FLAG Capital Management, a private capital investment manager, is to acquire Squadron Capital, a Hong Kong-based private equity investment firm with USD1.5bn in assets under management. The transaction increases FLAG’s total AUM to over USD6bn and allows it to more effectively deliver global solutions in private equity, venture capital, natural
An affiliated investment fund of private equity firm Lightyear Capital’s Lightyear Fund III, and institutional co-investors, are to make a controlling investment in Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC). The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012, subject to required regulatory approvals and closing conditions. CGSC
XAnge is taking a GBP1.2m equity stake in the FX Capital group, a London-based UK company operating under the name of The Currency Cloud. Established in 2011, The Currency Cloud is the provider of an automated, cloud-based currency conversion and international payments service. The Currency Cloud is currently finalising
Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities (EW&PO) has entered into a binding agreement to sell its 81.1 per cent holding in Ecofin Energy Resources (EER) for new shares in Amadeus Energy. EER is EW&PO’s largest investment and is active in US unconventional oil and gas production through its Texas based wholly-owned
PineBridge Investments has acquired an additional 25 per cent stake in Promedica24, bringing its total holding in the company to 75 per cent. Promedica24 is a provider of household services and care for the elderly in Poland and Germany. The company is headquartered in Poland and has approximately 4,000 employees
SL Capital Partners, a private equity fund of funds manager, has promoted Patrick Knechtli and Mark Nicolson to the position of partner and Jamie Ebersole to managing director. These promotions will be effective on 1 January 2013. Knechtli (pictured), who joined SL Capital’s Edinburgh office in 2009, will lead
Commercial law firms remain cautious about taking on external shareholders under the Legal Services Act, according to a survey of finance directors at the top 100 law firms by Sweet & Maxwell. According to Sweet & Maxwell’s research, 77 per cent of law firms polled do not think that private
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has appointed Marc Keirstead as chief financial officer of its private equities department, effective immediately. In his new role, Keirstead (pictured) will be responsible for the oversight and delivery of the finance and administration function for the private equities department. This function encompasses portfolio
Salus Capital Partners has provided a USD65m Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) credit facility to HMX Group, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of men’s and women’s business and leisure apparel. The DIP financing will be used by HMX Group to provide working capital as the company operates under Chapter 11 of the US
A total of 1,504 advisers to hedge funds and other private funds have registered with the agency since the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act mandated such registration. While some private fund advisers previously registered with the SEC voluntarily, mandatory registration has given the SEC its first comprehensive
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