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Livingstone Partners, the international corporate finance advisory firm focused on mid-market M&A transactions, has advised on the sale of TVC Group Ltd to The Economist Group for an undisclosed sum. Livingstone’s media:tech team advised the shareholders of TVC, including private equity house ISIS Equity Partners, on the transaction.
TVC is an award-winning marketing communications agency, based in London, which specialises in a content-driven approach to public relations and creative services. Clients such as Coca Cola, British Gas, Vodafone, Ralph Lauren, Lloyds TSB, and Aviva rely on TVC for strategic advice and execution on the most effective ways to create and
All eyes will be on former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont (pictured) and Economics Editor and Broadcaster Stephanie Flanders as they debate the future of the financial markets at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2012.
The event, titled ‘Shaken not stirred’, will be held at the Grange St Paul’s Hotel in London on Wednesday 2 May. It will comprise three sessions, culminating in a keynote debate featuring Lord Lamont and Stephanie Flanders where the audience will have the opportunity to cross-examine the pair in a ‘Question Time’ format. The debate and the preceding panel sessions will all be moderated
Don Steinbrugge, managing member of third-party marketing firm Agecroft Partners, says that in a highly competitive marketplace with more than 2,000 funds of hedge funds, firms can defy current industry headwinds and raise assets successfully by identifying a market niche within three areas: strategy focus, fund structure and investor segment.
The fund of hedge funds marketplace has experienced net redemptions four years in a row. This trend is expected to continue in 2012, but Agecroft Partners has observed that some funds of hedge funds have thrived during this time period by focusing on a specific niche in the marketplace.
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Red Commerce, backed by Dunedin in a GBP44 million buyout, has become the first UK specialist supplier of SAP consultants to build a national presence in Brazil. This is the third international office opening since the Dunedin buyout in July 2011.
Giles Derry (pictured)a partner at Dunedin on the board of Red Commerce says: “SAP predict that by 2025 Brazil will be the biggest market for SAP experts after the US. SAP software sales were up 90% in Brazil in 2011. This office represents a significant first mover advantage for the blue chip clients of Red Commerce, and closely follows
European private equity firm, Cinven, has completed its acquisition of CPA Global, a global provider of intellectual property (IP) management services and software.
The acquisition of CPA Global, headquartered in Jersey, Channel Islands, has received the required regulatory clearances and the approval of the Jersey courts, which sanctioned a new Scheme of Arrangement.
Cinven acquired CPA Global from its previous shareholders, including Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) and the founder shareholders (a number of patent attorneys in the UK and Australia) for an undisclosed consideration.
CPA Global, through its offices world-wide, supports many of the world’s best known corporations
Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, has hired two new executives.
S Scott Gregory has been appointed managing director, with responsibility for seeking new or expanded commitments to Darby’s family of emerging markets private equity funds by communicating Darby’s investment philosophy, process and strategy to current and prospective institutional investors. He reports to David Mathewson, senior managing director, and is based in Franklin Templeton’s New York office.
"Scott Gregory brings a wealth of global private equity and mezzanine finance experience to his new role. We are delighted to have Scott join the Darby team as
Harbottle & Lewis has advised social media monitoring company, Brandwatch, on its USD6 million investment round led by Nauta Capital.
The funding will fast track Brandwatch’s plans to bring innovative products to market, expand internationally and bolster its sales and marketing teams.
Founded in 2007 by Giles Palmer, Brandwatch is based in Brighton, UK, with offices in New York and Germany. Since its launch in August 2007, Brandwatch has acquired more than 300 clients and several thousand users, including global brands and agencies such as HSBC, DDB, Ipsos and Mediacom.
“We are extremely pleased to be part of Brandwatch and to
The Securities and Exchange Commission has established comprehensive arrangements with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) as part of a long-term strategy to improve the oversight of regulated entities that operate across national borders.
The two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) reached this month follow on a similar supervisory arrangement that the SEC concluded with the Quebec Autorité des marchés financiers and the Ontario Securities Commission in 2010 and expanded to include the Alberta Securities Commission and the British Columbia Securities Commission last September.
The SEC’s latest supervisory cooperation arrangements will enhance SEC
The financial crisis has created significant opportunities for investors in private debt, according to James Witter (pictured), Head of Investment Advisory & Solutions at SVG Advisers…
One of the big investment opportunities to have emerged out of the current economic environment is the provision of private debt to the buyout community.
Banks are continuing to deleverage and retrench in response to increased regulatory capital and higher wholesale funding costs. At the same time, the majority of the outstanding universe of collateralised loan obligations will be coming to the end of their investment periods, and a refinancing wall of leveraged
The Swiss Funds Association (SFA) only agrees in part with the Federal Council’s dispatch with regard to a partial revision of the Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA).
In particular, the SFA is critical of the globally unique discrimination of the Swiss financial sector and the lack of measures to strengthen competitiveness. Improvements must be made to prevent the loss of jobs and the migration of entire product categories.
The Federal Council published its dispatch in respect of a partial revision of the CISA on 2 March 2012. Following a thorough analysis, the SFA has concluded that this only achieves certain
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