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Highland Capital Management has launched Highland Alternative Investors, an alternative investment platform that will encompass all of Highland’s existing non-traditional, liquid alternative funds.
Michael Gregory will oversee the new platform as Global Head and CIO of Highland Alternative Investors.
“Highland has been offering investors access to liquid alternative solutions for over a decade,” says Mark Okada, co-Founder & CIO of Highland Capital Management. “The introduction of this platform will further strengthen our offerings and ability to drive results as well as allow Highland to better offer customised solutions across portfolios to investors.”
In addition to his new role, Michael Gregory
Barbour ABI has been granted a contract extension by HM Government to continue to publish the Government Construction and National Infrastructure Pipelines through until August 2016.
Barbour ABI was originally awarded the contract in September 2012, following a formal competitive tender process, because of their proven data collection processes and their existing knowledge in researching and tracking construction projects.
Since 2011, the published Pipelines have expanded to include more data on projects and programmes across departments. The commitment to making the data more user friendly using mapping and timeline technology – as well as promoting the pipeline more widely across
AlphaPipe has launched Form ADV Change Reports a new service that delivers to investors a monthly change report of all changes made to an asset manager's Form ADV filing.
"Form ADV is publicly available and should be one of your first lines of defence in monitoring your asset managers," says West Chapman, AlphaPipe's CEO formerly of Goldman Sachs, where he served on the Liquid Markets Investment Committee, led the Risk team and built the Operational Due Diligence team within Goldman Sachs Asset Management's (GSAM) external manager businesses.
"Unfortunately, current access to Form ADV makes monitoring cumbersome to impossible. Our monthly
An affiliate of private equity firm Warburg Pincus is to recapitalise Sterigenics, provider of contract sterilization, gamma technologies and medical isotopes, in partnership with private equity firm GTCR.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. GTCR purchased Sterigenics in 2011.
“With this new partnership between Warburg Pincus and GTCR, Sterigenics is extraordinarily well positioned to accelerate growth, invest additional capital to serve our customers and expand our global footprint,” says Michael Mulhern, CEO of Sterigenics International.
Sterigenics’ growth over the past several years has reinforced its global market-leading position in the contract sterilization services industry. In 2014, Sterigenics acquired
Lending Works, the first peer-to-peer lender to have insurance against borrower default risk, is introducing several new features aimed at the UK pensions market, as new pension rule changes come into effect in April 2015.
More than 52% of Lending Works’ lenders are aged 55 or older, indicating a growing inclination among later-life lenders to make peer-to-peer lending a common feature of their retirement finance plans.
From early April 2015, Lending Works will offer four brand new features that make peer-to-peer lending even more appealing to pensioners who take control of their pensions and look for simple, personal, high-interest
Inspired Capital has secured an additional GBP25 million debt facility through British Business Bank Investments Limited, the commercial arm of the UK Government's economic development bank.
The funding will be provided as a three year syndicated back-to-back facility with Lloyds bank, increasing the total facilities for Inspired's invoice finance business to GBP75 million. The new facility is provided on the same commercial terms as, and will rank pari passu with, the Lloyds facility.
The new facility will be utilised to fund the Group's growing invoice finance business.
Brian Cole, Chief Executive Officer of Inspired Capital plc, says: "We are delighted
The Scottish Loan Fund (SLF) is pleased to announce that it has committed GBP0.7 million of funding to the event services and management business, ExecSpace, to support its businesses growth strategy.
The investment will provide a significant boost to the business as it looks to widen its geographic reach into London and capitalise on the strong sector dynamics and positive economic indicators which reflect ongoing growth in that market. Founded in 2008 by Emma Little, ExecSpace is a specialist event and accommodation booking agent for over 200 organisations across the UK, including Grant Thornton, Aggreko, Aegon and Nucleus, and has
JPMorgan Chase has awarded a USD1 million grant to VEDC to boost the organisation’s infrastructure as they expand their outreach to small businesses in eight states.
JPMorgan Chase has been a longtime supporter of VEDC as they strive to meet the capital needs of small businesses in underserved communities.
The USD1 million grant will help VEDC as they expand their small business loan programs across eight states to bring small business owners the access to capital so desperately needed to create new jobs. In addition, VEDC has expanded lending in Bakersfield, and is in the process of completing two studies
Remitly has closed a USD12.5 million Series B funding round led by DFJ with participation from DN Capital and existing investors QED Investors and Trilogy Equity Partners.
DFJ partner William Bryant will join Remitly’s board of directors. Remitly will use the new capital to expand its team, scale marketing efforts, and broaden the service to include new countries.
While the global economy becomes more integrated through technology, international money transfers remain antiquated. There are more than 200 million people who live abroad and send money home. These customers use remittance services that are often riddled with high and hidden fees,
Audax Group has partnered with management to acquire AllOver Media (AOM) from the firm’s independent owners.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota AOM operates an alternative out-of-home (AOOH) advertising platform in the US with a diverse set of advertising mediums at high-traffic indoor and outdoor locations. Founded in 2002, AOM’s core products are found at convenience stores and gas stations, on truck sides, and at a variety of indoor locations, including restaurants, shopping centres, and sports arenas.
Geoffrey S Rehnert, Co-CEO of Audax Group, says: “AllOver Media is a leading alternative out-of-home media company with an unparalleled reputation for providing innovative advertising
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