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ayondo acquires Singapore fintech brand TradeHero

Financial technology group ayondo has acquired the TradeHero brand, a Singapore investor education app that has been ranked the number one Apple iOS finance app in over 90 countries. The acquisition for TradeHero’s brand outside of China and the US, further expands ayondo’s footprint in Singapore nearly a year after

Perella Weinberg and Tudor, Pickering, Holt to merge

Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP) and Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co (TPH) are to planning to merge their two businesses with the combined firm adopting the Perella Weinberg Partners name. TPH’s energy practice will continue to operate as Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.   Subject to customary conditions, the transaction is

Michael Hennen, Hatteras Funds

Hatteras Funds agrees sub-advisory relationship with Adams Street Partners

Hatteras Funds, a provider of alternative investment solutions for financial advisers and their clients, has agreed a sub-advisory relationship with Adams Street Partners, a global private markets investment firm. Through multiple sub-advisory relationships, Hatteras Funds intends to provide financial advisers access to a series of evergreen private investments strategies. Hatteras

Samsung Electronics acquires Harman for USD8 billion

Law firm Paul Hastings has represented Samsung Electronics in its USD8 billion acquisition of Harman International Industries. Harman provides connected car solutions, with more than 30 million vehicles currently equipped with its connected car and audio systems, including embedded infotainment, telematics, connected safety, and security.   Through the acquisition, Samsung

OFF3R launches index for alt investment market

OFF3R, the marketplace for alternative investments, has launched an independent index outlining month-on-month performances of equity crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms over the last year. OFF3R analysed major equity crowdfunding platforms including Seedrs, Crowdcube, Syndicate Room, Angels Den, Envestors and The House Crowd. The P2P lending platforms examined were

Barings supports Battery Ventures’ buyout of Michell Instruments

Barings has acted as mandated lead arranger of a senior secured credit facility to support Battery Ventures' acquisition of Michell Instruments Group. UK-based Michell Instruments Group is a leader in high-precision sensing instrumentation market with over 40 years' experience in the field, specialising in measurement of dew point and relative

ERES closes fund III at EUR300m hard cap

The Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies (ERES) franchise has held the final closing of ERES III at its hard cap of EUR300 million. This is the highest amount ever raised by the ERES franchise.   Its 2011 vintage, ERES II, raised EUR217 million.   Limited partners include high net worth

Nordic Capital-backed Lindorff to combine with Intrum Justitia

Nordic Capital Fund VIII-owned Lindorff and Intrum Justitia are to combine to create a leading provider of credit management services (CMS). The combination is expected to provide material benefits for all stakeholders and create significant shareholder value through annual cost synergies estimated at SEK0.8 billion (EUR80 million) and significant further

Matthew Hudson, MJ Hudson

MJ Hudson acquires Allenbridge and Tower Gate Capital

MJ Hudson has expanded it's alternative investments offering with the acquisition of investment advisory firm Allenbridge and outsourced fund management provider Tower Gate Capital. Established as an alternative investments law firm in 2010, MJ Hudson has grown rapidly and expanded its service offering within alternatives. Including the new acquisitions, MJ

LeapFrog completes partial exit from IFMR Capital

LeapFrog Investments, a private equity investor in emerging markets, has made a partial exit from IFMR Capital, a provider of capital market access to financial institutions that serve low-income consumers. The exit is part of a wider deal in which Eight Roads Ventures, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International,

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