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S&P Private Placement League Table shows EUR6.4bn in 2014 European deals

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) has published its first annual league table for private placement deals in Europe, created in collaboration with Private Placement Monitor (PPM). The table shows that almost EUR7 billion was raised in private capital for European companies in the last year, through 87 deals. And

Weekly Brief: Spike in Oil spawns moderate loss

Weekly Brief: Higher rates boost performance, but stronger euro detracts

Last week US Treasury bond and German bund yields spiked, both hitting a new 2015 high. On Thursday, 10-year German rates reached 1.0% before losing ground later in the day. Intraday volatility reached record highs and according to hedge fund managers, the main driver behind the moves in the fixed

BlackFin-backed NeoXam acquires SmartCo

BlackFin Capital-backed NeoXam, a provider of front, middle and back office software solutions dedicated to asset managers, asset owners and securities servicing platforms, has acquired SmartCo, an Enterprise Data Management software provider. The acquisition of SmartCo, which has offices in Paris, Zurich and Boston allows NeoXam to broaden its product

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Pioneer launches new Zero Capital AIFMD policy

Pioneer Underwriting Limited has launched its Zero Capital AIFMD Investment Management Insurance Policy enabling full capital relief from the 'other funds' provision of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). Current policies which meet the requirements of the directive, do not typically address the requirement that the policy excess be

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Brandtone successfully completes EUR18.5 million funding to accelerate growth

Brandtone has successfully raised EUR18.5 million in debt and equity financing.  US-based Ares Capital Corporation is providing approximately EUR12 million, with existing Brandtone shareholders Unilever, Syngenta, Verlinvest and Vision Private Equity providing a further EUR6.5 million collectively in equity.   The new funding will be used as working capital to

Clearwater advises Staffgroup on acquisition by Cordant recruitment

Clearwater International has advised Staffgroup, on their acquisition by top 10 UK recruitment giant Cordant Group, the parent company of Cordant Recruitment. Founded in 2003 Staffgroup specialises in recruitment in technology, finance, engineering and energy. It has offices in eight countries in Europe and the USA. The company, under joint

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AE Industrial Partners to acquire Belcan Corporation

Private equity investor AE Industrial Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Belcan Corporation (Belcan), an engineering services and technical staffing provider in the aerospace, power generation and industrial markets.  Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close by the third quarter of 2015, have not been disclosed. BelFlex

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