The aggregate value of technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A) declined 35 per cent worldwide in 2012 to USD114.1bn from USD175.7bn in 2011, according to Ernst & Young’s Global technology M&A update. Deal value in 4Q2012 was USD29.4bn, down four per cent year over year (YOY) from USD30.5bn in 4Q 2011.
Gramercy, a dedicated emerging markets investment manager, has made several hires to its Latin America private equity investment team. The team is co-led by Gustavo Ferraro, a managing director and head of Latin American markets at Gramercy, and David Britts, a managing director focused on private equity. The firm has
USS Investment Management (USSIM), the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of Universities Superannuation Scheme, has appointed Robin Filmer-Wilson as investment manager, private equity co-investments. Filmer-Wilson (pictured) has over 14 years of direct private equity and mezzanine investing experience, first at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York, then at Baring Private Equity
M&A activity in the Nordic region grew in total value by 27.8 per cent in 2012 – mostly targeting healthy SMEs – while at the same time contracting by 30.4 per cent in Western Europe, according to research into the privately-held as well as listed businesses of Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Growth-focused private equity firm ECI Partners has promoted Lewis Bantin to the position of partner. The promotion recognises Bantin’s (pictured) contribution to ECI since he joined the firm in May 2008 particularly his work as head of the commercial team, an important feature of ECI’s value creation capability. The
Maples Fiduciary Services has expanded its investment funds team in the Cayman Islands with the addition of Abali Hoilett as senior vice president and fund director. Hoilett has extensive experience in providing director and trustee services to a wide array of investment fund structures and strategies. In his new position,
The majority of fund managers (75 per cent) think the current environment is either “somewhat” or “very favourable” for private equity funds looking to invest, according to the fourth annual PErspective Private Equity Study by BDO USA. However, fund managers are not expecting a sudden boom in deal volume anytime
Andrew Caspersen has joined as a managing principal of Park Hill, a division of Blackstone, with a focus on its secondary advisory business. The business delivers liquidity and capital solutions to private equity investors and managers. Caspersen was most recently a principal at Coller Capital, where he sourced, evaluated and
Hedge and private equity fund manager FSI Group has joined the AlphaMetrix TransparentFund platform. FSI Group will retain its existing service providers and enhance its already robust infrastructure by offering investors risk monitoring, reporting, customised transparency and a thorough background investigation via AlphaMetrix. “FSI Group is an excellent addition to
Inaki Echave will join Blackstone’s private equity group as a managing director, with primary responsibility for Spain and Portugal. Echave (pictured) was most recently a partner with Magnum Capital, the largest independent buy-out fund on the Iberian Peninsula. He will work alongside Claudio Boada, Blackstone’s chairman for Iberia. Lionel Assant,
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