Moore Management has assisted Bank Saint Petersburg (BSPB) with the launch of its first private equity fund structure, BSPB Capital VPF. One of the largest Russian regional banks, BSPB has key operations in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Region, Moscow and Kaliningrad and is one of the top 20 Russian banks.
Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of Robert W. Baird & Co, has appointed Andy Tse as a partner to help lead the firm’s investment efforts in Asia. Tse is a member of Baird Capital’s global team working to identify and pursue investments in the technology & services sector.
Private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has appointed Joseph M Salley, former chief executive officer of Milliken & Company, as an operating partner working within the firm's specialty industrials group. Salley served with Milliken & Company for 20 years, holding a variety of positions at this leading, privately-held, multi-billion-dollar, diversified
StepStone Infrastructure and Real Assets (SIRA), a global infrastructure and real assets advisory and asset management team within StepStone, has made a number of new senior appointments globally, bringing the investment team to almost 30 professionals. Todd Lapenna, formerly at CalPERS in the US, has joined as a partner, based
Directed Capital, a distressed asset workout specialist firm that acquires, manages and resolves distressed commercial mortgage loans, has closed its seventh fund at USD77 million, its highest-grossing fund to date. Additionally, the firm has announced a USD40 million increase in the firm’s revolving credit facility from Goldman Sachs Bank USA
Northleaf Capital Partners has held the final closing for its second OECD-focused pooled infrastructure fund, Northleaf Infrastructure Capital Partners II (NICP II), at its USD950 million hard cap. Northleaf’s USD2.5 billion infrastructure programme is focused on direct, long-term investments in OECD countries, providing investors with stable, consistent cash flow from
Shareholders in the Standard Life European Private Equity Trust have approved plans to increase the dividend, simplify the fee structure and increase the flexibility of the investment strategy to enhance its overall exposure to private equity. Reflecting the strategic changes, the trust is removing the reference to “European”, simplifying its
Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to private equity in Europe, has appointed Adrian Gardner as chief financial officer (CFO). Until recently, Gardner was CFO of International Personal Finance, the FTSE 250 financial services firm. He began his career at Price Waterhouse (now PwC), then spent 13 years at
Cobepa has acquired Brandblock Holding (HG) from Gilde Buy-out Partners. HG is a supplier of specialty consumer cleaning and maintenance products with headquarters in The Netherlands and growing sales in the UK, Germany, Spain, France and Italy. Baird served as the exclusive financial adviser to Gilde in the transaction
There is continued confidence in the venture capital trust (VCT) sector with fundraising for the 2016/17 tax year to 31 December 2016 up 53 per cent on fundraising to 31 December in the 2015/16 tax year, according to data published by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). Some GBP169.5 million
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