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Deutsche Börse Venture Network, Deutsche Börse’s programme to fund young growth companies, has passed the 200-member mark nine months after its launch.
The Network has gained 31 investors and 10 growth companies since the beginning of this year. Specifically the number of participants from outside Germany, currently at 81, has seen a particularly large increase. In total, there currently are 60 growth companies and 142 investors active in the Deutsche Börse Venture Network.
In addition to the online platform, the Venture Network supports businesses and investors in expanding their networks. On March 16, an exclusive investor networking event focusing
Aurelius Group has sold fidelis HR to SD Worx, for an undisclosed sum and stands to realise a significant, double-digit return on its investment following the completion of the deal in Q1 2016.
The Group intends to pay out a proportion of the return on investment to its own investors via a participation dividend.
Aurelius acquired fidelis HR, a provider of HR-outsourcing services in the DACH region, in 2013 from TDS Informationstechnologie AG, a subsidiary of Fujitsu Group. Under Aurelius’ ownership, fidelis HR’s operations were successfully realigned, resulting in an improved product offering and an increased client portfolio including
Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has appointed Mark Pacala as an operating partner with a focus on healthcare.
Pacala has more than 20 years’ experience working in the healthcare industry. Most recently he was a Senior Advisor in the healthcare team at Oak Hill Capital Partners. In that role, he served on the boards of Vantage Oncology and Raintree Oncology Services until their recent sales to McKesson and Cardinal Health, respectively, and will continue to serve on the board of AccentCare and SmartPak. Previously, Pacala served as a general partner at Essex Woodlands Health Ventures and was the Chairman and CEO of
Shifts in regulation and changes in attitudes towards reputation are prompting a rise in the inward migration of alternative fund managers to Jersey, delegates at a major annual funds conference have heard.
Discussing trends within the alternative fund space, panellists at this year’s Jersey Finance London Funds Conference agreed that a growing focus on governance, substance and reputation was presenting opportunities for Jersey to affirm itself as a major centre for fund management as well as fund servicing.
The net asset value of funds under administration in Jersey grew over the final quarter of last year to stand at
UK-based online property finance marketplace LendInvest has completed a GBP17 million (USD25 million) Series B equity investment from Atomico, the technology venture capital firm founded by Niklas Zennström, the co-founder of Skype.
This is LendInvest’s second equity investment in nine months. In June 2015, LendInvest secured a GBP22 million (USD33 million) Series A investment from Beijing Kunlun, the listed Chinese technology company.
The round takes LendInvest’s total institutional funding (debt and equity) to over GBP200 million (USD285 million).
LendInvest was launched in 2013 by founders Christian Faes and Ian Thomas, and has lent GBP560 million to finance 2,100
The infrastructure investment joint venture between Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has entered a partnership to co-own one of the largest wind farms of its type in Europe.
The investment vehicle, GMPF & LPFA Infrastructure LLP (GLIL), along with Greencoat UK Wind PLC (UKW) will acquire a total of 49.9 per cent of Clyde, the South Lanarkshire wind farm, from energy company, SSE, which will hold the remaining 50.1 per cent. Under the agreement GLIL will invest GBP150 million.
Councillor Kieran Quinn, Chair of Greater Manchester Pension Fund, says: “We’re pleased to announce
Future Finance Loan Corporation (Future Finance), which makes tailored loans to undergraduates and postgraduates at universities across the UK, has raised GBP119 million in growth and lending capital from leading FinTech investors QED Investors, Blackstone Strategic Opportunity Fund, Colchis Capital, Invus Opportunities, KCK, DW Partners, Fenway Summer Ventures, Ridge Road Partners, 1/0 Capital and others. £100 million of the recent funds raised is for lending capital, supplementing the company’s existing credit facility with Goldman Sachs.
This new investment will enable Future Finance to make even more loans, ensuring that many more students have access to higher education in the UK,
Charterhouse Capital Partners IX fund has agreed the sale of Italian pharmaceutical company DOC Generici (DOC) to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners.
Financial details of the transaction, which is subject to standard regulatory approvals and is expected to close during the summer of 2016, have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1996, DOC is the largest independent generic pharmaceutical company in Italy, with a market share of over 15 per cent and a portfolio of around 180 generic drug molecules, covering predominantly products in the retail market. The Company has a leading brand with a broad product portfolio and
Funds managed by Cornerstone Partners and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management are to acquire Polish transfer agent and business processing outsourcing specialist ProService Agent Transferowy (ProService).
The agreement for purchase of 100 per cent stake in ProService Agent Transferowy was concluded on 23 February 2016. The company will be acquired by a partnership of Cornerstone Partners and Oaktree’s European Principal Group from private equity firm Highlander Partners. The transaction requires consent of Polish competition authority (UOKiK).
ProService Agent Transferowy is a specialised provider of professional support services of transfer agency, accounting, as well as advanced IT solutions for
SS&C Technologies Holdings has completed the acquisition of Citi's Alternative Investor Services Business, a provider of hedge fund and private equity fund administration services. SS&C acquired the business unit from Citi for approximately USD321 million.
Citi's Alternative Investor Services Business is a top 10 fund administrator and through the acquisition SS&C will add more than 1,400 staff across 13 offices, 265 customers, and approximately $395 billion in assets under administration. The acquired Alternative Investor Services Business group will operate as a business unit within SS&C GlobeOp and continue to be led by its current leaders, Mike Sleightholme on hedge fund
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