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The Grand Duchy is set to capture an important chunk of the growing global market for alternative investment funds.
It may be one of Europe’s smallest countries, but Luxembourg has never lacked for ambition.
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (Authority or BMA) has appointed Craig Swan and Donald Scott as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Board), respectively.
Scott has held the position of Deputy Chair of the Authority’s Board since 2019. During this time, he has served on several Board committees, including the Corporate Governance and Ethics Committee, Human Capital Committee, Legislative and Policy Committee and Non-Executive Directors Committee. Prior to his appointment to the Board, Scott’s 30-year career was Bermuda-focused, working in Government in the technical areas of gross domestic product and national income compilation and also in
Global Fund Media Ltd is pleased to announce the editorial buy out of ETF Express and Wealth Adviser. As of 1 October 2021, Beverly Chandler and her team will be responsible for the continued evolution of the two titles.
The respected ETF Express ETF awards in the US and Europe will continue as a partnership between Global Fund Media and ETF Express. The US ETF awards have just enjoyed their third and largest outing, while next March will see the twelfth outing for the much-loved ETF Express European ETF awards.
Chandler says: “I am very excited at the opportunities that lie
EQT has announced two new senior hires – Tetsuro Onitsuka who joins as Head of EQT Private Equity Japan, and Masahiko Kato who joins as Head of EQT Infrastructure Japan.
Onitsuka and Kato will continue to build the Tokyo-based team with both local and relocated EQT employees while exploring thematic investment opportunities in Japan. In addition, Tetsuro and Masahiko will lead the process of strengthening EQT’s bench of experienced Japanese advisors to the EQT Network.
Onitsuka and Kato bring extensive investment experience and local know-how from the Japanese private equity market, with Onitsuka most recently working as a Managing Director
GP Bullhound has closed its oversubscribed Fund V at the hard cap of EUR300 million.
Initially targeting EUR200 million, GP Bullhound extended the fund size due to strong demand from tech entrepreneurs, family offices and institutions in Europe and the US. Moreover, 90 per cent of all Fund IV investors followed into Fund V.
Interest was further stimulated by the stellar performance of Fund IV. In only 2.5 years, it has more than doubled its value after all fees including four completed IPOs in Unity, Slack, Believe Digital, and Definitive Healthcare.
Fund V continues in a similar vein
Private equity executive search company Raw Selection has promoted Jack Burns to Senior Associate.
Burns joined Raw Selection out of university at the start of 2020, and has been responsible for placing C-Suite executives across Europe and North America, specialising in working with PE-backed Aerospace, Defence and manufacturing companies.
His promotion was announced by Alex Rawlings, Founder & Managing Partner of the firm.
KKR is to acquire a majority stake in Probe CX alongside existing management from Quadrant Private Equity, Five V Capital, Rodney Kagan and other shareholders of the company.
The investment will be used to further fuel Probe’s robust growth and strengthen its digital capabilities to enhance its service offering to customers.
Probe is a leading provider of customer experience (CX) and business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions based in Australia. Probe was founded by Co-chairman Rodney Kagan in 1979 and is now the largest provider of outsourced CX and BPO services in Australia and New Zealand, with more than 600 clients
Axiomatic Data, a Form 5500 Information Company, has added new ESG metrics to its database covering over 700,000 US public and private companies.
Using information extracted from Form 5500 filings, Axiomatic Data has developed three new attributes that measure the Social or “S” component of Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria.
“There are many sources of information that measure the Environmental and Governance aspects of ESG,” says Steve Goldstein, a partner with Axiomatic Data. “Working with ESG-sensitive investment managers, we created three metrics that facilitate comparisons between companies based on how they treat their employees, which is a critical part of
UK law firm Shoosmiths has added highly experienced funds lawyer Barry Stimpson into its corporate team.
Stimpson’s experience as a funds specialist with City and international law firms extends to more than 30 years in advising clients on establishing real estate, venture capital and private equity funds and other investment structures, as well as on mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and other corporate work.
His work includes advising fund managers, investors and professional services firms on limited liability partnerships and partnership agreements and mergers.
Stimpson joins Shoosmiths after five years as head of the funds practice at Womble Bond
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