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SEI’s Lori White explains how social media platforms such as Twitter and LinkedIn can help investment managers market their business.
The rise of social media platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter has been unprecedented over the last couple of years. LinkedIn now has some 313 million users and in Q2 2014 its revenues rose by 47 per cent to USD534m reported the Wall Street Journal on 31 July 2014.
McKinsey estimates that there is a GBP772bn opportunity for business to use social media.
All of us use social media in one form or another but when it comes to applying it
Carey Olsen has advised the Scott family on the sale of its privately-owned car dealership to an investor grouping led by Guernsey-based investment fund Bailiwick Investments Limited.
The deal, which is subject to approval by the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority and the Jersey Financial Services Commission, includes the sale of the Jacksons and Motor Mall car dealerships in Guernsey and Jersey, St Martin's Tyres in Guernsey, Trinity Tyres in Jersey as well as the Jacksons CI group's other assets for a total consideration of GBP41.7 million.
The Scott family will retain an interest in the group with Tom Scott
Preqin examines the recent surge in European fundraising, including the growth of debt and distressed strategies and the increasing flow of international capital into the region.
European fundraising has improved dramatically over the last year, reflecting growing investor appetite for the region. Almost 90% of Europe-based fund managers believe that investor appetite has increased over the past year, with none stating they have seen a decrease in appetite. This has led to a large amount of capital focusing on Europe, and while transaction volumes are up, pricing is becoming competitive and it is now harder to find attractively priced assets,
LBO France has completed an investment via its Hexagone III fund in Fournitures Hospitalières Group (FH Group), specialised in orthopaedic prostheses.
Accompanied by co-investors, LBO France has acquired its stake from previous shareholders including Bpifrance and Matignon Investissement et Conseil.
Following investments in Fine Sounds, a global leader in the high end audio market, in Jaumont, which operates a limestone quarry for the construction industry, and in Payot, the French cosmetics and skin care laboratory, FH Group is Hexagone’s fourth acquisition in 2014.
Hexagone III, which closed on 1EUR54 million in 2010, is now invested in nine companies.
Cabot Square Capital, the specialist financial services private equity investor, has acquired Blue Motor Finance, the car finance provider.
Blue Motor Finance will offer auto finance backed by equity investment from Cabot Square Capital and a newGBP200 million long term funding facility provided by a major international bank. The company has agreements with fifteen major dealer networks and brokers that will use Blue Motor Finance’s funding and plans on significantly expanding its introducer relationships in the coming months.
Blue Motor Finance will offer funding across the entire UK prime auto finance market, giving both dealerships and consumers a major
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has completed the sale of its stake in the UK’s leading average speed enforcement business Vysionics, in a multi-million pound deal with JENOPTIK AG.
Headquartered in Frimley in Surrey, Vysionics provides automatic number plate recognition (“ANPR”) traffic enforcement, access management and information systems to a wide range of private and public sector organisations both here in the UK and overseas.
The business’ diverse customer base comprises strategic highway authorities, construction contractors, local authorities, parking contractors, rail authority and police forces, and its market-leading products and services include temporary and permanent average speed systems for road
Corporate finance house Convex Capital structured and led the multi million pound sale of the UK’s largest independent brands in sports nutrition, PhD Nutrition, to UK based B&B Investment Partners (B&B).
Neil Worsley, Andrew Clarke and Gareth Lewis who structured the deal that valued the business at 10x EBITDA and delivered 83% of the consideration on completion led the transaction; Senior VP, James Edge, and Managing Partner, Neil Worsley originated it.
The transaction underlines Convex Capital’s excellence in advising sports nutrition brands and further emphasises the team’s ability to find great partners for their clients. It continues Convex’s unprecedented run
The majority of Asian retail investors are self-directed, or do-it-yourself (DIY) investors, not relying on financial advisors to make their investment decisions.
One in three respondents to Cerulli Associates' proprietary survey of 4,000 retail investors across wealth tiers in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore indicated that they do not have a financial advisor, with nearly 40% of mass retail investors indicating they have no access to financial advice.
This is one of the key findings of Cerulli's inaugural report on Asian retail investors titled Asian Investor Segmentation: Unlocking Retail Investors' Secrets.
While there is limited access to financial advice
Ariadne Capital has completed a GBP3.5 million funding round for Made Television, which holds the most City TV licences in the UK. The company has licences for Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Middlesbrough and Tyne & Wear.
Led by City TV pioneer Jamie Conway, and chaired by former BSkyB executive and Top Up TV co-founder Ian West, Made Television has found a solution to the challenge facing most City TV broadcasters. By having broader reach and shared fixed costs, Made Television allows for a fundamentally profitable business model even with a niche audience while delivering high-quality content and ultimately providing the leading platform for
HFFT Alternative Limited has been granted an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) licence from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission to provide full AIFM services to both EU and non-EU funds.
A plethora of enhanced compliance requirements including the regulatory demands under the AIFMD have strained the resources of and forced small and mid-sized firms to actively consider outsourced solutions.
AIFMD came into force on 22 July 2013 and regulates EU and non-EU fund managers that market alternative investment funds to investors domiciled, or with registered offices, in the EU.
As a confirmed AIFM license holder HFFT Alternative will be able
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