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First Names Group has formed Global Structured Finance Services Unit in the USA. To drive this new corporate service the Group has appointed Orlando Figueroa (pictured) and Mark Ferraris as Managing Directors.
Ferraris and Figueroa will be responsible for driving the global strategy to deliver services through both First Names Group’s existing network including the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Ireland, The Netherlands and Switzerland new jurisdictions. They will focus on the global capital markets industry, specifically those services associated with the formation, management, governance, accounting and administration for special purpose entities for securitisations and other types of complex financing structures.
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Jamieson Corporate Finance advised on the sale of United Biscuits, a leading international manufacturer of biscuits, from Blackstone and PAI Partners to Yildiz Holding, the Turkish food manufacturer.
United Biscuits is a leading manufacturer and marketer of biscuits in the UK and second largest in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Ireland. It owns and operates 16 manufacturing facilities of which seven are in the UK. The transaction, for an undisclosed fee, was completed on 12 November 2014.
The Jamieson team was led by Ian Jamieson and Jonny Jones with support from Ross Wheeler. Jamieson advised Martin Glenn, CEO of
Hall Capital has created an investor relations office to provide a focal point of communications and services for investors in the firm’s various private equity, automotive, real est
SEI’s Lori White explains how social media platforms such as Twitter and LinkedIn can help investment managers market their business.
The rise of social media platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter has been unprecedented over the last couple of years. LinkedIn now has some 313 million users and in Q2 2014 its revenues rose by 47 per cent to USD534m reported the Wall Street Journal on 31 July 2014.
McKinsey estimates that there is a GBP772bn opportunity for business to use social media.
All of us use social media in one form or another but when it comes to applying it
Varonis Systems is to supply Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, with a platform to monitor, manage and capture unstructured data in the Abacus private cloud.
Through this new relationship Abacus clients will have access to enhanced reporting capabilities and greater visibility into their IT infrastructure as required by global regulators and investors.
Changes in regulatory compliance are driving a demand in the financial markets for better reporting and oversight. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has recently issued a Risk Alert on
A technical showcase of Guernsey’s funds offering and how the island is positioning itself amid the latest regulatory pressures will be the focus of a funds masterclass in London at the start of next year.
The event, which takes place at the British Museum on 28 January, features a panel debate comprising leading figures from Guernsey’s funds community and the UK marketplace. Their discussion will examine how regulation such as the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Common Reporting Standards (CRS) and Base Erosion and Profit Sharing
A new online platform is, for the first time, giving UK-based investors the chance to invest in some of the most exciting frontier and emerging growth companies in the world.
Emerging Crowd, the brainchild of co-founders Lucien Moolenaar and Will Tindall, will offer investors the opportunity to buy equity and bonds issued by businesses focused on selected frontier and emerging markets.
Economists from the World Bank have identified that returns from private equity in frontier and emerging markets often outperform both developed market private equity and emerging market listed stocks, while also exhibiting low correlation with developed market investment strategies.
Private equity house LDC’s portfolio company, Fever-Tree, a supplier of premium carbonated mixers for spirits, has commenced dealings on AIM following the successful pricing of the company’s IPO.
Fever-Tree’s GBP154.4 million listing on London’s AIM market has resulted in 60.4 per cent of the company being publicly traded and will raise gross proceeds of approximately GBP93.3 million.
LDC, which took a stake in Fever-Tree in March 2013, will retain a 10.4 per cent holding following the IPO, with Directors and senior management of Fever-Tree retaining approximately 25.2 per cent of the issued share capital.
Since its launch in
Middle market private equity firm Kelso has selected the iLEVEL Private Capital Data Platform to automate its quarterly review process and track its investment performance in greater detail.
“We realised that we had developed the need for a portfolio monitoring platform that could help us track and monitor our performance more efficiently, but wanted to make sure the technology could do everything we needed,” says Howard Matlin, chief financial officer of Kelso. “iLEVEL has emerged as the clear leader in this space and we believe its implementation will be transformational for our business.”
The majority of private equity firms
Meeschaert Asset Management has implemented Linedata Front Office Platform to manage its complete front-to-back asset management workflow across its business.
Having an integrated solution for both front and middle office controls, including compliance, reconciliation, risk management and valuation enables middle office teams and risk managers to monitor these risks in real-time, as well as manage any discrepancy on a timely basis and reduce any subsequent impact.
Building an innovative technology infrastructure was vital to Meeschaert and a key driver in choosing to partner with Linedata.
“We expect our assets under management to grow significantly, in particular in the
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