Two Guernsey firms are merging to create the largest independent fund administration business in the island. In the 50:50 deal, described as a merger of equals, Anson Fund Managers Limited and Bordeaux Services (Guernsey) Limited will join forces and trade under the Anson name. Peter Radford of Bordeaux, who will
Krokus Private Equity has signed an agreement to acquire 75% of the shares in Termo-Organika Sp. z o.o. Krokus PE has made this investment together with the Management of the Company in buyout from the international construction material group CRH plc. Termo-Organika is Poland’s leading producer of wide range of
Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, has acquired Sur La Table, a leading national kitchenware retailer with locations across the United States. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Sur La Table was acquired from the Behnke family and investment firm Freeman Spogli &
NICE Systems has agreed to acquire Advent portfolio company Fizzback, a leading provider of real time customer experience management software, for approximately USD80m.
 Advent Venture Partners’ team built a strong partnership with Fizzback, having backed its founder and CEO Rob Keve in late 2006, and becoming the company’s largest shareholder.
ActivePath, developer of ActiveMail Interactive Email and Messaging solutions, has secured a USD10 million financing round led by Battery Ventures and Gimv NV, with participation from existing investors including Genesis Partners. ActivePath will deploy the capital to accelerate product development and drive sales and marketing penetration in the Americas
Steadfast Capital has achieved a first close of its third fund at EUR104 million in just four months. Support from existing investors Electra, Axa and F&C combined with the addition of some well regarded new institutions including EIF, Goldman Sachs, IdInvest, Graphite and Swiss Re enabled the fund, which
Cortus has closed a funding round led by financial partners Credit Agricole Entreprises and Banque Dupuy de Parseval and institutional partners OSEO and the Region of Languedoc-Roussillon.

 Since starting in 2005, Cortus has completed the development of an extensive ecosystem for its APS3 core and achieved key design wins in
Buried in the recent consultation paper on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) are stringent rules on pay that will have far reaching consequences for the asset management industry, say experts at PwC. The rules, from the European Securities and Markets Authority, will affect alternative investment firms which
PerTrac has launched new releases of its analytics solutions, PerTrac Analytics 7.2 and PowerLink 1.2. The powerful, new versions handle all data frequency types including daily data for investment analysis, strategy comparison and fund benchmarking. 

In response to investors’ increased need to balance risk and liquidity, the investment industry, including
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