By Denise Davidson, Associate Partner, EY – Investor demand for long-term, non-correlated returns is driving convergence and competition, pitting traditionally distinct players against one another in a new alternatives middle ground. Ten years ago, it would have been unusual to find a hedge fund and a private equity house crossing

Natixis Investment Managers has launched Flexstone Partners, a global private equity manager that brings together three of Natixis Investment Managers’ existing private equity affiliates: Euro-PE, Caspian Private Equity and Eagle Asia.  Eric Deram, previously Founder and Managing Partner of Euro-PE, has been appointed as the CEO of Flexstone Partners.  

New York-based Blue Ox Healthcare Partners (Blue Ox) is a private equity investment firm providing capital to growth stage healthcare companies. The firm focuses on businesses in the middle market targeting the industry’s transformation to individuality and value-based care in healthcare services, HCIT, and medical and life sciences technologies, whose innovations,

An incubator designed to help fledgling companies grow and thrive in County Durham has been launched at one of the region’s fastest growing business hubs. Durham City Incubator, based at Salvus House, in Aykley Heads, Durham, will be open to businesses that have been trading for under 12 months and