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Ian Johnson attended the Fiance Asia – Distressed & Troubled Asset Summit held in Tokyo. http://www.financeasia.com/Gallery/164501,distressed–troubled-asset-investing-summit.aspx/1 

Helmsman Capital Fund II, the holder of the majority economic interest in Force Corp Pty Ltd (Force), is proud to announce that in August 2009 Force debuted in the Top 50 Global Access companies as ranked by Access International Magazine. … Continue reading →

Helmsman Capital is pleased to announce that investee company QRSciences Holdings Ltd (“QRS”) completed the acquisition of the API Services and Solutions business from the wider API Security group on 30 September 2010. API Services and Solutions (“API”) is one of … Continue reading →

Ian Johnson spoke at SuperReturn Asia 2010 in Hong Kong. http://www.icbi-events.com/superreturnasia/default.php

Anthony joins Helmsman with 6 years of experience in the finance sector. Prior to joining Helmsman, Anthony spent 5 years at Century Funds Management in finance and operations roles for unlisted funds. Anthony’s career experience has involved fund accounting and extensive … Continue reading →

Douglas Potter presented at the Super Returns US 2010 conference in Boston, providing an overview of the Australian market for distressed and special situations investing. The conference program had a strong distressed and special situation investment focus. Niche mid-market investment … Continue reading →

Ian Johnson attended the Annual Distressed Investing and Financial Restructuring Australia conference held in Sydney. http://www.euromoneyseminars.com/EventDetails/14395/1200/2nd-Annual-Distressed-Investing-and-Financial-Restructuring-Australia.html

Helmsman Capital Fund II, the holder of the majority economic interest in Force Corp Pty Ltd (Force), is proud to announce that on 1 February 2010, Force acquired the assets of Independent Access, a New South Wales based equipment rental … Continue reading →

Robert Backwell rejoins the Board of Helmsman Capital as Non-executive Director, having previously served as a Non- executive Director of Helmsman from 2005 – 2007. Rob has 12 years of experience in private equity as an Executive Director of the Macquarie … Continue reading →

Helmsman Capital completed its fourth investment on 6 November 2009, via an acquisition of 100% of the senior debt and 85% of the economic interest in the Formit Services Group. Formit Services Group was established in 2007 through the acquisition … Continue reading →