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World political and economic events could push the level of market volatility higher in 2017, with institutional investors turning to active management and alternative assets to manage risk and boost returns as a result, according to a study by Natixis Global Asset Management.
Natixis surveyed decision makers at 500 institutional investment firms around the world on their market outlook and asset allocation plans for 2017 and beyond. Volatility topped the list of concerns for 2017, with 65 per cent pointing to geopolitical events, 38 per cent citing the US elections, and 37 per cent noting the potential for changing interest
German hotel group Meinninger Hotels and private equity firm VIYM have signed a management agreement which will see Meinninger open its first hotel-hostel hybrid in Russia, as part of VIYM’s Nikolskiye Ryady development in Saint Petersburg.
The overall cost of the Nikolskiye Ryady project, including both hotel properties – the Meinninger Hotel and Holiday Inn Express – is expected to be around USD50 million.
The hotel-hostel hybrid will have 158 rooms, with a total area of 7,300 sq m. The operator is already participating in the drafting of construction blueprints, to ensure that the new property is built in
Vinson & Elkins has promoted eight lawyers to its partnership, effective 1 January 2017.
The eight are Mark Brasher, Jason McIntosh, Becky Petereit, Bailey Pham, Simon Rootsey, Lande Spottswood, Thomas Zentner and Craig Zieminski.
“Our new partners are outstanding attorneys who have shown tremendous dedication to the firm and its clients,” says V&E chairman Mark Kelly. “From the courtroom to the boardroom, each of these exceptional lawyers has demonstrated a high level of skill in their respective practice area. We are thrilled to call them partners.”
The new partners span six of the firm’s key practice areas, including
Independent fund and corporate service provider Crestbridge has appointed Elliot Refson as a director in its Jersey office as it continues to focus on evolving its management company (ManCo) solutions.
A specialist in alternative funds, Refson will join the existing team to develop and promote Crestbridge’s onshore and offshore ManCo services to the global asset management community.
Last year, Crestbridge became one of the first firms in Jersey to be granted a licence by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) to offer a ManCo platform. It was also one of the first to establish a third party ManCo in
HedgePort Associates, an independent C-Suite service provider, has established an advisory board initially including industry veterans Ted Seides and Bill Salus.
The board will assist Hedgeport with strategic initiatives as the company continues its running underlying hedge fund and private equity fund businesses.
Seides co-founded and served previously as president and co-chief investment officer of the multibillion dollar alternative investment firm Protégé Partners. In 2010, he was profiled in Larry Kochard and Cathleen Ritterheiser's book "Top Hedge Fund Investors: Stories, Strategies, and Advice." Prior to Protégé, Seides worked at the J.H. Whitney & Company, Stonebridge Partners, and Yale University Investments Office, where he began
Online investment platform SyndicateRoom has seen the first exit for a company that raised funds on its platform, following the acquisition of Oval Medical.
Oval, a medical technology company designing and producing auto-injectors to enhance medical safety and address trypanophobia (fear of needles), has been acquired by US-based healthcare contract manufacturer SMC.
Oval Medical raised GBP1,118,647 in August 2014, via the SyndicateRoom platform, with 40 SyndicateRoom investors contributing to this total. SMC is acquiring Oval to build on its existing business in the drug delivery device market, paving the way to grow and to develop further Oval’s core auto-injector
Omnes Capital has obtained the new Energy and Ecological Transition for the Climate label for its Capenergie 3 fund.
Created in late 2015 by the French Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea, the label is designed to direct savings towards energy and ecological transition projects.
It falls within the framework of public initiatives taken following the French law on Energy Transition for Green Growth of August 2015. For investors, it ensures the transparency and quality of the environmental characteristics of financial products thanks to an audit by an independent expert.
Capenergie 3 is dedicated to investment
Mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe is acquiring a majority stake in Group of Butchers, alongside its current management, from Nordian Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum.
Group of Butchers is a producer of high-quality meat products sold at supermarkets and delivered to the out-of-home market.
Founded in 1997 under the name Dutch Grill Specialties and headquartered in Tilburg, Netherlands, Group of Butchers focuses on the production and distribution of high-quality meat products. The company brings together several local butcher production sites, each producing their own specialties.
Group of Butchers has 350 employees across six production facilities
Pan-African law firm Bowmans is opening an office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with effect from January 2017.
It will bring the number of Bowmans’ offices in East Africa to three and will be its seventh office on the African continent.
The firm already has offices in Kenya and Uganda as well as in Madagascar and South Africa.
"The launch of our office in Tanzania is another step in the fulfilment of our African growth strategy and is critical to our success on the continent. This move will enable us to serve our clients in Tanzania and in
British AI-powered information intelligence company Signal Media has raised a further GBP5.8 million (USD7.4 million) in funding from UK and US venture capitalists to expand into the US during 2017 and strengthen the existing product.
The fundraising brings total investment to GBP8.3 million (USD10.5 million).
Signal principally targets the financial services, legal and professional services sectors. Its AI technology analyses more than two million articles per day across 90 countries to curate real-time, accessible, actionable knowledge on everything from competitor activity to reputational threats and market movement.
Signal is used by some of the UK’s biggest financial, legal and
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