey will visit India next month to enhance financial services links between the two jurisdictions. The trip will build on links forged prior to the global economic crisis, according to Paul Christopher (pictured), a partner at Channel Islands law firm Ozannes.
The Association of Investment Companies has welcomed the announcement that the UK government intends to review the tax legislation for investment trust companies with a view to modernising the rules. The government will issue a consultation document in summer 2010. Ian Sayers, director general of the AIC, says: “The tax
Venture investor Longbow Capital has welcomed the government’s announcement in the Budget that it is considering relaxing the criteria for qualifying companies in the Enterprise Investment Scheme. In the Budget, the chancellor mooted he is considering increasing the annual investment for qualifying companies from GBP2m to GBP5m and the gross
Johannes Huth, head of the European operations of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, has been appointed to the board of the Private Equity Foundation. Huth (pictured) will join PEF’s existing trustees in taking responsibility for driving the work and development of the venture philanthropy fund. The industry initiative donates financial contributions and pro
Toby Nangle, Director, Multi-Asset and Fixed Income Team at Baring Asset Management, unravels the funding implications of the UK’s latest Budget. The UK government funding requirement for 2009/10 was forecast in today’s Budget to be GBP167 billion, a substantial rise from GBP25 billion in 2009/10. Historically, the Treasury has been
Jérôme de Lavenère Lussan, CEO of hedge fund consultancy Laven Partners, comments on the UK Financial Services Authority’s first operation carried out with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), resulting in the arrests this week of six men on suspicion of being involved in an insider dealing ring. These arrests send
QVT Financial has sent a letter to Galatasaray Sportif demanding that it make a full and fair disclosure of how it intends to comply with the Capital Markets Board of Turkey’s decision, both in relation to the outstanding loans and to the proposed improper use of assets. It follows the
Eurazeo has appointed Fabrice de Gaudemar as a member of the executive board. De Gaudemar, 35, joined Eurazeo in 2000. While at Eurazeo, he participated in venture and growth capital transactions before taking part in the structuring or the oversight of the investments in Eutelsat, Cegid, Rexel, Europcar, Apcoa and
Benchmark Capital, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, has appointed Sam Pullara as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Pullara (pictured) was most recently at Yahoo! as chief technologist, where he was responsible for Yahoo!’s product and technology strategy across the organisation. Pullara has also spent a significant part of his career building successful
Many alternative investment firms are lagging in internal IT, compliance, policy enforcement, business continuity planning and IT security, according to analysis by Richard Fleischman & Associates, a provider of outsourced technology and IT services. The findings come from a 12-month review of more than two dozen RFA Due Diligence Assessments,
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