Aquila Capital, the Hamburg-based alternative investment company, has appointed Oldrik Verloop to lead business development in Benelux and Scandinavia. Verloop, 36, joins Aquila Capital from Switzerland’s oldest bank, Wegelin & Co, where he developed and implemented a market entry
M&A activity involving Asia Pacific is down 23.1 per cent for the first half of 2013 compared to the same period last year, amounting to USD154.3billion reported the Singapore Business Review, quoting a Thomson Reuters release. This is as a
After first reporting at the end of last year that Deutsche Bank was working with London-based Sloane Robinson to launch a UCITS version of the
The IMS Group (IMS), the leading regulation and compliance consultancy, has bolstered its consultancy offering with four new hires. Dominic Williams, Elisebeth Slater and Michael Strug join as compliance consultants. Saira Farooq joins as a consultant in the dedicated Regulatory Transactions
BlueCrest BlueTrend Limited has raised gross proceeds of approximately GBP165 million by means of a placing and offer of Shares. The Company has applied for admission of its shares to listing on the premium listing segment of the Official
During the first half of 2013, NYSE Euronext markets in the US and Europe raised USD28.5bn in total global proceeds in 72 initial public offerings (IPOs) and exceeded the combined proceeds raised on the next four world markets. In
Kaye Scholer LLP advised Shenzen PRC based investment management firm, Munsun Asset Managements Limited, and its founder, Li Xianghong, on the launch of the second of a series of China-focused hedge funds, Essence Munsun China Growth Fund. The fund’s
Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) ahas hired 30-year veteran Clive Bellows as Country Head, Ireland. Bellows, who will be based in Northern Trust’s Dublin office, will have responsibility for leading the company’s Irish operations. He will also play a key role
Almost three quarters of hedge fund investors rank a fund’s compliance and regulatory framework as the top priority for 2013, according to Deutsche Bank’s Hedge Fund Consulting Group’s second annual operational due diligence survey. The survey polled investors globally representing
Interactive Brokers will offer trading on TOM, a trading venue in The Netherlands, to its brokerage clients as of 24 March 2014. Clients will be able to trade directly on TOM in derivatives. With the connection of Interactive Brokers,
