04 Jun 2007
Candover achieves 2.5 times return on investment in Thule Group
European buyout specialist Candover has reached agreement the sale of the Thule Group, a leader in sports utility transportation that it…
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01 Jun 2007
Lehman Brothers considers private equity fund of funds IPO
Lehman Brothers Private Equity, a unit of the US investment banking group, has announced that it is considering giving investors access to…
31 May 2007
SBI Holdings forms buy-out investment alliance with Goldman
SBI Holdings has signed an agreement with Goldman Sachs to jointly invest in middle-sized growing companies in Japan under which Goldman…
Palamon announces sale of D.A.V.I.D. to Silex Media
European mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has sold its interest in D.A.V.I.D., a German-based provider of software…
30 May 2007
Investec launches funds administration business in Jersey
Investec has expanded its fund administration business in the Channel Islands by opening an office in Jersey, with the aim of building on…
Funds under administration in Jersey near GBP200bn
The net asset value of funds under administration in Jersey rose by 8.6 per cent during the first quarter of this year and by nearly 25 per…
29 May 2007
Betbrokers squares up to acquire US sports info service
Betbrokers PLC, the UK-based AIM-listed retail and wholesale sports betting brokerage and clearing house, is preparing to acquire Winning…
Confidence unabated among UK mid-market VCs
For the third consecutive year, confidence among mid-market private equity investors in the UK is riding high, according to a new survey…
Cost of defined benefit pension scheme buy-outs falls
Paternoster, the regulated insurance company launched to take responsibility for the risks associated with companies' final salary/defined…
Westchester advises CAfIT in sale to Odyssey Financial Technologies
Westchester Technology Advisors llp, the specialists in technology M&A, acted as exclusive advisor to CAfIT Limited), the provider of…
28 May 2007
Canadian managers strive to repair hedge funds' reputation
Large-scale institutional allocations to Canadian hedge funds have been hard to come by. Many managers spent most of last year pitching,…
Assisting the transition to alternative strategies
The Canadian hedge fund marketplace has been growing vigorously over the past couple of years, keeping pace with international…
The importance of early-stage strategies
Arrow Hedge Partners, one of Canada's largest and most experienced providers of alternative investments, was founded in…
High net worth market opportunities beckon
Currently there are five key drivers of the booming Canadian investment scene, starting with the general decline in availability of…
Hedge fund industry gathers momentum as Canada booms
Canada's hedge fund sector will almost certainly never rival the scale of that of its giant neighbour to the south, but it is currently…
