Private Equity in a changing world For those who did not have a chance to attend the XVIII ASCRI Congress about Private Equity in a changing world, I have summarised in this post my personal intakes. Risk Capital is rebranded Growth Capital The Association rebranded itself “Asociación Española de Capital Crecimiento e Inversiones” to avoid...
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Gold refining. How to avoid scammers, fraudsters, smugglers and bandits
On Friday the 21st, I visited the only gold refinery in Europe located in a free trade zone. VC-A has got a buy-side agreement with them to channel sellers of raw gold. If you have some sort of expose to the gold-trading market, you already know that 99% of leads fail to materialise. 98% are...
Tightening up relationships with Italian universities and businesses
VC-A’s managing director, Christophe Schwoertzig and VC-A Member, Kerem Gurses, met in Rome on the 11th day of April 2017 to discuss alternative ways of developping transactions with Italian universities and businesses. Kerem is professor of Organisation Theory at leading Italian Luiss University and former Strategic Lecturer at ESCI Barcelona. Christophe and Kerem discussed digital...