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The Blackstone Group has appointed Jean-Manuel Richier as senior managing director to its Paris office to work alongside Jean-Michel Steg and grow and develop the Blackstone Advisory bu
IntroductionThe rapid growth in the Islamic financial markets, both in terms of institutions and products available over the past 10 years has prompted increasing interest from conventional managers to develop products to serve this market. It is estimated that over 20% of the world population are Muslims and there is increasing demand from Muslims to conduct their financial affairs in accordance with the principles of Islamic Finance as espoused by the Shari’a. The UK now has five fully fledged Islamic Banks and several conventional banks are offering Islamic products. This brief introductory article will seek to identify what differentiates a
Juha Lehtola has joined government-owned investment company Finnish Industry Investment as an investment manager.
His duties in the direct investments team include assessing growth companies as potential investments and preparing investment decisions.
Before moving to Industry Investment Lehtola was an investment director in Danish private equity firm Nordic Venture Partners and an investment manager in the Finnish company Aura Capital.
‘The financing market for growth companies is going through an extremely interesting phase, as the general economic downturn has presented companies with both new challenges and new opportunities for growth. Now is the right time to invest in
Macquarie Infrastructure has announced that its management company, Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA), has appointed James Hooke to the position of chief executive.
The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in north-eastern Montana and Native American Resource Partners, headquartered in Salt Lake City, have signed an agre
Element Partners, a growth equity firm specialising in clean technology, has hired Sujit Banerjee as operating partner.
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital has expressed concern that the European Union’s Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers, of which a draft was published yesterd
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the Solidarity Fund QFL and the Québec government have confirmed the creation of the Teralys Capital Fund, which w
Power-One, a provider of power conversion and power management solutions, has announced that it has agreed to a significant, privately issued minority investment by Silver Lake Sumeru,
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