Guy Peters has been hired by XCap Securities as head of corporate with immediate effect. Peters has more than 20 years of deal experience and worked on a wide variety of main market and AIM IPOs, takeovers and fund-raisings. After qualifying as a lawyer with Herbert Smith he moved
Hyperoptic, a UK provider of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband technology, has received an equity investment commitment of GBP50m led by Quantum Strategic Partners. Quantum is a private investment vehicle focused upon long duration investments and managed by Soros Fund Management exclusively for the benefit of George Soros and Soros family
ML Capital has appointed Dr Dermot F Smurfit as chairman of the ML Capital Group of Companies, effective 23 April 2013. Cyril Delamare, chief executive, says: "Dr Dermot F Smurfit’s appointment will further strengthen and help ML Capital build on the foundations put in place by the existing management team. He
Anova Consulting Group has launched a syndicated study entitled "Private Equity in DC Plans: Retirement Industry Perspectives". As private equity firms seek ways to tap into the individual investor retirement plan market and plan sponsors weigh various options to increase retirement readiness among their participant bases, Anova proposes to
Capital Dynamics, a private asset manager, has invested in a 21-megawatt (MW) onshore wind farm project in Northern Ireland. Capital Dynamics holds a 100 per cent ownership stake in the project called the Dunmore wind farm. Capital Dynamics has commenced construction of the project and has secured a
m2fx, the inventors and producers of a range of patented Miniflex fibre cables, has raised GBP2m in a funding round led by existing investor Linnaeus Capital Partner. The new investment will be used to accelerate the company’s worldwide sales and further expand its customer base, particularly in the Fibre to the
International investment bank Altium has promoted Andy Clarke to director and Elin Sion to assistant director. Clarke (pictured) joined Altium in 2009 from Grant Thornton, having previously worked at LDC and KPMG. He specialises in private equity transactions and general mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Sion has been at
Holly Neavill and Louisa Watt have joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft’s financial restructuring department as partners. They will be based in the firm’s London office. Gregory Petrick (pictured), managing partner of the firm’s London office and co-chair of the financial restructuring department, says: “The European market continues to
Blue Wolf Capital Partners and Atlas Holdings are to acquire a controlling interest in Twin Rivers Paper Company from Brookfield Asset Management. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in approximately three weeks, allowing time for certain procedural requirements. Blue Wolf
US Debt Ventures, a private equity firm that has acquired over USD750m in non-performing loans to date, has secured a USD100m revolving credit facility from a major financial institution. The facility gives US Debt Ventures increased capacity to further expand its successful non-performing loan and REO disposition model.
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