M and A
SMP Group Completes Management Buyout

The organisation has staff in Jersey, Malta, Hong Kong, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and Switzerland.
SMP Group, which
provides corporate and trust structuring, accounting and tax, and
fund services, has won all necessarily regulatory approvals to
complete its management buyout, originally announced in
February.
Seven different financial services regulators across the world,
including the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority, gave the
green light to the MBO, the organisation said in a statement
yesterday.
The deal has been backed by Palatine Private Equity, a UK
mid-market private equity house, with additional debt funding
from Apera Asset Management.
Following the buyout, former group business development director,
David Hudson, will become the group chief executive, supported by
an executive board drawn from the existing leadership team. The
additions to the group board are Anne Baggesen, Ian Begley,
Daniel Cadamy, and Ted Pepper, while Steve McGowan will remain as
a non-executive director and Stephen Turner will continue as CEO
of the Caribbean Region.
Based in the Isle of Man, SMP Group has more than 200 staff working in Jersey, Malta, Hong Kong, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and Switzerland.