Vital Capital has partnered up with the US Government’s Kenya Investment Mechanism to provide funding to Kenyan agri-businesses that have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Vital Capital is an impact investment private equity fund focused on companies in sub-Saharan Africa. “We are excited to launch this major collaboration to
London-based financial firms appear to be in no rush to have the majority of their staff back in the office, according to new research by Theta Financial Reporting. Only 800 of Goldman Sachs’s 6,000 London staff have returned, while fewer than 2,000 of the 12,000 at JP Morgan are back in the office,
Software and technology-focused private equity investor Thoma Bravo is to acquire Majesco, a provider of cloud insurance software solutions for insurance businesses, in a deal valuing the company at USD594 million. Following the closing of the transaction, Majesco will operate as a privately held company. Under the terms of the agreement,
MUFG Investor Services, a specialist in administration, asset servicing, banking and fund financing, has selected Broadridge’s Sentry loan tracking and reporting technology to service its clients in the private debt space. With recent growth in the private debt, private credit and direct lending market, and the growing demand for
Jersey Finance has welcomed a new amendment to the island’s legislation that will make it significantly easier for managers to migrate limited partnership fund structures to the jurisdiction.The changes to the Limited Partnership (Jersey) Law 1994, which were approved by Jersey’s government this week to come into force today (17
Managing forex spreads has been the biggest trading challenge for hedge fund traders since the pandemic and resulting lockdowns began, according to Refinitiv. In a new global survey of over 1,000 FX trading clients, which included responses from 44 traders at hedge funds, 68 per cent per cent of respondents felt
Sumeru Equity Partners has led a USD100 million investment in SocialChorus, a workforce communications SaaS company, along with existing investors.
AST Private Company Solutions has formed a strategic partnership with Standish Management, a leading private equity fund administration provider to private equity with over USD130 billion in AUM.Users of PCS’s Astrella capitalisation (cap) table and ownership tracking platform will be able to integrate relevant ownership data from Astrella to Standish.
Evertas, a cryptoasset insurance company, has completed a USD2.8 million seed stage funding round. The funding round was led by Morgan Creek, who were joined by Plug n Play, Kailash Ventures, RenGen, Vy Capital and Wavemaker Genesis. Mark Yusko, Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management & Managing Partner of Morgan Creek Digital Assets,
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has become the first US university to invest in Cosimo Ventures’s new, blockchain-focused tokenised fund, Cosimo X. Based in Boston and Dublin, Cosimo Ventures is an investment firm focused on deep tech companies. This is the first time that any university in the US has
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