Mid-market advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance has promoted four corporate finance specialists across its UK offices. John Clarke (Manchester) and Sebastian Saywood (Nottingham/Birmingham) have been promoted to director, while James Dykes (London) becomes assistant director and Paddy Bamford (London) takes up a new role as director of real estate.
Arsenal Capital Partners has acquired Arnco, a supplier of polyurethane products. Arnco is the first acquisition of Arsenal under the umbrella of Dash Multi-Corp, a platform portfolio company focusing on the specialty technologies of polyurethane systems, vinyl plastisols and recycled rubber products. Established in 1971, Arnco operates through
The OPSEU Pension Trust (OPTrust) has reported gross investment results of 10.1 per cent for 2012, surpassing both its funding target return of 6.5 per cent and its composite benchmark. Since its inception in 1995, the plan has achieved an average annual rate of return of 8.6 per cent.
Private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners has appointed Theodore Laufik as chief financial officer and chief compliance officer and Robert Northrop as senior vice president – operations group. It has also promoted Michael Cavanaugh to partner and Megan McPherson to vice president. Laufik (pictured) joins Resilience with more than
The board of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) has appointed Jon Moulton as director and chairman. He takes over from interim chairman Graham Hall, who remains on the board and will temporarily assist to ensure an effective handover. Moulton (pictured) is a non-executive chairman of FinnCap, the
Accel Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm focusing on early stage and growth equity investments, has appointed Rob Solomon as venture partner. Most recently, Solomon (pictured) served as president and chief operating officer for Groupon responsible for sales, marketing, business development, operations and international as the company experienced
DN Capital portfolio company Shazam, a media engagement company, has appointed Rich Riley as chief executive officer. Andrew Fisher, who has led Shazam as CEO since 2005, has been appointed to the newly created full-time position of executive chairman. John Pearson, who has been chairman of the board
Rentokil Initial has sold the entire share capital of City Link to BECAP12 Fund (Better Capital), a private equity investor, for GBP1. There are no outstanding conditions required, so completion is effective immediately. The current City Link management team, led by David Smith, will continue to run the business. Better Capital
FF&P Private Equity, the private equity business of Fleming Family & Partners, has backed the buy-in management buy-out of specialist energy efficiency business FIT. The acquirer, Efficient Energy Management Group, majority owned by FF&P Private Equity, intends to capitalise on the demand for energy efficient commercial kitchens, as energy costs
Symphony International Holdings’ net asset value has increased by 13.4 per cent from USD609.8m at 31 December 2012 to USD691.7m at 31 March 2013. NAV per share increased from USD1.18 to USD1.34 during the same period. The increase in NAV during Q1 2013 was predominantly driven by fair
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