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Sand Oak Capital partners with Carl Marks & Co

Sand Oak Capital has partnered with Carl Marks & Co, a New York-based merchant bank, to acquire privately held industrial companies. Sand Oak teams with existing ownership or management by investing USD10 million to USD50 million of equity and providing strategic and operational support to companies across the US with

Investec Investment Banking appoints Christian Hess to lead its PE advisory team

Investec has expanded its investment banking business with the appointment of Christian Hess as head of its newly created financial sponsor transaction group. Hess brings a wealth of experience having advised private equity clients for 20 years, including as a founder member of the UBS Financial Sponsor Group and with

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EISER Infrastructure Partners opens office in Johannesburg

EISER Infrastructure Partners, an independent global infrastructure asset manager, has opened an office in Johannesburg, headed by Richard Onyango.  The new office will be used to support EISER’s role as an investment advisor for Green Africa Power (GAP), which is an initiative of the Private Infrastructure Development Group Trust (PIDG) to

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PineBridge Investments expands private funds group

PineBridge Investments has appointed two senior investment professionals to its private funds group. PineBridge appointed Justin Pollack as senior vice president and Stacia Rogers as vice president, product specialist.   Pollack will support secondaries activities and opportunities for the team, and Rogers will oversee growth initiatives and serve as the

Global PE players looking to Africa as investment doubles in H1 2014

The value of global private equity deals targeting Africa has more than doubled (137 per cent) in the first half of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to research by global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Global PE funds competed 15 deals collectively worth USD1.5bn in the

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Quintillion and US Bancorp name McNeill as SVP of business development in Europe

Owain McNeill has joined Quintillion Limited, a European-based affiliate of US Bancorp Fund Services, as senior vice president of business development. McNeill, based in London, will focus on the continued growth of the company’s alternative investment service offering throughout the European, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market.     “We

Red Rocks and Carolon to launch UCITS fund focused on listed private equity

Carolon Capital and Red Rocks Capital are planning to launch a UCITS fund with an investment strategy focused on listed private equity. The Red Rocks Global Private Equity UCITS Fund is targeted for launch in late 2014 or early 2015 subject to various regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of

Morgan Stanley AIP strengthens global PE impact investing capabilities

David Wilton is to join Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (AIP) as a managing director with a focus on private equity impact investing. AIP will develop a private equity impact investing programme in partnership with the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, which seeks to drive private capital toward investments

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Encore Consumer Capital sells Isopure to Glanbia plc

Private equity firm Encore Consumer Capital has completed the sale of The Isopure Company to Glanbia plc, the Ireland-based global performance nutrition and ingredients company, for USD153 million.  Robert Brown, managing director of Encore Consumer Capital, says: "Isopure's founder Hal Katz decided to bring on a strategic and financial partner

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