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DWS has appointed Clarence Ng as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Alternatives Asia Pacific business, and Chief Operating Officer (COO) for DWS China.
In these newly created positions, Ng will be responsible for managing the implementation of all financial and governance aspects of the Alternatives business across the APAC region, in addition to managing all operational aspects of DWS Shanghai. Based in Shanghai, Ng will report to Leon Williams, Chief Operating Officer Alternatives, Asia Pacific.
Ng joins DWS with 16 years of experience. His most recent position held was Global Markets Finance Director for Deutsche Bank (China) Company
Koger, a global financial services technology company, has launched an open-source client portal for financial institutions, asset managers, and fund administrators that works in tandem with the systems they already have in place.
“With our technology, financial firms don’t have to build their own client-facing portal. We provide the code and firms can use it as an overlay with their existing systems,” says Ras Sipko, Koger’s Chief Operating Officer.
The portal interfaces with all systems and offers complete functionality with full operational transparency. It’s a flexible solution that financial firms can deploy with their current technology.
“You no longer
Private equity and venture capital investment into companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) reached a record EUR3.5 billion in 2017, new data from Invest Europe reveals.
With a 113 per cent year-on-year increase, this amount surpasses the region’s previous peak in 2008 by 40 per cent, according to the industry association’s Central and Eastern Europe Private Equity Statistics 2017 report, which also shows strong results across fundraising and exits. CEE’s consumer goods and services sector attracted the majority of investment capital with three-quarters of the total, while technology (ICT) followed with 11 per cent. Polish companies were the big
Registered Investment Adviser Mercer Advisors has added three veteran industry professionals to its Mergers & Acquisitions practice. All have multiple decades of experience as financial advisers or working directly with RIA firms to support business growth.
In just the last two years, Mercer Advisors has acquired 13 independent RIA firms representing over USD4.2 billion in total AUM, with a key focus on integrating the firms into Mercer Advisors’ family office approach to serving clients via a comprehensive wealth management experience. This unique approach creates a much more desirable outcome for both advisers and their clients in comparison to the other
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has been selected to administer the Jersey-based VLC Renewables Fund.
VLC Renewables will invest in European renewable generation projects. Primarily focused on onshore and offshore wind energy, it will target projects at various stages of the development cycle, including late stage development, construction and operation.
The fund, which builds on Low Carbon’s considerable expertise in renewables, has an initial EUR200 million commitment from Vitol and investment opportunities may be offered to third parties.
Having supported with the set-up and establishment of the Fund, including its incorporation and relevant regulatory
Parabellum Capital portfolio company Parseq, an international business process outsourcing firm, has sold its contact centre division to Scotland-based customer services outsourcer, Kura Group.
The terms of the sale, which follows a successful turnaround of the business led by its Executive Chairman and CEO Rami Cassis, are undisclosed, but the deal creates significant value for shareholders.
Parseq’s Finance and Administration division, which is Parseq’s historic core business, will continue to operate from its existing site at Hellaby, Yorkshire.
Parseq was originally founded by Mr Cassis as Documetric in 2007, following the buyout of Atos Origin’s payment processing division
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has provided Serene Furnishings Limited (Serene Furnishings), one of the UK’s leading furniture wholesalers, with a GBP250,000 injection from its MEIF WM Debt Fund, supported by an additional GBP250,000 of funding from HSBC.
This investment is to support the firm’s ambitious growth strategy, focused on diversifying its product portfolio, upgrading IT systems and creating three new jobs at its West Bromwich site.
Established in 2005, Serene Furnishing has in recent years expanded its offering from the original core business of supplying bedroom furniture to now include a broader range of living room products. A process
StorCentric, a newly formed customer-centric storage solutions company, is to acquire Drobo, a prosumer and SMB storage solution provider, and Nexsan, a specialist in enterprise storage solutions.
Following the acquisitions, StorCentric will have a combined track record of over 450,000 storage products sold to individuals, SMBs and enterprise customers, and will have received over 100 awards for excellence in the storage industry. The company will have over 150 employees across locations in North America, Europe and Asia, and it says its product portfolio will offer ‘world class products, IP, and talent focused on helping customers scale their businesses while accessing,
MaaS Global, a Mobility-as-a-Service operator, has secured EUR9 million in its latest funding round.
MaaS Global’s Whim mobility service currently operates in Helsinki region in Finland, West Midlands in UK and Antwerp in Belgium.
MaaS Global wants to globally revolutionise the way people move. The Whim app is the world’s first mobility service which allows users to book and pay for all mobility services in one app for one monthly fee – public transport, taxis, rental cars, and other options.
“We are extremely happy that we have been able to prove the MaaS concept really works. Our investors
An affiliate of New Water Capital, a Boca Raton-based private equity firm focused on lower-middle market companies, has acquired Trillium Health Care Products, a contract manufacturer of category-leading OTC products for some of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies.
Based in Brockville, Ontario, Trillium has built a reputation in the pharmaceutical industry for its focus on quality and technical expertise in short and medium production runs across three dosage forms: liquid, solid and semi-solid. The existing Trillium executive team will continue to manage the company, with General Manager Jay Webb taking on the role of President.
“Trillium’s long-standing customer relationships
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