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Troubled Franco-Belgian bank Dexia is set to sell various wealth management and investment-related businesses based in Luxembourg or tracing their origins to the group’s bank in the grand duchy, Dexia-BIL, as part of a rescue plan also involving fresh aid from the French and Belgian governments.
French prime minister François Fillon, his Belgian counterpart Yves Leterme and Luxembourg finance minister Luc Frieden met on Sunday in Brussels to work out a financial solution to underpin the break-up of the Dexia group, which was created from the 1996 merger of Crédit Communal de Belgique and Crédit Local de France.
Dexia announced
More than 125 delegates at the Channel Islands Funds Forum, held at the Hotel de France on 28 September and sponsored by KPMG, heard from a number of expert speakers that EU and US laws coming into force over the next few years will significantly increase the burden of regulation.
The event organised by Channel Island business magazine, Business Life, saw experts Margaret Chamberlain, Chair of the British Venture Capital Association, Ben Robins of Mourant Ozannes, James Greig of PWC Legal and Benoît Le Bret, partner at French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel, speak about the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund
A team from Guernsey’s fund industry hosted an event in Luxembourg last month aimed at boosting cooperation between the two jurisdictions.
The Guernsey delegation hosted a lunch debate to discuss the ways in which service providers in the two centres can work together more effectively for mutual benefit.
Fiona Le Poidevin, Deputy Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry internationally, says: “Guernsey and Luxembourg are both widely recognised as leading centres of excellence for investment fund services but a significant difference is that Guernsey is outside the European Union whereas Luxembourg is a
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co, has expanded its private securities business with the formation of Cantor Private Markets Group, offering clients alternative investment opportunities including private company stock, private real estate investment trusts, and private equity and hedge fund interests.
Expanding on Cantor’s equities and structured products divisions, the Private Markets Group will focus on servicing the growing institutional demand for securities in the private marketplace. Michael Guzman, Managing Director of the Group, will coordinate the Group and report to Global Head of Equities Jarred Kessler.
Cantor Private Markets Group streamlines the process for sourcing and selling alternative investments by
Private equity investment firm HIG Capital has acquired certain assets of WhiteHorse Capital, a Dallas-based CLO manager with experience managing over USD1.7 billion of capital, and formed HIG WhiteHorse to provide flexible financing solutions to profitable and performing small and middle market companies.
With more than USD1 billion of capital available to deploy into businesses in the US and Europe, HIG WhiteHorse has a broad mandate to provide senior, second lien, uni-tranche, mezzanine, and subordinated debt for refinancings, growth capital, acquisitions, and balance sheet recapitalisations. This transaction marks a significant expansion of HIG’s existing credit platform, which currently manages in
GenNx360 Capital Partners has sold SiVance, LLC to Milliken & Company. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
SiVance, LLC is a leader in silicone chemistry, focused on the development and manufacture of specialty silicone technologies and intermediates required to modify basic silicone polymers.
GenNx360 Capital Partners, LP acquired the assets of Clariant Life Science Molecules (Florida) Inc, a Gainesville, Florida-based subsidiary of Clariant Corporation, through an entity called SiVance, LLC, in August 2009.
"Supported by SiVance’s CEO, Craig Stafford, and the entire SiVance team, we successfully transitioned the business away from Clariant systems within twelve months,
Private Equity firms invested about USD2,249 million across 98 deals during the quarter ended September 2011, according to a study by Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on Private Equity and M&A transaction activity.
The latest figures take the total PE investments in the first nine months of 2011 to about USD8,570 million (across 317 transactions) – significantly higher compared to the about USD6,400 million (across 270 transactions) in the same period last year. Also, the value of PE investments year-to-date in 2011 has already surpassed the USD8,256 million invested (across 358 transactions) in the entire of 2010, the Venture
Holland Private Equity (HPE) has invested substantial primary capital in Synova SA (Synova) in a capital increase of up to CHF20 million to become the firm’s largest outside shareholder.
The expansion capital will allow Synova to further execute its internationalization, sales expansion and fuel further product development of its unique water-jet guided laser cutting technology.
Tim van Delden (pictured), Chief Investment Officer of HPE, says: "Synova has built a great foundation to become a global market leader in laser based cutting and surface conditioning solutions. Their unique, patented technology and the market demand in multiple sectors provide an excellent basis
Carne Global Financial Services has added to its team of independent directors in Luxembourg with the appointment of Thomas Nummer as Managing Director.
Nummer joined Carne last month from Allianz Global Investors Luxembourg SA, where he was Chief Risk Officer and was responsible for building the firm’s UCITS-compliant risk management system for its UCITS funds. His appointment also signals increased demand for experienced directors with risk management insights.
Nummer is an established figure in Luxembourg’s fund management industry, and is co-chair of ALFI’s Risk Management Committee. He is also a member of PRiM, Luxembourg’s risk management association.
John Donohoe (pictured),
Greener Capital, a venture capital firm focused on breakthrough solutions in clean technology, has held a first closing on commitments totalling USD33 million for its second cleantech fund, Greener Capital Partners II, L.P.
Greener’s first fund has returned approximately 45%, net of fees, since inception in 2009. The partners expect the fund to continue to attract strong interest from investors.
Charles Finnie, founder and managing partner, says: "The success of our first fund has fueled tremendous interest in this second fund, in contrast to a notable pull-back in clean technology investments overall this year. There are reasons our investments have
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