Major sovereign governments and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in the Middle East are increasingly considering new private equity models for investment, according to the fourth annual Invesco Middle East Asset Management Study. Invesco’s study has again analysed sovereign revenues and defined the investment behaviours of major SWFs in the
Atlanta-based private equity firm Hibernian Pacific Holdings (HPH) has bought a portfolio of 45 single family attached and detached residential properties in DeKalb County, Georgia. The properties were bought from a private seller, with terms not to be disclosed. Since its inception in 2009, HPH has focused its
Positive Cashflow Finance has secured a GBP22m funding line from RBS Invoice Finance and NatWest in a deal that gives the directors a majority shareholding in the business they founded five and a half years ago. The company, which was backed by private equity firm Infinity Asset Management in
Funds managed by Värde Partners have completed the acquisition of FirstCity Financial Corporation. Mark B Horrell, who previously served as senior vice president and head of US acquisitions of FirstCity, has been appointed chief executive officer of FirstCity, succeeding James T. Sartain. Sartain will retire and join Värde as
Scarosso, the online shoe brand, has raised series A funding from a syndicate of investors led by DN Capital. DN Capital was joined in the round by IBB Venture Capital Company managed Kreativwirtschaft Berlin, Perikles Ventures and other local angel investors. The financing will support the launch of new collections, in
Netage Solutions has appointed Steve Tobio to the position of director of product development. A skilled product manager with 11 years of experience in the financial services industry, Tobio will drive development efforts at Netage, ensuring that the Dynamo platform continues to deliver market-leading capabilities for alternative investment firms.
Private equity funds that closed in 2012 secured on average 44 per cent of their target capital by the time they held a first close, the lowest proportion in the period since 2006, according to a study by Preqin. In addition, private equity funds closed in 2012 took an
Arma Partners acted as the exclusive financial adviser to Nedvest Capital and the management of IT-Ernity Holding on the recapitalisation and raising of growth capital from GMT Communications Partners and Veronis Suhler Stevenson. IT-Ernity is a provider of business critical managed hosting services for SMBs in the Netherlands.
NBGI Private Equity (NBGIPE) has appointed food and drinks industry veteran Tim Kelly as the second member of a panel of senior industry advisers. NBGIPE, a private equity firm that typically invests in UK businesses of between GBP5m and GBP50m in enterprise value, earlier this month announced that it
Private equity firms GMT Communications Partners and Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) have teamed up with management to provide growth capital to IT-Ernity, a provider of business critical managed services and shared hosting for SMEs in the Netherlands. Founded in 2002 by its managing director Sebastiaan de Koning and R&D
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