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Sierra Income supports ZS Fund’s acquisition of AmeriJet

Sierra Income Corporation and its affiliate Medley Management provided a senior secured first lien term loan to facilitate ZS Fund’s acquisition of AmeriJet Holdings. AmeriJet, headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is a provider of air cargo and logistics services to and from the US and the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin

Noerr expands private equity and venture capital practice

Noerr has added to its private equity and venture capital practice group with the appointment of Christoph Thiermann as an associated partner. Thiermann, who joins Noerr from P+P Pöllath + Partners, specialises in transaction-related advice to PE investors in an international environment and advises clients on investments and takeovers, as

Kayne Private Energy Income Fund raises USD1.55bn in commitments

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has held the final close of its newest energy-focused private equity fund, the Kayne Private Energy Income Fund (KPEIF), with total capital commitments of USD1.55 billion. KPEIF’s strategy is to partner with a select group of high-quality management teams to acquire and develop large, long-life producing

Canadian VC investment strong in first half, says CVCA

The Canadian investment landscape continued to show strength in the first six months of 2016 – especially on the venture capital (VC) side, according to the CVCA. Building on a huge Q1, CAD683 million was invested in Q2 bringing the total to CAD1.5 billion invested over 255 deals. This is

CMS opens office in Hong Kong

International law firm CMS has opened an office in Hong Kong. Following years of previous activity by the CMS International Arbitration Group in Hong Kong and intense preparations, approval has been received from the Law Society of Hong Kong.   The Hong Kong office will initially focus on dispute resolution

Aurora-backed Alltub acquires Karl Holl

Aurora Capital’s portfolio company Alltub Group, a manufacturer of collapsible aluminium tubes, has acquired Karl Höll. Headquartered near Düsseldorf in Germany, Karl Höll is a manufacturer of collapsible aluminium and laminate tubes with annual production capacity of approximately 330 million tubes globally.   The production capacity of the combined group

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Lemanik adopts Linedata Compliance

Lemanik Asset Management, an independent Luxembourg-based asset manager with USD20 billion of assets held in 230 sub-funds, has chosen Linedata’s compliance monitoring software – Linedata Compliance. To comply with the UCITS and AIFM directives, which impose rigorous controls and strict transparency discipline, asset managers need a risk management system and

BlackFin hires two for new European FinTech venture fund

BlackFin Capital Partners is launching a venture fund focused on FinTech opportunities across Europe.   The venture fund, which will be supported by a new dedicated FinTech team led by Julien Creuzé and Maxime Mandin, will focus on the FinTech sector including all aspects of banking, payments, wealth and asset-management,

Demica appoints chief technology officer

Demica, a provider of working capital solutions to major corporates and banks, has appointed Daniel Kustrin as chief technology officer. Kustrin will be responsible for the firm’s technology needs, including overseeing the growth and development of Demica’s proprietary platform that enables the financing of over USD50 billion of trade receivables

Howard Kennedy kicks off 2016/17 VCT season with Octopus launch

Law firm Howard Kennedy has kicked off the 2016/17 VCT season with the early launch of the Octopus Titan VCT from Octopus Investments. The new share offer from the UK’s largest venture capital trust is seeking to raise up to GBP120 million for its GBP309 million fund.  It follows last year’s unprecedented success, where Octopus

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