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Advisory and restructuring solutions provider Zolfo Cooper has opened an office in Hong Kong.
Led by Bruno Arboit, the office will provide a full range of restructuring, insolvency, forensic accounting and litigation support services to clients with interests in Hong Kong and mainland China.
The new office will be the first Zolfo Cooper branded operation in Asia-Pacific and complements a long standing affiliation with Ferrier Hodgson across the region.
Arboit joins Zolfo Cooper Hong Kong with over 16 years’ experience in the local market, most recently running his own advisory and restructuring practice. To support the launch of
Madrona Venture Group, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Seattle, has hired David Rosenthal as principal and Todd Davis as senior talent professional.
Rosenthal returns to Madrona after completing his MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. As a principal, Rosenthal will be primarily responsible for sourcing and evaluating new investments and will work closely with Madrona's managing directors to help accelerate the growth of existing portfolio companies.
Rosenthal first joined Madrona in 2010 as an associate. He led the diligence process on several investments and participated as a board observer for several portfolio companies. While at
The Intralinks Deal Flow Indicator (DFI) for the quarter ended 30 June shows 16 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and 12 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increases in early-stage global M&A activity.
The latest data reveals particularly strong performances in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and North America. Overall, this quarter’s results point to sustained momentum in M&A activity to the end of 2014, building on the strong levels of M&A activity seen in the last year.
Based on the results of the Intralinks DFI so far this year and its strong correlation to the volume of future announced deals,
Ipes Guernsey has been regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) as one of the first operators of a Guernsey Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) depositary.
The new depositary in Guernsey will enable funds domiciled in the island to market their funds in Europe under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) regulations.
In 2013 Ipes launched its depositary service from London to support clients and fund managers in meeting the new AIFMD requirements.
In the last 18 months Ipes has doubled the size of its London team through the expansion of its depositary service. It now acts
Convergence, an information and advisory services provider to alternative asset managers, service providers and investors, has launched a new product suite and website.
Convergence captures, normalises and enriches 100 per cent of all registered investment advisors’ Form ADV, Brochure and Supplemental Schedule information filed with the SEC. This core data is updated daily and supplemented with public domain intelligence relevant to the RIA.
“Our early experience with clients helped us shape the future direction of the firm,” says co-managing partner John Phinney. “Leveraging our significant experience in the alternative asset management industry, the Convergence team brings an insider’s perspective
Total assets managed by the Top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached USD3.3 trillion in 2013, up from USD3.1 trillion in 2012, according to research by Towers Watson.
Published in conjunction with the Financial Times, The Global Alternatives Survey, which covers seven asset classes and seven investor types, shows that of the Top 100 alternative investment managers, real estate managers have the largest share of assets (31 per cent and over USD1 trillion).
This is followed by private equity fund managers (23 per cent and USD753bn), hedge funds (22 per cent and USD724bn), private equity funds of funds (PEFoFs)
The Abraaj Group has acquired a majority stake, through its funds, in Polyclinique Taoufik, a private hospital in Tunisia.
Based in Tunis, Clinique Taoufik was one of the first private healthcare institutions established as part of efforts to modernise Tunisia’s healthcare system. The hospital currently treats 75,000 in- and out-patients per year, offering services such as general surgery, heart surgery, neurosurgery and obstetrics. The company also has an emergency service, a radiology centre and laboratory dedicated to patients of the hospital.
With 164 beds, the hospital is the second largest in terms of bed capacity. With Abraaj’s financial and
With around a week to go before the deadline for authorisation, some 47 per cent of alternative investment fund managers have still not filed under the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD).
That’s according to a snapshot survey, commissioned by Alceda and Kepler Partners, which was completed at the end of June.
Some 56 alternative fund managers, with in excess of USD300 billion under management, participated in the survey, representing firms in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the US.
Authorisation under the AIFMD means hedge fund and private equity fund managers will be subject to a host of new requirements,
APG Asset Management and Aquila Capital have formed a partnership to invest a targeted EUR500 million in the acquisition and development of European hydropower plants.
APG has commissioned Hamburg-based Aquila Capital to establish an investment vehicle dedicated to hydropower infrastructure, which aims to make investments in operational plants and develop new projects across Europe.
APG will commit EUR250 million to the venture. Considering the capability to make use of debt financing, the total enterprise value of the investments is projected to amount to up to EUR500 million.
Aquila Capital will provide the operational management of the hydropower assets as well as portfolio management services to the partnership.
Hydropower has a much higher efficiency ratio (i.e. ratio
Generali has launched a Luxembourg-based asset management company to focus on UCITS and alternative investment vehicles domiciled in Luxembourg.
Generali Investments Luxembourg will support the global business activities of Generali Investments Europe, the main asset manager of Generali Group with approximately EUR350 billion of assets under management.
The new company has been established through the partial demerger of a joint venture with Banca Generali.
Santo Borsellino, CEO of Generali Investments Europe, says: “The launch of Generali Investments Luxembourg is an important pillar of our strategy to expand our third-party business, allowing Generali Investments Europe to best serve and
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