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The post of director of investment business at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission will be advertised locally and in the Financial Times this week.
Peter Moffatt (pictured), the current director who joined the Commission in 2000, will retire from the role early next year.
Nik van Leuven, the director general of the GFSC, says: “I have known Peter since he joined the Commission. He brought to the role of director his own inimitable style, reinforced by a keen intellect and challenging approach. The high respect with which the funds sector is held externally owes much to his thought and care.”
SBI Ven Capital has selected Imagine Software’s ASP service, Derivatives.com, for risk and portfolio management.
SBI Ven Capital, a Singapore subsidiary of Japan-based SBI Holdings, is a private equity firm providing growth capital to companies in the mid-market sector in the Asia Pacific region.
Its adoption of Imagine includes both risk and portfolio managers based in Tokyo and Singapore, trading through Shenton Structured Projects, SBI’s public markets proprietary desk.
Its global macro strategy covers a variety of asset classes encompassing bonds, equities, FX, futures and options.
Kaz Makabe, director of Shenton, says: “The key capabilities that make Imagine’s offering so
Dow Jones VentureWire has worked with ten venture capitalists and technology experts to screen and select 50 technology companies that are leading in innovation and have demonstrated the potential for longevity and success.
The list shares an inside look at the technology companies that investors and industry editors think could become the next big success.
The list features 50 early-stage companies from across the technology industry, including online commerce, web applications, security, the cloud, energy efficiency and healthcare technology.
Five of the noteworthy companies already gaining traction in the industry are:
1. Foursquare Labs – provider of a location based social
Black Pearl Capital Partners has invested in Hantec Markets in an effort to help expand its presence in the European retail forex market.
As a member of the Hantec Group, the UK-based Hantec Markets is part of an expansion from China to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and now to Europe.
"The FX market produces a higher leverage than the standard stock loan agreement which has always made it attractive for banks and larger financial institutions. Today through new currency trading technology services from Hantec Markets, any trader can tap into this market," says Reza Irani-Kermani, chief executive of Black Pearl
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has bought Chevron’s 23.44 per cent stake in the Colonial Pipeline.
KKR acquired the minority stake in partnership with the National Pension Service of Korea, the fourth largest public pension fund in the world.
The Colonial pipeline system is the largest refined products pipeline in North America, running from supply centres in the Gulf Coast to customers located along the eastern seaboard of the US.
Chevron was one of five shareholders of Colonial.
"Colonial plays an important role in supplying the eastern US markets with a variety of fuels. The pipeline is an attractive infrastructure asset with
Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in California, has promoted Tom Beerle, Jeff Giles and Tim Heston to vice president.
The promotions follow the closing of Bertram Capital’s second fund, Bertram Growth Capital II, with USD500m in limited partner commitments.
"Tom Beerle and Tim Heston have made significant contributions to our investment team in a very short period of time, playing key roles in our recent acquisitions of One Distribution and Stoffel Seals," says Jeff Drazan, managing partner. "As the founding member of our business development team, Jeff Giles has been integral to building the Bertram brand and establishing
TLG Capital has furthered its Ugandan portfolio by signing an agreement to acquire a 20 per cent stake in Vero Food Industries, whose primary focus is the production of mineral water and rice.
Due to start operations in the next couple of months, Vero Food Industries is set to be among the largest producers of these products in the region, with the ability to produce over 42,000 bottles of mineral water a day.
One of the main aims of the company is to promote and strengthen indigenous food production with the view of increasing local production. This in turn will
UK private equity firm Sovereign Capital has hired Luke Kingston, Jonathan Marlow, Jonathan Kay, Ross Coull and Elizabeth Buckle.
Kingston joins Sovereign’s deal team from Ernst & Young. He has significant buy-side advice experience having completed numerous transactions with a variety of private equity houses. He also brings six years of support services focus to Sovereign as well as more than a decade of advising entrepreneurs in the UK lower mid-market.
Marlow joins Sovereign’s deal team from Barclays Ventures. Marlow has principal investing experience having completed a number of deals across a variety of sectors, including most recently, two
Michel Davy has been appointed as managing director for Ipes in Guernsey.
The appointment, which is an internal promotion, was approved by the GFSC earlier this month.
Davy will spearhead the development of the Guernsey business, overseeing key client relationships and taking a lead role in building relationships with the professional community.
He will work closely with group chief executive Kevin Brennan.
“As Ipes has grown here in Guernsey and expanded into other jurisdictions, we now have a requirement for someone at a senior level to head up our Guernsey business,” says Brennan. “Michel’s experience on the operational side of
Brunswick Group maintained its lead at the top of the global mergers and acquisitions league tables by value, with a USD82bn lead over second placed Joele Frank Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, according to a report by mergermarket.
Brunswick advised on 131 deals worth a total of USD224bn. FD advised on 25 more deals than Brunswick, taking the firm to the top of the league tables by volume.
Herbert Smith/Gleiss Lutz/ Stibbe was the most active PR adviser within the emerging markets, advising on 20 transactions worth a total of USD65.1bn. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton followed with USD 53.4bn from 21
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