Preqin has appointed Edmond Ho as Chief Revenue Officer. Ho also joins Preqin's Management Team and will commence his role on 27 July 2015. Ho brings with him a wealth of experience in information, data and analytics sales across EMEA, Asia and the Americas. Since 2006, he has worked for
Livingstone's Media & Technology sector team has advised on the management buy-out of fast-growing business information company Briefing Media Group, backed by growth investor Lyceum Capital. Livingstone’s Media & Technology sector team advised Lyceum on the transaction, which further enhances the firm’s credentials in the Business Information space. Briefing Media
Providence Equity Partners has closed its first fund with USD315 million of equity commitments. The fund was oversubscribed, exceeded its target of USD250 million, and hit its hard cap. The fund received commitments from many existing and new Providence investors, including corporate pensions, family offices and high net worth individuals.
Rakuten has acquired a 100 per cent stake in fit preference specialist Fits.me. Rakuten expects the tech startup to further strengthen its e-commerce offerings and marketing solutions by providing a greater personalisation of the retail experience for shoppers while driving operational insights and efficiencies for retailers. Fits.me will operate as
It was once again a decisive week for the EU with market participants granting an ever rising probability of Grexit. European assets experienced sizeable pressure during the period under review, though there has been a respite towards the end of the week following the conciliatory tone of the Greek government.
Burr Pilger Mayer has expanded its alternative investment practice with the opening of an office in the Cayman Islands. “We opened the Cayman Islands Office to meet the demands of our growing Hedge Fund and Alternative Investment Group,” says Brian Finnegan, Leader of the Firm’s Assurance Practice Group and Financial
The former team of Plymouth Exploration has formed Triumph Energy Partners with a USD100 million equity commitment from Kayne Anderson Energy Funds and members of the management team. Triumph is a private exploration and production company formed to pursue the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas assets with
Private equity firm HGGC has completed the equity recapitalisation of Selligent SA, a Belgium-based B2C marketing automation software provider. HGGC’s investment will help the rapidly growing company expand into new markets and broaden its technology platform. As part of the agreement, the Company’s founders and management will retain a
Exceptional Innovation has completed the acquisition of Quadriga Worldwide Limited and its subsidiaries (Quadriga), an international provider of managed guest services for the hospitality industry and The SmarTV Company (SmarTV), an developer of interactive entertainment solutions for commercial and consumer markets. The combined companies will form a global technology service
Crowd analytics specialist Crowd Vision has completed a combined funding round which brings on-board significant US investment, providing a partial exit for the business’ early stage angel investors, including the Angel CoFund. This partial exit will allow the Angel CoFund to re-invest the funds back into more high-growth British businesses.
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