Shareholders of Saxo Bank Group (Saxo), a leading multi-asset trading and financial-technology firm, have received an offer from Sampo Group, a leading Nordic financial services group, to take up a stake of 19.9 per cent of the bank. In May
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), the specialist European financial services private equity firm has competed an offering by AnaCap Financial Europe SA SICAV-RAIF (AFE) of EUR325 million of senior secured floating rate notes due 2024. The offering took place through the
RJO MENA, an affiliate of RJ O’Brien & Associates, has acquired Lombard Forte Securities Limited (LFS), a Dubai-based provider of a diverse range of execution and brokerage services to a wide range of customers including hedge funds, asset managers and
Virtus BR Partners, an independent Brazilian financial advisory firm, has formed a relationship with Oaktree Capital Management to pursue investment opportunities in Brazil and throughout Latin America. Oaktree, formed in 1995 and headquartered in Los Angeles, is an alternative investment
Alternative investments specialist Investcorp has partnered with Shoals Capital Management (Shoals), which currently manages approximately USD160 million in an event driven strategy investing across capital structure and sub-sectors in the financials sector. Investcorp and other institutional investors, including a large
Alter Domus, a fund and corporate services provider is now able to offer third party Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) services following its acquisition of Luxembourg Fund Partners, a Super Manco with Chapter 15 (UCITS) and AIFM authorisations. Founded in
SS&C Technologies Holdings is to acquire CACEIS North America, the fund administration business of CACEIS based in Toronto and New York. The acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018.
REDD Intelligence, an online provider of material intelligence on emerging market event driven special situations, has closed a USD5.8 million equity financing round.This is REDD’s first institutional financing and was led by Nassau Point Investors. Other investors include Neil Osborn,
Equiom has acquired HF Fund Services Ltd, a provider of non-executive independent directors to alternative investment funds and investment management companies which was founded in 2007 by Sean Flynn and Patrick Harrigan.
Ocorian is to acquire MAS International (MAS), an independent fund administration and corporate services provider. The business operates in Luxembourg and Mauritius in addition to representation in the US. Expected to close towards the end of 2017, the transaction, which
