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Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Jersey has advised Digital 9 Infrastructure plc, a newly established Jersey listed fund, on its initial placing and offer for subscription and placing programme. Raising gross proceeds of GBP300 million, the ordinary shares of Digital 9 Infrastructure have been admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Main Market. The company will invest in a range of digital infrastructure assets, including subsea and terrestrial fibre, data centres, tower infrastructure and small cell networks.   Following its admission to trading, Digital 9 Infrastructure has confirmed the GBP160 million acquisition of
Baseimmune, an early-stage UK biotech startup, is combining big data and biological expertise to predict how viruses will change and identify ‘future-proof’ antigens that will form the crucial elements of the next generation of vaccines.  In order to further the development of its platform and start pre-clinical development in the lab, Baseimmune has secured a GBP685,000 investment, led by European university VC fund, Creator Fund, and includes Mike Watson, ex-president of Moderna’s infectious disease spin-out with the support of Vaccitech and Oxford University. Maki VC and Rockmount Seed Investments also joined the round. Baseimmune’s technology delivers plasticity into these vaccines
Fetch.ai, a Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab building an open-access decentralised machine learning network for smart infrastructure, has launched v2.0 of its Mainnet with 30 validators, including Outlier Ventures, Forbole, and InfStones.   The v2.0 of Fetch.ai Mainnet is the next step towards building an AI-powered blockchain that allows businesses and individuals to deploy Autonomous Economic Agents (AEA). It will include key updates to components of the ecosystem including the Ledger, Agent Framework, SOEF (Simple Open Economic Framework), Collective Learning, and the FET Token. To ensure the network is operating properly v2.0 will also include the onboarding of validators.  “The launch
Kirkland & Ellis is advising TDR Capital LLP, a private equity firm, on the recommended offer for the entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital of Arrow.   As part of the offer, shareholders of Arrow have the opportunity to elect to receive a share alternative in lieu of the cash offer. The acquisition will be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement and values Arrow at approximately GBP563 million.   Arrow was founded in the United Kingdom in 2005, with the aim of identifying, acquiring and managing secured and unsecured loan and real estate portfolios from
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Tokoro Capital, a next generation real estate investment manager set up by Sanjay Sethi and Max Bassadone, has secured a new long term letting to Banque Palatine, one of France’s oldest banks, for the whole of its newly refurbished 86 Rue De Courcelles Grade-A office building in the iconic 8th Arrondissement of Paris.  Tokoro acquired the property vacant in December 2020, confident that, despite the pandemic, there was still strong demand for well located, modern office space which meets occupiers’ focus on health and wellbeing.   Banque Palatine, which was founded in 1780 in Lyon and which offers retail and
Allvue Systems (Allvue), a specialist alternative investment technology solutions provider, has agreed with GOT YOUR BACK to provide fund accounting software for its alternatives fund management clients. GOT YOUR BACK is a specialist fund and corporate services provider based in Sweden whose clients include managers of private equity and other alternative investment funds.  Allvue will deliver its comprehensive Fund Accounting solution, enabling GOT YOUR BACK to streamline and seamlessly manage record-keeping and reporting for customers. The solution includes a robust platform that utilises cloud-based architecture to handle the most complex fund structures and accounting requirements.  “When evaluating software providers, we
Apex Group Ltd (Apex) has expanded Loan Agency services both in support of existing loan administration capabilities and in support of private equity and leveraged finance client needs. This development supports Apex’s existing bespoke and comprehensive range of operational, accounting and administration services to support conventional or complex capital markets transactions and the needs of clients throughout their lifecycle.   Apex’s Capital Markets business supports clients planning and executing a broad cross-section of capital markets transactions to facilitate growth, respond to regulatory change, or manage risk. The  Loan Agency & Administration offering provides tailored services to bilateral, club and syndicated
Sanne, a global provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services has become the first successful applicant to secure a much-anticipated specialised depositary licence from the Central Bank of Ireland. Obtaining this licence further enhances Sanne’s capabilities in Ireland and its multi-jurisdictional proposition for alternative fund managers.  Read the full story at Hedgeweek…  
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Broadridge Financial Solutions is to acquire Itiviti Holding (Itiviti), a  provider of trading and connectivity technology to the capital markets industry, in an all-cash transaction valued at EUR2.143 billion (approximately USD2.5 billion) from Nordic Capital.

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