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At an early age, Dana Haimoff (pictured) was fuelled by ambition, which would go on to serve her well in her career as one of London’s leading female private equity executives. Her desire was simple: to move away from the school her parents sent her to, and enrol in Punahou.
“When my family lived in Lahaina on Maui I went to Sacred Hearts, a Catholic School made up of single-storey buildings with tin roofs,” says Haimoff. “The school didn’t have many facilities. Punahou on Oahu, on the other hand, was an immensely well-resourced school with a rich academic tradition on
Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has appointed Abhinav Agarwal as a Senior Director based in London. Agarwal joins A&M’s Global Transaction Advisory Group to lead their Global Transaction Analytics (GTA) service offering in Europe and brings more than 15 years of transactions experience.
Alter Domus, a fully integrated provider of fund administration, debt capital markets and corporate services backed by the Permira funds, has acquired Strata Fund Solutions (Strata), a fund administrator serving US private equity and venture capital funds.This strategic acquisition represents another milestone in the firm’s North American growth strategy focused on providing high-quality, vertically integrated solutions to the most demanding private equity, venture capital, real estate, and credit investors. Strata’s premier client base and deep expertise are complementary to Alter Domus’ world-class servicing capabilities. Strata also brings a complementary technology stack to Alter Domus, as the combined business will leverage
Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has made two new hires as it bolsters its developed market special situations capabilities – namely Neill Morgan, as a Senior Analyst and Juan Herrero, as an Analyst.Based in London, both will report to Adam Phillips, who joined the firm in October last year as Head of Developed Markets within its global leveraged finance team, and was charged with further enhancing BlueBay’s offering within this space.
The team believes there is an increasing opportunity to invest in stressed and distressed credit, where the level of corporate restructurings is set to remain elevated
Curve, a London-based fintech that combines multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and app, has secured USD95 million from a group of international investors as part of a successful Series C round.Curve will deploy the investment to expand internationally, including to the US, and to deepen its European reach. Curve will also use the fresh funding to drive ongoing product innovation, notably of Curve Credit in early 2021. The fundraise will allow Curve to execute an ambitious strategy to become the leading financial superapp, bringing all your finances into one place.
The funding round was led by
Open Farm, a premium pet food brand committed to raising the bar on the way we feed our pets, has raised USD65 million in its latest round of funding, led by leading global growth equity firm General Atlantic (GA). This marks GA’s first investment in the pet industry. The company joins the existing leadership team and existing minority partner, Encore Consumer Capital. The funding will be used to accelerate Open Farm’s mission to Do Some Good for animals and the planet, introduce the brand to millions of new pet parents, and support continued innovation to transform the way pets are fed
HKW, an Indianapolis-based middle-market private equity firm, has promoted Tom Shaw, a Vice President at the firm, to Principal, effective 1 January, 2021.
ICV Partners, an investment firm focused on lower middle market companies in consumer products, business services, healthcare and food, has appointed Kristie Goodman, an institutional investment and marketing expert with over 16 years of experience i the alternative investment space, to the newly-created position of Director of Investor Relations & Strategic Partnerships.Goodman will lead and manage ICV’s global investor relations function from the firm’s Atlanta office.
“We are very pleased to welcome Kristie as an important member of our leadership team in this new role,” says ICV President and Managing Director Willie Woods. “Kristie possesses proven talent and a
Inflexion is to sells Bollington Wilson, an independent UKinsurance brokers, to US listed Arthur J Gallagher.Bollington Wilson was created in 2017 with the support of Inflexion following the merger of two long- standing North-West insurance brokers, Bollington Insurance Brokers and F Wilson Insurance Brokers.
The Group has since grown organically and via strategic acquisition and is now the largest independent broker in the North of England, operating across seven offices and employing more than 400 people. It provides its clients with a holistic product offering complemented by several niche market specialisms and operates across a range of distribution channels, leveraging
Interface Security Systems, a managed service provider delivering business security, managed network, UCaaS, and business intelligence solutions to distributed enterprises, has completed a USD60 million equity financing transaction led by its current sponsors SunTx Capital Partners and Prudential Capital Partners.The additional equity capital will help facilitate the company’s growth strategy and strengthen its industry-leading capabilities, featuring highly differentiated managed services. This new capital comes in the wake of a highly productive 2020 where Interface has:
• Made significant investments in innovation, product development, and new technology infrastructure
• Scaled operations and expanded service offering to a broader range of
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