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Lovell Minnick to acquire majority stake in Foreside Financial

Private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners is to acquire a majority stake in Foreside Financial Group, a provider of a variety of regulatory compliance and distribution solutions to clients in the investment management industry. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.   Established in 2005 and based

Robert Briant, Conyers Dill & Pearman

BVI strikes right balance on fund governance

Proper fund governance has long been championed by leading offshore law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman, which for the last decade has encouraged its hedge fund clients to hold at least annual directors meetings. Initially this was met with some resistance according to Robert Briant (pictured), Partner and head of

Peter Jakubicka, Circle Partners

Growth is driven by Incubator and Approved Funds

Circle Partners is an independent fund administrator with offices in the BVI, Cayman Islands, and across the EU, the Americas and Hong Kong.  "We've seen a lot of growth in new BVI fund vehicles over the last 12 months – both the Incubator Fund and the more popular Approved Fund,"

James Williams, Hedgeweek

Incubator Fund could provide long-term growth trajectory

"We see the funds industry as continuing to contribute to the overall offering of financial services. There remains good interest in the BVI product and we envisage that will continue," asserts Glenford Malone, Director, Investment Business Division, BVI Financial Services Commission, when asked to comment on the growth of the

Barings extends senior credit facility to support Battery Ventures’ Forterro

Barings has acted as mandated lead arranger of a senior secured credit facility to support Battery Ventures' portfolio company Forterro. Forterro is a group of European enterprise resource planning (ERP) software companies serving small- to medium-sized enterprises across a variety of sectors.   The company will use the credit facility

Enstar reinsures GBP957m of RSA’s legacy UK employer’s liability business

One of Enstar Group’s wholly-owned subsidiaries has signed an agreement to reinsure RSA Insurance Group UK’s employers’ liability legacy business. Enstar’s subsidiary will assume gross insurance reserves of approximately GBP957 million (approximately USD1.2 billion), relating to 2005 and prior year business, which primarily consists of UK employers’ liability reserves.   Net

Unigestion acquires Akina

Unigestion and Akina are to merge their private equity businesses to create a specialist in global small and mid-market private equity. The company will have USD6 billion in assets under management and 54 dedicated professionals located in Geneva, Zurich, London, New York and Singapore.   The combination brings together two

Russia-China Investment Fund supports IPO of Detsky Mir

The Russia-China Investment Fund (RCIF), established by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the China Investment Corporation (CIC), has sold a portion of its stake and played a significant role in the initial public offering (IPO) of Detsky Mir, a children’s goods retailer in Russia. This IPO is the

Mourant Ozannes advises on USD2.63bn facilities for Chinese tech deal

Offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes has advised China CITIC Bank Corporation and The Export-Import Bank of China on facilities with a total commitment of around USD2.63 billion for a consortium led by Apex Technology, PAG and Legend Capital Management. The facilities support the consortium's acquisition of Lexmark International, a US-incorporated

One Equity Partners closes Fund VI on USD1.65bn

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners has completed fundraising for One Equity Partners VI, with total capital commitments of USD1.65 billion, surpassing its target. Though One Equity Partners VI is the firm’s sixth private equity fund, it is the first fund raised with outside capital following the firm’s

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