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Ipes has received Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation to act as private equity AIF Depositary under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
Ipes Depositary currently acts for 118 Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), representing over USD49 billion in commitments, for 25 private equity clients (AIFMs).
As a pure private equity specialist, Ipes has designed a depositary service in conjunction with Big Four expertise and leading law firms to be tailored to private equity funds.
Ben Cook, managing director of Ipes UK, says: “We are delighted to receive our AIF Depositary licence. Clients tell us that our pragmatic, technology
SS&C GlobeOp has obtained Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approval for its Depositary “Lite" service offering.
The recently launched service helps managers of non-EEA AIFs in fulfilling their Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD) requirements.
SS&C will help managers comply with various aspects of the AIFMD including functions relating to asset verification, cash flow monitoring and oversight services.
"We have been operating as a Depositary 'Lite' under the transitional provision for a number of months and we are delighted to now receive our full authorisation," says Des Pierce, senior director, SS&C GlobeOp.
"We've seen strong interest in our
All Asia Asset Capital (AAA), through a special purpose wholly owned subsidiary, is to acquire a further 4.5 per cent of Andaman Power and Utility Company (APU) from existing shareholder Chakris Kajkumjohndej.
APU is a privately held company based in Myanmar and Thailand which operates in the development of utility plants and the provision of electricity.
APU has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of Myanmar to act as an electricity and utility provider of Dawei (the capital city of the Tanintharyi region in Myanmar) and its surrounding cities.
APU has also signed an agreement
HSBC’s North West leverage finance team has played a key role in supporting three acquisitions made by the Manchester-based Concept Life Sciences Group, a newly formed scientific laboratory and consultancy business.
Following backing from Equistone Partners Europe, which has taken a majority stake in the group, Concept Life Sciences has acquired Scientific Analysis Laboratories (SAL), Resource & Environmental Consultants (REC) and Peakdale Molecular.
The group will led by executive chairman Michael Fort and chief executive Alan Morgan.
HSBC acted as joint mandated lead arranger for the senior acquisition debt facilities to support the transaction, alongside Lloyds Banking
Horizon Technology Finance Corporation has led a USD25 million venture loan for mBlox, one of the world’s largest providers of A2P (application-to-person) text messaging.
The venture loan was fully funded at closing, with Horizon funding its commitment of USD10 million. mBlox will use the funds to support its continued growth.
"We are excited to add mBlox to our quality investment portfolio," says Gerald A Michaud, president of Horizon. "The company's rapid revenue and earnings growth is directly related to its global leadership in the expanding, multi-billion-dollar A2P messaging market. As an industry pioneer, mBlox has created a cloud-based mobile
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is to acquire Sparta Systems, a provider of enterprise quality management solutions (EQMS), from current investors Summit Partners and Altaris Capital Partners.
Financial details have not been disclosed, and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2014.
“We are excited about the Sparta Systems acquisition due to the compelling opportunities for growth, both organically and from additional acquisitions that enhance the company’s offerings,” says Scott Crabill, a managing partner at Thoma Bravo. “As a proven EQMS leader with a strong customer base and a defensible position in the industry, it
An affiliate of private equity firm CI Capital Partners is to acquire Maroon Incorporated, which has changed its name to Maroon Group, a North American distributor of specialty chemicals based in Avon, Ohio.
Maroon’s management team retains a significant equity interest in the company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1977, Maroon has become a leader in the specialty chemical distribution industry. Through a network of distribution centres across North America, Maroon supplies nearly 900 customers with more than 30 million pounds of specialty additives, resins and pigments annually, with a focus on the plastics, coatings,
Mutual funds continue to grow as the vehicle of choice for accessing alternative strategies, according to the eighth annual alternative investment survey by Morningstar and Barron’s.
“2013 marked the strongest asset flows into alternative funds and the largest number of fund launches on record," says Josh Charlson, director of manager research, alternative strategies. "For the fourth year in a row, long-short strategies garnered the most interest, but growing apprehension toward the bond market has also contributed to blistering growth in non-traditional bond funds."
Organic growth rates for mutual funds rose to eye-popping levels. Long-short equity funds rose by more
Taliance, a global analytics provider serving the alternative investments marketplace, has sold its back office-focused accounting and transactional solutions to asset management software provider Cassiopae.
Taliance now intends to concentrate on the rapidly-growing and evolving alternative investments space.
Cassiopae, which has a global focus on back office solutions for the real estate market, will acquire Taliance’s staff, software and clients dedicated to back-office operations. The senior management team of the firm will remain with Taliance. The two companies will collaborate moving forward and work together closely to share market expertise and development opportunities where synergies exist for the mutual benefit
The management team at Oxford company bChannels Limited has completed an equity backed buyout of the business.
Led by chief executive Matt Rowland-Jones, the four-strong team has acquired a majority stake in the company following a GBP3.5 million secondary buyout from RCapital.
The deal, backed by private equity house WestBridge Capital, also includes a significant amount of development capital to enable bChannels to pursue ambitious plans for further growth.
The business, which outsourced marketing services and customer engagement strategies to global technology companies, employs 126 staff at its headquarters in Oxford and has offices in the USA and
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