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Revel Wood, FundRock

FundRock opens Dublin office to serve growing Irish funds base

Fund management company and alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) FundRock Management Company has opened an office in Dublin, which will be headed up by Ross Thomson. Thomson has nearly 20 years of fund industry experience in Luxembourg and Canada.   FundRock has also made two initial hires from the Dublin

Thoma Bravo completes Planview acquisition

Private equity Thoma Bravo has completed its acquisition of Planview, a specialist in work and resource management (WRM). Insight Venture Partners, a prior investor in Planview, retains a minority shareholding in the company. Financial details have not been disclosed.   Planview is the market leader in WRM, an emerging category

Nyca Partners closes USD125m venture fund II

Nyca Partners, which was launched in 2014 by Hans Morris, a long-time Citigroup banker and former president of Visa, has held the closing of its second venture capital fund with more than USD125 million in total commitments. Nyca closed its USD30 million first fund in July 2014. Over the course

Harris to sell government IT services business to Veritas Capital

An affiliate of private equity firm Veritas Capital is to acquire Harris Corporation’s government IT services business for USD690 million in cash. Proceeds from the transaction will be used to support the company’s capital allocation strategy, including pension pre-funding and share repurchases.   The transaction is subject to regulatory review

Gowling WLG strengthens corporate practice

Gowling WLG is growing its corporate presence in Germany by hiring Petra Beyer, who joins Andreas Woelfle in Stuttgart, as a director in the corporate law team. Beyer specialises in corporate, banking and capital law, as well as general contract law and international commercial law. In 1997, she joined Haver

Michael Ricciardi, Mercury Capital Advisors Group

Mercury launches digital platform for alternatives

Mercury Capital Advisors has launched Mercury iFunds, an end-to-end, digital solution offering RIAs, family offices and other wealth advisers a broad range of alternative investments across the liquidity spectrum. The mobile-responsive fintech platform of curated institutional-quality offerings is the only digital platform operated by a global capital intermediary having relationships

Todd Moyer, Confluence

Confluence signs first four licences for Unity NXT Regulatory Reporting platform

Confluence has signed licenses with the first four clients for the firm’s Unity NXT Regulatory Reporting platform to manage end-to-end filing processes for the new regulatory reporting requirements imposed by the SEC Investment Company Reporting Modernisation rules. Following the announcement of the final rules in October of 2016, Confluence has

Sun Capital Partners acquires Arrow Tru-Line

An affiliate of private equity investor Sun Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Arrow Tru-Line (Arrow), a manufacturer and distributor of garage door hardware and fittings. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1970, Arrow Tru-Line has built its brand on providing a wide range

Atlantic-Pacific strengthens origination and sales teams

Atlantic-Pacific Capital, an independently owned global placement and advisory firm focused on alternative investments, has appointed Raed Elkhatib as Partner and CEO, and Hank Gurley as Principal. Elkhatib will focus on origination for Atlantic-Pacific and will be a full voting member of the partnership group, which has overseen day-to-day operations

Octopus appoints fund manager

UK fund management company Octopus Investments has appointed Chris McVey as a fund manager in the smaller companies team. McVey (pictured) joins a team which, following significant growth in funds under management in recent years, now invests over GBP1 billion in UK quoted smaller companies.   McVey will focus on

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