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FundCount, a provider of accounting and investment analysis software for single and multi-family offices, fund administrators, hedge funds and private equity firms, has joined the Cyprus Investment Funds Association, the fund industry’s sole recognised body located in Cyprus.
Alternative asset management firms who made commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in 2022, particularly towards gender parity, have made ‘notable progress’, according to a new report from executive search and corporate advisory firm Jensen Partners.
Private equity GPs remain cautiously optimistic about dealmaking, fundraising and performance, according to Investec’s 12th annual GP Trends Report.
Vodafone Group Plc has agreed the partial sale of its mobile-phone masts business Vantage Towers to a consortium led by private equity firms Global Infrastructure Partners and KKR & Co in a deal that values the business at $16 billion.
Vodafone’s current 81.7% stake in the business will be put into a joint-venture company Oak BidCo which will then look to acquire the listed shares which account for the remaining 18.3% of the company. Vodafone will also sell a stake in the Oak BidCo at €32 per share to the GIP-KKR consortium, which will end up with between 32 and
Global software investment firm Thoma Bravo has led a $70 million expansion to TRM Labs’ Series B funding round, bringing the raise to $130 million in total.
Goldman Sachs and previous TRM investors including PayPal Ventures, Amex Ventures, Citi Ventures, and others, also participated in the round. The expansion follows TRM’s original $60 million Series B raise in December 2021 led by Tiger Global.
TRM’s blockchain intelligence solutions are utilised by law enforcement agencies, regulatory bodies, tax authorities and financial intelligence units worldwide to support investigations and analysis of crypto-related fraud and financial crime.
TRM’s private sector clients include some
The use of WhatsApp and other messaging apps by some of the world’s biggest private equity firms is being investigated by the US Securities & Exchange Commission, according to a report by Pensions & Investments online.
King & Spalding has added private funds partner Stephen Sims to the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in London.
Sims, who joins the Private Funds and Alternative Capital Team, has more than 20 years of experience advising in the funds sector. He has a broad fund formation practice covering private equity, real assets, infrastructure and energy funds as well as capital raising, fund-related M&A at manager/group level and ongoing ‘house’ work and secondary transactions in fund interests.
Sims was previously a partner and the European Head of Investment Management at Skadden and more recently a fund formation
Ambienta, one of Europe’s largest asset managers entirely focused on environmental sustainability, has acquired a majority stake in LÄSSIG, a producer of functional, sustainable and innovative products for babies, children and the whole family.
The company was previously held by financial investors and the founders Claudia and Stefan Lässig, and Karin Heinrich all of whom have maintained stakes in the business.
Based in Babenhausen, Hesse (Germany) and founded in 2006, LÄSSIG is a producer of functional, sustainable and innovative products, with sales in the DACH region as well as other European markets. The company has successfully started expansion to other
Third Bridge, a global investment research firm serving the world’s largest hedge funds, mutual funds, private equity funds and management consultancies, has been awarded a Silver Medal by EcoVadis, a provider of business sustainability ratings.
An unprecedented effort by private equity firms offers data-driven insights into the progress private companies are making against their ESG goals.
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