BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has been appointed account bank for Activate Capital lending platform (Active Capital), a EUR500 million home-building joint venture between the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) and KKR. Activate Capital will help increase Ireland’s housing supply by lending to Irish
Investec Specialist Bank (Investec) has added to its Growth and Acquisition Finance team with the appointment of Steven Ive as an originator. He will report to Gary Edwards, and focus on Asset Based & Cash flow lending to drive growth amongst mid-market companies. Ive joins from GE Capital Bank (GE)
Private equity firm TA Associates has added investment staff with Amara Suebsaeng, Alex Melamud and Max Cancre rejoining the firm as Vice Presidents in Boston, Menlo Park and London, respectively, while John DiCola has joined the firm as a Vice President in Boston. “We are pleased to welcome John to
ApplePie Capital, the first marketplace lender solely dedicated to the franchise industry, has appointed Jeff Zinn as Head of Capital Markets. Zinn comes to ApplePie Capital from Jefferies & Company, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, where he served as Managing Director, specialising in structured product sales since
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn has appointed Alex Plakas as a partner in the firm’s Private Equity Practice Group. Plakas, who joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, will be based in Honigman’s Chicago office, which was recently acquired as part of a strategic growth plan aimed at better serving clients
Blue Sage Capital, an Austin, Texas-based private investment firm, has added Hunter Todd to its team. Todd joins Blue Sage Capital as an Associate. In his role with Blue Sage, Todd assists with evaluating, structuring, due diligence, and financial modeling of investment opportunities. Prior to joining Blue Sage, Todd
Piper Jaffray Companies has hired Stuart C Harvey Jr (pictured) as a partner in the Piper Jaffray merchant banking group. The group manages private equity investments in commercial businesses with strong growth prospects. Harvey previously served as a managing director at Piper Jaffray from 1993-2003, and will be rejoining the firm
Amr Helal has joined Duet – CI Capital, a joint-venture between alternative asset manager Duet Group and Egyptian investment bank CI Capital, from the Abraaj Group to lead the Duet – CI Capital Egypt Opportunities Fund. The Egypt Opportunities Fund is a USD 300 million private equity fund dedicated to
Global law firm White & Case has expanded its Nordic private equity capabilities with the addition of Johan Steen (pictured) as a new partner in Stockholm. “The Nordic private equity market has been consistently one of the most active in Europe and is home to some of the world’s most
UK-based Loyalty Bay has raised USD1 million in a late seed funding round led by Talis Capital with Howzat Partners, NEON Adventures, Chris Mairs and Richard Verney all participating. Matus Maar has joined the board as Investor Director. Loyalty Bay enables businesses to reward and incentivise any action (i.e. sale,
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