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William Grant & Sons acquires Drambuie

William Grant & Sons has acquired the Drambuie Liqueur Company, owner the Drambuie whisky liqueur brand.  William Grant & Sons’ brands include Glenfiddich and The Balvenie single malt Scotch whiskies, Tullamore DEW Irish whiskey, Grant’s blended Scotch whisky, Hendrick’s gin and Sailor Jerry spiced rum.   Drambuie is a unique

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Groupe LFPI names Erin Sarret as head of investor relations

Groupe LFPI has appointed Erin Sarret to the newly-created role of head of investor relations. Sarret has worked in asset management at AXA IM in Paris and alternatives at Morgan Stanley AIP in London, Wilshire in Amsterdam and Access Capital Partners in Paris.   Since 2001, she has been a

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Wellington Financial appoints two partners

Wellington Financial has appointed Rob Helm and Sean Lynden as partners.  Helm and Lynden will be based in Wellington's new office in San Jose, California.   Helm joins Wellington with 14 years of experience financing high-growth technology businesses.  Prior to joining Wellington, he was a partner with Gold Hill Capital,

Signature Private Finance makes key appointments

Principal lender Signature Private Finance has made two key appointments. Nigel Robbins, who joins from Cigna Legal Protection, a provider of legal protection plans, takes up the role of business development manager.   Steve Cleaver, formerly with Furness Building Society, has been appointed as an underwriter.   Signature, which offers

Arma Partners advises The Logic Group on its sale to Barclaycard

Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to The Logic Group and Susquehanna Growth Equity, a US-based private equity fund, on the sale of the company to Barclaycard. The Logic Group is a specialist provider of managed payments services and mobile loyalty schemes across Europe.   The company also provides

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Peak Ventures launches USD23m VC fund for tech start-ups

Peak Ventures has closed on a USD23 million venture capital fund aimed at seed-stage start-ups in Utah and the Mountain West. The fund will invest initial amounts into early stage companies ranging from USD100,000 to USD1 million. The fund was raised from accredited international and domestic investors.   Local entrepreneurs

FMC Corporation to acquire Cheminova for USD1.8bn

FMC Corporation is to acquire Cheminova A/S, a wholly owned subsidiary of Auriga Industries. Cheminova is a multinational crop protection company based in Denmark.   FMC will fund the all-cash acquisition through a mixture of debt and existing cash reserves. The transaction is expected to close in early 2015 and

Deutsche Bank wins fund services mandate from TIAA-CREF

Deutsche Bank has secured a fund services mandate from TIAA-CREF, one of the largest retirement systems in the US with approximately USD613 billion of assets under management. Deutsche Bank Alternative Fund Services was selected to provide fund administration services for various TIAA-CREF Asset Management alternative investment products.   “We selected

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