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Navatar Group is offering two for one promotion pricing for its buy side and sell side cloud computing solutions running on the Force.com platform.
The pricing includes both the Navatar service and the underlying Force.com seats.
"Financial firms need a better way to manage their operations now more than ever but are crunched for cash," says Alok Misra, Navatar principal and co-founder. "Now, thanks to our promotion, twice as many professionals at these firms can use our service, running on Force.com, the leading cloud computing platform."
The promotional first year pricing applies to new customers for Navatar Group’s financial services
Ted Wilson, Associate Partner with the UK-based wealth manager St. James’s Place, examines the role of investment bonds as a portfolio diversification and tax structuring tool for investors.
Wealthier and more sophisticated investors in the UK, particularly those working in financial services, tend to have strong views on where they want to put their money. They are also likely to favour complex pooled investments like hedge funds, and many may be resident in the UK but domiciled elsewhere for tax purposes. It is therefore surprising that many of these players do not take advantage of the highly-evolved structures that are
Benchmark Capital, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, has appointed Michael Wolfe as an entrepreneur-in-residence.
This is the second time Wolfe (pictured) has been an entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark.
His last Benchmark-backed company, Vontu, was acquired by Symantec in 2007. After the Vontu acquisition, Wolfe served Symantec in a broader role as chief technology officer for the company’s enterprise product group.
"Benchmark is entirely dedicated to the entrepreneur’s success, and they act on that by making substantial investments in the people they work with," says Wolfe. "That commitment, and the structure of the firm as an equal partnership, puts their focus
Jersey Finance has officially launched its office in Hong Kong to support the promotion of Jersey as an international finance centre in the Asia Pacific region.
The main role of the Hong Kong office is to act as a hub for Jersey Finance to communicate its financial services across the Asia Pacific region.
It becomes a permanent base for Jersey’s finance industry to develop its contacts with financial intermediaries, regulators and government officials both in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Zhaoan Li (pictured), head of Jersey Finance’s Greater China business development will be based in the new Hong Kong office.
GE has formed the GE Healthymagination Fund, an equity fund that will make investments in promising healthcare technology companies.
The fund will invest in companies globally that have innovative diagnostic, IT and life sciences technologies aligned with the strategic objectives of GE’s Healthymagination initiative.
The fund will also support healthcare companies developing innovative and unique business models and services.
The formation of the fund is part of GE’s USD6bn Healthymagination initiative, a global commitment to deliver better healthcare to more people at lower cost. The fund will target three broad areas for investment:
• Broad-based diagnostics, including imaging, home health, patient
For many years the leader in creating and implementing business and regulatory models that have become the standard for other jurisdictions to follow, Bermuda is today home to a thriving and dynamic offshore financial services industry.
An archipelago of nearly 140 islands in the North Atlantic, Bermuda is within two hours’ flying time from most US East Coast hubs and also within easy reach of Canada, and it also enjoys daily air service to the UK and Europe.
Its strategic location between Europe and North America offers proximity to the world’s largest capital markets and global business centres, a key
The Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) continues to grow throughout the prevailing difficult and uncertain market conditions arising from the credit crisis.
The number of securities admitted to the Official List has risen from 2,800 in October last year, to more than 3,350 a year later. One of the most high profile was the Max Property Group, which was admitted to the Exchange in May 2009 on a primary basis, and constituted the largest IPO in Europe at the time.
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Whilst remaining attractive to an ever increasing number of high quality, international issuers in such tough economic times, the
RedSeal Systems, a vendor of security posture management software, has received an investment of USD12m from venture capital firms specialising in the security industry.
In addition, security executive Mark Ashida, managing director at OVP Venture Partners and former general manager of enterprise networking and authentication for Microsoft, has joined RedSeal’s board of directors.
The investment round was led by OVP Venture Partners, whose prior security investments include Foundstone (acquired by McAfee), Watchguard Technologies and Avenda Systems. OVP was joined by existing investors Venrock, Jafco Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Leapfrog Ventures. The total investment by these firms in RedSeal’s technology
Krokus PE’s country fund for Poland, Nova Polonia Natexis II, has acquired 44 per cent of the shares in Polmed via a capital increase to finance the further expansion of the company’s business.
Polmed provides healthcare to individuals, corporations and institutions. The range of services includes basic treatment, specialist ambulatory treatment, complete medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, dental treatment and minor surgical interventions.
Polmed runs a network of ten outpatient clinics mainly in northern Poland and cooperates with sub-contracting clinics in other parts of the country. Its medical personnel include doctors, specialists, nurses and midwives. Patients have at their disposal a 24
Advantage Capital Partners, a venture capital and small business finance firm, has provided USD2m in financing to Computime, a provider of electronic signature fulfillment and support services.
Advantage Capital made the investment in connection with the federal New Markets Tax Credit Program and the Missouri New Markets Development Program.
Computime will use the funds to continue the growth and development of its sales and marketing services in the St. Louis area.
"The Missouri New Markets Development program has enabled our regional businesses to create good job opportunities at a critical time," says Rachelle Rowe, vice president of communications at Advantage
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