Euro Choice Secondary II (ECS II), the European small and mid-market private equity secondary investment programme, successfully completed its final close at its hard-cap of EUR 300 million. The fund attracted a high level of interest with some 59 limited partners subscribing. The final close of ECS II was achieved… Read More »
Following the recent news that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan have collaborated to create a healthcare company to serve their US employees, Danielle Cripps, Insurance Analyst at leading data and analytics company GlobalData said: “This will likely only be the start of the companies’ proposition. Its scope could expand to… Read More »
After a positive first year of collaboration in 2017, MAPFRE has agreed to renew and expand its agreement with the Renault Sport Formula One Team. The Spanish insurance company will become one of the team’s main official sponsors over the next five seasons. The agreement, which was presented yesterday evening… Read More »
AxiomSL, the leading global provider of regulatory reporting, risk and data management solutions, announced the appointment of Roger Worthington as Head of Production Operations. In this role, Mr. Worthington is responsible for leading AxiomSL’s newly-created Production Operations team overseeing the live-service support for AxiomSL’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) capability. He will be… Read More »
ING records continued commercial growth and further progress on Think Forward strategic priorities ING grew retail customer base in 4Q17 by 500,000 to 37.4 million, and primary relationships reached 10.8 million Net core lending in 4Q17 increased by EUR 6.8 billion; net customer deposit infl ow amounted to EUR 2.7… Read More »
Kontron, a leading global provider of IoT/Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), has entered into a sales partnership with electronics distributor Astone Technology. Based in Montrouge and represented at five additional locations in France, the specialist for the sale of electronic components expands its existing partnership with Kontron Asia, formerly Quanmax. Its… Read More »
The construction industry can drastically reduce its carbon dioxide emissions and use of fossil fuels, if the objectives of the ambitious Rehap project are realised. The EU funded consortium is developing new ways to use waste from forestry and agriculture to create more sustainable processes for creating construction materials. David… Read More »
In the past year Glunz & Jensen has been restructuring their business to transform the company into a more profitable, efficient and more cohesive business. A part of the plan has been to merge departments across Denmark and move their activities and headquarters to Nyborg, the eastern part of Funen.… Read More »
Natixis Investment Managers, one of the world’s largest asset management firms and the asset management arm of French bank Group BPCE, has acquired a minority stake in specialist aircraft lease and asset management firm Airborne Capital. The stake was acquired for an undisclosed sum from the existing shareholders, comprising Airborne’s… Read More »
An enthusiastic investment specialist with over 30 years’ experience in the field of wealth management, René Morgenthaler took over as head of discretionary management at Banque Bonhote on 1 December 2017. Formerly CIO at Royal Bank of Canada in Geneva, he began his career as a currency trader and then… Read More »
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