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Genstar Capital acquires Bracket

Middle-market private equity firm Genstar Capital has acquired Bracket, a scientifically-driven clinical trial technology and specialty services provider, from Parthenon Capital Partners. Bracket offers solutions that help pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as contract research organisations, maximise clinical data integrity and ultimately improve outcomes with clinical trials.   Bracket

Tilak Healthcare raises EUR2.5m from iBionext Growth Fund

Tilak Healthcare, a start-up from the iBionext network developing medical video games for both the diagnosis and follow-up of chronic diseases, has secured funding of EUR2.5 million from iBionext Growth Fund. The funds will help the company accelerate the development of its therapeutic mobile games, first targeting the ophthalmology field,

Growth in French private equity accelerates in 2016

French private equity market participants raised EUR14.7 billion in global commitments during 2016, up 51 per cent relative to 2015, according to a report from the Association Française des Investisseurs pour la Croissance (AFIC) and Grant Thornton. These funds will be largely invested in French companies over the next five

Sealed Air sells New Diversey to Bain Capital Private Equity

Sealed Air Corporation is to sell its Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within its Food Care division (New Diversey) to Bain Capital Private Equity for approximately USD3.2 billion. New Diversey will be a leading hygiene and cleaning solutions company that integrates chemicals, floor care machines,

Brett Williams, SEI

SEI AUA rises by 25 per cent

SEI increased its assets under administration (AUA) by 25 per cent in 2016, with year-over-year net flows in its UK private banking business rising by 21 per cent. The business, which provides outsourced investment processing technology for private banks and wealth management firms through the SEI Wealth Platform, ended the

Orion acquires Structured Network Solutions

UT business solutions firm Orion has acquired New York-based Structured Network Solutions (SNS). Orion says the deal strengthens its capabilities in network design, directory authentication services, IT security policy, design strategies and storage solutions and adds strength to its market share in government, non-governmental organisations, and not-for-profits verticals.   It

Christian Nauer, SwissAnalytics

The importance of ongoing due diligence

Recently, investor demand has increased for private equity, hybrid public / private funds and alternative yield strategies such as direct lending, asset leasing and royalty streams. As such, the more complex nature of these strategies makes both pre- and post-investment due diligence far more important.  Swiss investors, like all investors,

Achraf Goneid, Syz Asset Management

Syz Asset Management sees value in Asia hedge funds

According to last year's Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report, Asia Pacific's hedge fund industry had USD159 billion in AUM and the largest allocator, with USD29.9 billion of committed capital, was China Investment Corporation (China's Sovereign Wealth Fund).  In total, there are an estimated 1,709 active hedge funds being managed in

Fiona Frick, Unigestion

Investing for the future: Alternatives 2.0

By Fiona Frick, Unigestion – In a world where returns from traditional asset classes are under pressure, many investors are turning to alternative investments to boost their portfolio's performance potential. However, although an allocation to hedge fund strategies offers potential for attractive risk-adjusted returns and portfolio diversification, the low interest-rate

Mark Cecil, Jabre Capital Partners

The merits of the mid-market manager

Jabre Capital Partners is one of the industry's best-known hedge funds. Co-founded in 2006 by Philippe Jabre, Mark Cecil and Philippe Riachi, the Geneva-based hedge fund runs a variety of strategies that include: Multi-strategy, Equity Long/Short, Credit Long/Short, Convertible Bonds and Emerging Markets. Liquidity management is very much at the

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