Napoleon Capital has completed a fundraising with BNP Paribas Asset Management’s (BNPP AM) BNP Paribas Capital Partners, the company’s multi-management specialist. BNP Capital Partners joins a group of investors including École Polytechnique (via the X-Création incubator) and other financial professionals,
LRI Group (LRI) and Augeo Capital Management (Augeo), subsidiaries of Apex Group (Apex), are combining their respective businesses under one single brand, LRI Group. This integration will see Augeo, formerly Warburg Invest Luxembourg (Warburg Invest), change its name to LRI
European fund distribution specialist MFEX has closed its previously announced acquisition of the Luxembourg based RBC Investor & Treasury Services (RBC I&TS) Global Fund Platform (GFP), having secured the necessary regulatory approvals for the deal. In turn MFEX has gone
iCapital Network, a financial technology platform aiming to improving access and efficiency in the alternative investment marketplace, is to enter into an exclusive relationship with The Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) to create an integrated secondary marketplace for iCapital sponsored funds
Torstone Technology, a provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing technology, is to acquire Percentile, a provider of real-time, cloud-based risk and compliance technology to global financial markets. The Percentile risk management solution will form a component of Torstone’s platform.
There was a sharp increase recorded in private debt fund activity in France in 2018 confirming the growing importance of private debt in financing methods, by offering companies and equity investors an alternative and complementary financing solution to bank debt.
LibreMax Capital (LibreMax), an asset management firm specialising in structured products and corporate credit, has established CAVU Investment Partners (CAVU) in partnership with international investment management firm TowerBrook Capital Partners (TowerBrook). CAVU will invest in the equity tranches of new
Aspiring women in finance are set to benefit from a partnership between a leading income fund manager and The University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
 Plato Investment Management believes change is needed to address the under-representation of women in the sector.
RM Secured Direct Lending (RMDL), an investment trust specialising in providing tailored debt solutions, has deployed all cash available for investment so far during April. Future Loan commitments are expected to be funded from a variety of sources including any
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is to acquire Refinitiv, one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, in an all share transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately USD27 billion. The transaction will create a
