Last October saw BNP Paribas Capital Partners launch its European Special Opportunities fund. Gilles Guerin, CEO, explains that Capital Partners is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas Asset Management, focusing on helping investors make allocations to alternative managers. »

Luxembourg’s funds industry enjoyed a good period of growth last year, a period during which assets under management grew, on average by 15 per cent, asset flows grew by 5 per cent, profits grew by 10 per cent, while margins were broadly maintained somewhere close to 37 per cent.  »

December saw the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) make its final report on its Investment Consultant Market Investigation, studying the relationship between asset managers and consultants in the UK. »

EmergeVest, an active investor in business services, particularly international supply chain opportunities, spanning logistics and related technology around the world, has recently announced the creation of EV Cargo. »

Robert Gelb of family-focused intelligent messaging start-up Kindaba writes on the challenges and triumphs facing the modern entrepreneur… »

EG Capital Advisors’ EG Life Sciences Fund 1 Ltd, which launched in May 2017, has recently won two awards for its high performance, having achieved a return of 15.74 per cent in 2017 and 24.98 per cent in 2018, despite a gruelling October which saw the fund lose 25.39 per cent in a month.  »

Diminishing regulatory barriers in the legal cannabis market are creating access to potentially transformative treatments for a range of illnesses, as evidenced by the recent landmark case of Carly Barton – the UK’s first patient to receive a medical cannabis prescription for chronic pain condition fibromyalgia – as well as a host of new investment opportunities. »