Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has appointed Amaechi Ndili to lead the firm’s Nigeria operations. Based in Lagos, Ndili will be working closely with a number of ECP’s portfolio companies, driving strategic and operational improvements as well as sourcing new investment opportunities. “West Africa continues to be one of the fastest
Northern Trust has made four key appointments to the Northern Trust Alternatives Group, building its capabilities in hedge fund and private equity management for institutional and individual clients. Anthony Zanolla has been named Head of Portfolio Management, Tony Lissuzzo will serve as the Director of Hedge Fund Research, Bob DiCarlo
The shareholders of Savcio today confirmed the sale of the company to ACTOM. Savcio is the largest privately owned provider of maintenance and repair services for motors and transformers in Africa. ACTOM focuses on manufacturing, distributing and contracting in the electrical engineering sector. Private equity firms Actis, Ethos and Old
Hicks Equity Partners (HEP), the private equity investment vehicle of the Thomas O Hicks family, is leading an investor group that has acquired a majority interest in Directional Rentals, Inc, a privately held oilfield services company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana with satellite
Los Angeles private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has appointed Brad Parish as a Managing Director and dedicated member of the Deep Value investment team. Parish, who was most recently a Principal at DE Shaw Direct Capital, brings extensive expertise in sourcing, executing, and realizing distressed debt investments
Finam, the largest Russian brokerage and investment holding, that previously invested in Badoo and a host of other web companies, has invested USD10 million in IM+, a mobile messenger services with 17.5 million users and 800 million mobile ad impressions/month. As a part of the deal Finam and Shape Services,
Claude Paoli (pictured), majority shareholder and President of the French group BPI, has announced an intention to conclude a strategic capital partnership with Perceva Capital. The operation should be finalised in March 2012. The transaction would see Perceva Capital taking a majority stake. Created in 1984, BPI group is a
The Rohatyn Group (TRG), a private investment firm focused on emerging markets, has entered into definitive agreement with the CIMB Group (CIMB) to acquire a 60 per cent stake in CapAsia, a Singapore-based mid-market infrastructure private equity firm focused exclusively on non-BRIC Emerging Asia. CapAsia in total has raised over
Morgenthaler Private Equity, the Boston and Cleveland-based private equity team focused on lower middle-market buyouts, has completed the sale of Phillips & Temro Industries, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of highly engineered diesel engine components to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers of construction equipment, light and heavy duty trucks,
Aero Financial, a private equity and consulting company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 65% ownership interest in Sycamore Ventures, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SYVN) a holding company incubator that focuses on the acquisition and development of Health, Nutrition and Education companies. “This strategic acquisition represents Aero’s initiative to
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