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Angeles Equity Partners, a lower middle-market private equity investment firm focused on value creation through operational transformation, has appointed Randi Moran as chief performance officer at Angeles Operations Group.
Variable cost models are on the rise as PE firms remain cautious about increasing head count in uncertain times. This prudence is also resulting in the further growth of outsourcing as firms aim to manage cost and improve efficiency. Due diligence is becoming increasingly demanding and stringent, with cybersecurity concerns taking centre stage.
Despite the devastation it caused across the financial industry, the crypto winter resulting from the fall of FTX helped highlight the rigour of Gibraltar’s legislation around the way client assets are segregated and protected.
2022 was certainly an eventful year for the fintech sector, including for specialist funds. Globally, jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, have felt a shift within the sector – in large part caused by the shockwaves from the FTX collapse. The past year has set the tone for 2023 and forced jurisdictions worldwide to plan long-term solutions to maintain customer trust. It is a dynamic space that can certainly be difficult to keep up with.
The Dual Regime in Gibraltar has given the jurisdiction a number of post-Brexit freedoms many in the UK funds industry will look at with envy. In tandem, the formal realisation of the Gibraltar Authorised Regime (GAR) will provide the domicile with a unique opportunity, compared to other European fund centres, as it builds out market access with the UK.
Gibraltar’s geographic position makes it strategically important. That is also the case in the context of financial services. Gibraltar left the European Union with United Kingdom and is now the only jurisdiction in the world that continues to have a common market with the United Kingdom, but there is more that Gibraltar offers fund managers.
In recent years, the role of the hedge fund manager has become exponentially more complex to navigate. In addition to both traditional and crypto asset markets experiencing volatility and uncertainty, the imposition of increasingly onerous legislative and regulatory requirements on the investment sector worldwide places another hurdle in front of us that we must navigate.
Peter J Clare, the chief investment officer of corporate private equity and chairman of the Americas at Carlyle Group, is to retire on 30 April after 31 years at the firm. He is also is stepping down from his role as a member of the Carlyle Board of Directors, effective immediately.
Investcorp is to open a new office in Tokyo with a focus on acquiring high-end Japanese manufacturers, according to a report by the Financial Times. The office will initially be home to five staff with that number reportedly expected to double over the coming year.
Investcorp, which manages more than $50 billion in assets, has a track record of investing in luxury and high-end brands having once owned Tiffany as well as a controlling interest in Gucci.
Jeizo Takenaka, a former financial services minister in Japan has been appointed as chair of Investcorp’s Tokyo operation.
Affiliates of buyout firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice are to take Focus Financial Partners private in an all-cash transaction valued at more than $7 billion including debt, with stockholders of Focus set to receive $53 per share held.
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