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Guernsey Finance’s Dominic Wheatley (pictured) explains how the island is working with the BVCA for the future success of British private equity and venture capital.
At the end of last year, Guernsey Finance was delighted to attend the inaugural meeting of the BVCA’s Channel Islands Group.
Guernsey’s geographical location in the English Channel, the island’s close links to the City of London and our position as one of the world’s leading private equity fund domiciles, means that we have always had a close relationship with the association.
This is reinforced by the fact that, for several years, Guernsey Finance has
Tullett Prebon Alternative Investments (TPAI) has developed and launched a screen-based matching engine called TP-AIME (Tullett Prebon Alternative Investments Matching Engine) to better facilitate transactions in alternative investments.
In addition to functioning as a price discovery and matching engine, the screen also facilitates auctions in hedge fund, private equity and real estate fund interests.
Secondary transactions in fund interests tend to be opaque. However, TPAI believes technological innovation will, in time, lead to a more robust marketplace. With thatgoal in mind, TP-AIME has been developed to increase transparency, simplify the arranging of transactions and make trade-settlement more efficient.
JTC has assisted Digby Wells Environmental (Jersey) Limited to set up in the Channel Islands by providing company and relocation services.
Digby Wells made the decision to move to Jersey following a visit to the 2014 Mining Indaba conference in South Africa which is held annually in February.
JTC has a dedicated Africa team that has been working with clients and their advisors in East, West and Southern Africa for over 25 years. The team makes regular visits to the continent and during one visit met with Graham Trusler, CEO of Digby Wells Environmental and his senior management team to
Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity (MSPE) has sold its majority interest in Creative Circle, a professional staffing firm specialising in advertising, creative and marketing talent, to On Assignment, for USD570 million.
The deal price includes up to USD30 million in contingent consideration if certain financial performance measures are achieved in 2015. MSPE acquired a majority stake in Creative Circle from its founders in September 2012 in a transaction that valued the company at USD230 million.
When MSPE invested in Creative Circle, the investment team cited outsized demand for highly qualified creative talent driven by the rapid expansion of interactive and
KPS Capital Partners (KPS) is to sell its portfolio company, WWRD Holdings (WWRD) to Fiskars Corporation (Fiskars) for USD437 million in cash, subject to a post completion adjustment based upon the level of net working capital and cash and debt in the acquired business.
WWRD is a leading provider of luxury home and lifestyle products sold worldwide under the Waterford, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Royal Albert and Rogaska brands. WWRD maintains unique licensing arrangements with some of the most high-profile designers and innovators in the home and lifestyle market, including Vera Wang, Jasper Conran, Monique Lhuillier, John Rocha, Gordon Ramsay, Donna
Arlington Capital Partners and JMI Equity have sold their equity interest in Compusearch Software Systems to ABRY Partners.
Compusearch is a provider of acquisition and program management software to Federal agencies, DoD program offices, and government contractors.
During Arlington Capital Partners' and JMI's ownership, Compusearch expanded its suite of acquisition and program management solutions to address the unique regulatory and transparency requirements of federal program offices, acquisition organizations and government contractors. ABRY Partners will work with the Compusearch executive team to further expand the impact they deliver for their clients.
"We have had a productive and successful relationship
Law firm Eversheds has advised Beech Tree Private Equity on its maiden investment in RS Fleet Limited, a UK-based installer of telematics devices into vehicles on behalf of insurance companies.
Beech Tree Private Equity is a new private equity firm providing capital and expertise to fast growing businesses across the UK.
Beech Tree was founded by two experienced private equity investors, Andy Marsh and Paul Franks, who previously ran the regional private equity business of Gresham Private Equity.
Telematics devices are increasingly being used by insurance companies to provide real-time data on driver behaviour that enables insurers to offer consumers
Maples Fund Services is celebrating a decade of ‘excellence and innovation’ as the firm marks the tenth anniversary of its formation in the Cayman Islands in 2005.
Maples Fund Services – a division of MaplesFS – now provides fund administration and accounting services to an international client base comprised of top tier financial institutions, fund managers, institutional investors and high net worth individuals, and operates in key onshore and offshore financial centres including Boston, the Cayman Islands, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Montreal, New York and Singapore.
"This is a proud moment for our firm. I would like to thank all
The law firm Noerr has advised Rocket Internet SE on the significant expansion of the world’s leading platform for mobile food delivery services, Global Online Takeaway Group, as well as on a further investment in the internet platform Delivery Hero.
The Noerr team advising Rocket was led by the Berlin partner Dr Sascha Leske.
In the course of Delivery Hero’s acquisition of Yemeksepeti, Turkey’s leading provider of mobile food delivery services, Rocket contributed its 11.4 per cent share in Yemeksepeti to Delivery Hero Holding GmbH and invested another EUR61.3 million in Delivery Hero. This increases Rocket’s share in Delivery Hero
Wirtualna Polska Holding (WPH), a portfolio company of private equity fund Innova Capital is now trading on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Just a few months after the purchase of the former Wirtualna Polska company by Innova Capital and o2 Group was finalised, the company has undergone a process of integration, expansion and brand enhancement, almost tripling its equity value.
“Only twelve months ago we were announcing a formal completion of the merger establishing new Wirtualna Polska Group, and today its IPO marks an estimated value of nearly one billion zloty. Credit for this huge success goes
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