Strong performance in Jersey’s funds sector in 2014 has seen the value of fund assets administered in the jurisdiction increase by almost one fifth year-on-year to reach the highest level in seven years. The latest figures for Jersey’s finance industry, collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) for the
Pan-African private equity firm 8 Miles has acquired a 42 per cent stake in Orient Bank Limited, a mid-tier commercial bank in Uganda, from Keystone Bank, a state-owned Nigerian bank. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The investment will be made alongside the founders of the
Amicus Finance, a specialist in short term lending solutions, has acquired City-based brokerage Norton Folgate Capital Group Limited including Norton Folgate Capital Consulting for an undisclosed sum. Amicus has secured an initial stake of 75% in Norton Folgate Capital Consulting LLP with the remaining 25% being held by the
Asahi Kasei Corporation has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Polypore International, a manufacturer of microporous membranes, which currently has two business segments: Energy Storage and Separations Media. In conjunction with this transaction, Polypore has also entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement to sell the assets and
Red Rocks Capital’s Global Listed Private Equity (GLPE) index continues to provide long-term performance comparable with the Cambridge Associates Global Buyout & Growth Equity Index. GLPE Index has approximately USD500 million in ETF tracking assets, and was the first US-based investable index to monitor global listed private equity companies. The
Baring Private Equity Asia has held the closing of The Baring Asia Private Equity Fund VI, a private equity fund with USUSD3,988,000,000 in commitments. Fund VI, which reached its first close of USD3.3 billion last year within four months of launching, closed at its hard cap and was heavily oversubscribed.
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has acquired PowerPlan, a provider of accounting, tax and capital budgeting optimisation solutions for capital asset-intensive businesses, from current investors JMI Equity and TPG Growth. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. “PowerPlan has addressed the information gaps that develop between finance and
Shore Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Summit Medical a medical device manufacturer that has been designing, engineering and manufacturing microsurgery products for over 30 years. In addition to its Instru-Safe instrument protection line for infection control and sterilisation in the critical care market, Summit Medical manufactures ear, nose,
Blackstone Group’s Equity Healthcare has selected ConSova Corporation as the preferred dependent eligibility partner for its 40+ affiliated companies. Through this agreement, ConSova joins forces with Equity Healthcare to offer a full range of health care cost containment solutions to the companies within the Blackstone Group’s global asset management portfolio
DMS Offshore Investment Services Ltd and White Oak Global Advisors have launched of an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) hosted on the DMS Irish platform. White Oak has engaged the DMS AIF platform, which is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland as an AIFM in Ireland, and by the CSSF
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