Gresham, the mid market private equity firm, has appointed Adam Rudd as Investment Manager. Rudd joins the Manchester office as part of the firm’s deal team. Rudd joins from KPMG where he worked as Corporate Finance Manager in their northern corporate finance team. Whilst there he had national responsibility
Lion Capital has been granted a period of exclusivity ina bid to reach a definitive agreement to acquire European optical retailer Alain Affelou in conjunction with Mr Alain Affelou and management of the Group. Alain Affelou will commence the communication and consultation process with employee representatives this week. This should
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has appointed Christophe Florin as Head of Emerging Markets Fund Investments in its Private Equities Department, effective immediately. In his new role, Florin will lead a team of portfolio managers and associates and be responsible for managing existing investments in emerging market funds and
A withholding tax ruling expected from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) could lead to investment funds receiving a EUR4.2bn tax rebate, says Deloitte, the business advisory firm. The case, which relates to the French withholding tax regime, will provide guidance for similar challenges being taken against several EU
Ingenious Clean Energy, a division of UK based investment and advisory group Ingenious, has successfully closed its pioneering Ingenious Energy Efficiency EIS Fund, exceeding its GBP10m target fund raise. The fund, which is the first of its kind in the UK, has been launched in collaboration with the Investment Advisors
Alter Domus has appointed Michael Ellul as Director of the firm’s office in Malta. The office in Malta, which was established in 2010, offers corporate management support to holding and financing companies of investment firms, multinationals, and private investors. Solutions range from fund administration services to company management. Malta’s importance
Business Growth Fund (BGF) and NVM Private Equity (NVM) have committed GBP10m of growth capital to acquisitive Northern pub chain, Wear Inns. BGF has invested GBP8m and NVM has invested a further GBP2m in the business, which it has backed since start-up in 2006. BGF will take a minority stake
AXA Private Equity, a European diversified private equity firm, will arrange a EUR22 million mezzanine tranche alongside Euromezzanine to support the acquisition of Stokomani by Sagard, the French investment fund. Stokomani is being acquired by Sagard from Advent International, a leading global buyout firm. The transaction is expected to complete
The Aureos Southern Africa Fund LLC (ASAF) has sold its stake in South African brick and clinker aggregate manufacturing group, SA Block (Pty) Ltd. SA Block manufactures bricks and clinker aggregate from clinker, the ash by-product produced when coal is burnt for electricity, thereby recycling what would otherwise be environmental
Appleby has released the inaugural edition of Offshore-i, which provides quarterly data and insight on merger and acquisition activity in major offshore financial centres. The report looks at M&A activity for the first quarter of 2012, providing sector analysis and expert insight on deal types and geographic trends. The key
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