Robert Klap has joined Platinum Equity as a principal based in London, where he will assist the firm’s investor relations, capital raising and deal origination programs. Most recently, Klap was an executive at UBS in London, responsible for managing private equity fund investments in the bank’s wealth management group. Previously,
Mid-market private equity firm Phoenix Equity Partners has appointed Jim Graham as Operating Partner, and Edward Lunken as Origination Analyst. Graham joins Phoenix from Candover, where he spent three years as Operating Partner. Previously, he was the commercial/marketing manager at the GBP1bn pre-pay business unit at Orange. He has an MBA
Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm providing buyout and growth capital to companies in the financial services industry, has promoted John D Cochran to Managing Director, effective January 1, 2011. As Managing Director, Cochran, 39, joins the Investment Committee of Lovell Minnick Partners, which has offices in the Los
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has become the first firm to establish an investment structure under Dubai’s new Collective Investment Law, which was enacted in July 2010. Law firm Taylor Wessing advised Carlyle on the establishment of Carlyle MENA Investment Advisors Limited, which will partner with the firm’s existing
Nautic Partners LLC, a private equity firm with more than USD2.5 billion of capital under management, has partnered with management to acquire Aavid Thermalloy (Aavid), a leader in designing and manufacturing high-performance thermal management products used in a wide range of electronics systems. Aavid is headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire,
Northern Trust has added functionality to its Trade Order Entry platform to further automate private market investments and global funds, while increasing safeguards for trade instructions in all asset classes. Trade Order Entry provides a secure method of delivering trade instructions to Northern Trust. The enhancements offer this level of
Following the enactments of the Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 (SIBA) and Mutual Funds Regulations, 2010, the BVI Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC) has now released the Public Funds Code, 2010. The code, which will come into force on 31 March 2011 and will from that point apply to
Boston-based private equity firm Berkshire Partners has appointed Sharlyn C Heslam and Elizabeth L Hoffman (pictured) as Managing Directors effective January 1, 2011. They join the twelve current Managing Directors of Berkshire in managing the firm and its affiliated investment funds. Heslam, who is the firm’s General Counsel, joined Berkshire
The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC) has formed the Securities, Investment Business and Mutual Fund Advisory Committee (SIBA Advisory Committee) to review the Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 (SIBA) and related relevant legislation and recommend changes to the regulatory regime that governs securities, investment business and
Bermuda’s new Investment Funds Amendment Act 2010, which received the assent of the Governor General on 22 December and amends the Investment Funds Act 2006, has introduced several new provisions for the regulation of investment funds in the Caribbean jurisdiction. The aim of the Amendment Act is to align “the
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