Powernext and the Ukrainian gas network operator PJSC UKRTRANSGAZ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate possibilities for future cooperation. Powernext would bring its European experience in offering market-based tools to infrastructure operators while PJSC UKRTRANSGAZ would bring
White Oak Equity Partners (White Oak), a private equity firm that purchases minority GP interests in alternative asset managers, has acquired a minority interest in Blueshift Asset Management, a quantitative investment firm focused on statistical arbitrage and high-frequency trading strategies.
Canadian alternative asset manager Ninepoint Partners has acquired the assets of LOGiQ Global Partners, a global institutional advisory business, from Flow Capital Corp. The LOGiQ Global Partners team has a long history of helping institutional investors achieve greater portfolio diversification
Exotix Capital, a London headquartered developing markets financial institution, has rebranded to become Tellimer Group (Tellimer). Over 1400 firms are already connected to Tellimer’s proprietary platform which combines innovative technology with in-depth experience across 170 developing markets to deliver and
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.
