06 Jun 2007
Audax Private Equity Fund III closes at USD1bn
Boston-based Audax Group has raised its third private equity fund, Audax Private Equity Fund III, with a first and final close of…
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Avaya agrees to USD8.2bn acquisition by Silver Lake and TPG Capital
US telecoms provider Avaya has agreed to be acquired by Silver Lake Partners, which makes large-scale investments in technology-driven…
Taking the fund administration sector to a new level
The acquisition by Fortis Prime Fund Solutions last year of Hedge Fund Services, the leading hedge fund administrator in the British Virgin…
Time to move on? Post your CVs on hedgemedia.com
Hedgemedia.com has launched the world's largest portal for jobs in the alternative investments sector - hedge funds, private equity funds…
05 Jun 2007
Blackstone backs management in buyout of Alliant Insurance Services
The Blackstone Group and management and employees of Alliant Insurance Services, one of the largest US insurance brokerage firms, have…
Abraaj Capital closes largest Middle East private equity transaction
Abraaj Capital, which specialises in private equity investment in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, has announced the closing…
Adveq to open New York office with new US hires
Adveq, the Swiss private equity fund of funds manger, is opening an office in New York and will transfer several of its Zurich-based…
JP Morgan Partners and CCMP Capital Advisors sell chemicals producer to Carlyle
CCMP Capital Advisors, on behalf of JP Morgan Partners, has reached agreement for the Carlyle Group to acquire the parent company of PQ…
04 Jun 2007
The fund industry that came in from the cold
Long overshadowed by the sheer scale of the islands' corporate domicile and administration business, the funds industry in the British…
The BVI raises its international profile
The success of the British Virgin Islands hedge fund industry in recent years can be measured by the fact that it has now overtaken Bermuda…
Surging fund business brings new opportunities for administrators
The decision of Citco to shift its hedge fund administration work from the British Virgin Islands to Curaçao around the turn of the…
Service providers take on growth challenge
The fund administration industry in the British Virgin Islands has recently experienced considerable growth.The fund administration…
Developing the right fund environment
The BVI International Financial Centre was created as a department of the British Virgin Islands government to market and promote the…
Energy Investors Funds sells Tierra Energy's wind assets to Duke Energy
New York-based Energy Investors Funds, a private equity fund manager that invests in the energy and electric power sector, has announced…
Bear Stearns appoints packaging expert as operating partner
Institutional private equity firm Bear Stearns Merchant Banking has appointed as a senior advisor Phil Yates, an executive with 35 years'…
