Latest News
Tullis Health Investors, a private equity and venture capital fund manager that oversees a family of funds focused on investments in biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, medical service and other healthcare companies, has appointed Michael Cleary as director of investor relations and marketing.
Prior to joining Tullis Health Investors, Cleary was a managing director with Equus Financial Consultants & Crossbay Capital Partners. Previously, he was a managing director in the private funds group at JP Morgan/Bear Stearns, raising third party private equity and real estate funds from institutional and high net worth investors.
Prior to that, Cleary was a
TA Associates, a growth private equity firm, has completed an investment in Onlineprinters, one of Europe’s largest online printing companies.
Terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2004, Onlineprinters is one of the largest web-to-print providers in Europe. Also operating under the brand DieDruckerei, the company provides cost-efficient, on-demand printing of marketing materials primarily for small and medium size businesses and marketing agencies. Onlineprinters serves 30 countries across Europe and is headquartered in Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany.
“Onlineprinters’ on-demand model is transforming the business printing market with extremely low prices and a reputation
The States of Jersey has agreed a “FATCA-style” package of tax measures with the UK government.
This package, which is consistent with those agreed with Guernsey and the Isle of Man, reflects Jersey’s political objective to remain closely aligned to the UK and to act as a leading participant in the development of standards to combat tax evasion.
Heather Bestwick (pictured), deputy chief executive of Jersey Finance, the body responsible for the promotion and development of the finance industry in Jersey, says: “The outline package agreed between Jersey and the UK is largely as expected and as noted
RLH Equity Partners has held the final closing of RLH Investors III (Fund 3) with total commitments of USD380m.
Fund 3 was oversubscribed, requiring an increase in the fund’s original hard cap to accommodate strong investor interest. The new fund’s size represents a more than 40 per cent increase from the committed capital of RLH’s prior fund.
The firm’s focus on creating value through rapid organic growth and conservative capital structures attracted strong support from both existing and new limited partners.
RLH’s most recent five exits yielded an average gross multiple on investment (MOI) of 6.7x, with MOI’s ranging
The Center for Innovative Technology has appointed Julia Taxin to its CIT GAP Funds Investment Advisory Board (IAB), a panel of private sector experts who guide investment decisions for CIT in emerging, high-growth technology companies in the Commonwealth.
Taxin (pictured) is an associate at Grotech Ventures, which invests in high-potential technology companies. She focuses primarily on investment opportunities in software, internet, digital media and healthcare.
Prior to joining Grotech, Taxin worked at Sandbox Industries, a foundry and early-stage venture capital firm, and at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she focused primarily on enterprise software solutions.
Tom Weithman, managing director of
Packet Design, a provider of IP network route analytics software, has been acquired by Lone Rock Technology Group, an Austin-based private equity firm specialising in enterprise software.
The company has also appointed Scott Sherwood, a network and systems management industry veteran, as its new chief executive.
Since it was founded in 2003, Packet Design has pioneered the complex science of route analytics. Its patented technology provides visibility into routing and traffic behaviour across the entire cloud. Network managers at hundreds of the largest service providers, mobile operators, cable and broadband providers, enterprises and government agencies spanning five continents
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has acquired a 28.57 per cent stake in ENI East Africa, owner of a 70 per cent interest in an offshore gas block in Mozambique.
With an investment of USD4.21bn, CNPC indirectly acquires a 20 per cent stake in Area 4 in Rovuma natural gas basin.
The deal highlights growing trend of Asian majors to diversify and secure energy sources. CNPC is China’s largest oil and gas producer and supplier. The deal is CNPC’s largest overseas purchase ever, according to Bloomberg. It marks the entry of a Chinese major in the highly prospective
Sanlam Private Investments Holdings (SPIH) has rebranded the corporate finance, corporate broking, institutional stockbroking, institutional sales and research teams of the Merchant Securities business as Sanlam Securities UK Limited, following the acquisition of the company in 2012.
SPIH plans to expand and develop the established corporate finance and corporate broking operation which focuses on small and mid-cap companies. It will also be increasing visibility of its institutional sales and research offering and institutional stockbroking operations and extending execution services across global markets with a speciality in UK and South African stocks.
The private client stockbroking business of Merchant Securities
TAP Advisors, a New York-based investment banking boutique, has appointed James S Kahan as a senior adviser on the firm’s advisory board.
In this role, Kahan will provide strategic advice and counsel to TAP’s management team as it serves clients in the telecommunications and related sectors.
Founded in 2009, TAP Advisors provides its public and private company clients with a full range of merger and acquisition advisory services, private financing solutions, and cross-border and international expertise.
“Jim is one of the most savvy and experienced deal makers in the telecommunications industry and we are delighted to welcome him to our board
BNY Mellon, a provider of investment management and investment services, has developed a reporting solution that enables its affected alternative investment clients to prepare and file Form PF, as required by recent rules introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
A joint effort of the SEC and CFTC, Form PF reporting complies with Section 404 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, aimed at protecting investors and the US financial system from future systemic risk.
BNY Mellon’s new service offers its fund administration clients who are SEC Registered
Special Reports
Featured
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
