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Oppenheimer & Co has added to its leadership team within the Consumer Group of its investment banking business with the appointment of James Murray as a Managing Director in its Global Consumer Investment Banking Group. Murray will be based in London and report to Max Lami, European Chief Executive, and Emmanuel Durand, Global Head of Consumer Investment Banking.
Murray joins Oppenheimer with over 20 years’ experience in providing strategic advice to an extensive range of consumer clients. He will be focused on both the UK and the Continent and will work closely with Jeroen Van Den Heuvel, Managing Director in
Thomas H Lee Partners (THL), a premier private equity firm investing in middle market growth companies, has held the final close of THL Automation Fund at USD900 million. The Fund will back automation companies, including technology product, software and services businesses, that enhance productivity across a range of end markets and use cases.
“We created the Fund to invest in companies driving step-function change through automation and to support management teams in accelerating growth with both capital and with a 20-member integrated team of automation experts,” says Jim Carlisle, Managing Director who leads the Automation Fund.
“Automation is everywhere in the
By A Paris – As European regulators push for greater homogeneity across the European Union, jurisdictions like Malta need to focus on ensuring full compliance while also maintaining the element of flexibility and agility which is one of the country’s biggest draws. Although the island has suffered from a few years of reputational issues on a broader level, Malta’s fund industry has continued working with its partners and providing a robust service.
“The funds industry itself has been robust. We haven’t had any major fund blow ups and the fundamentals are strong. Any change to repair the reputation issues the island suffered
The funds industry in Malta has best positioned itself to attract business from fund managers falling out of the scope of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), managing portfolios within the small-to-medium sized space. This is the area of the industry expected to attract the majority of future investments. Managers looking to take advantage of opportunities arising during the global pandemic, also benefited from the quick time to market the jurisdiction offers through certain fund typologies unique to the Maltese domicile.
“The Professional Investor Fund (PIF), which is the structure Malta offers these smaller managers, is attractive for
High set up costs could stymie the fortunes of emerging and start up managers before they even make their first step. Malta offers such organisations the opportunity to set up their business in a low-cost jurisdiction while taking advantage of the high touch service they would benefit from due to the size of the industry.
“Malta is well placed to attract small and medium sized business. The island is attractive to these funds where high cost would really impact their total expense ratios and make medium to long-term viability impossible. I don’t see any reasonable manager or fund with just
Q&A with Ivan Grech, Chief Operations Officer, FinanceMalta
What are the key trends currently driving growth and development within Malta’s funds industry?
Malta has always been attractive in the alternative space for the small-medium sized managers, thanks to the introduction of the Professional Investor Fund Regime, alongside various advantages including cost efficiencies, a pro-business regulator, time-to-market consideration, etc; factors which together create the right environment and render the Maltese jurisdiction an interesting and compelling one, particularly for alternative managers.
Furthermore, with what seems to be an increasing investor preference to opt for onshore regulated structures, we are receiving a number of
thinkproject, Europe’s leading SaaS provider , today announced a new stakeholder, global investor EQT.
Bamboo Capital Partners (Bamboo), an impact investing platform, has been appointed by the Government of Madagascar and the World Bank as the international fund manager for the Off-Grid Market Development Fund (OMDF), a USD$40 million renewable energy access fund.OMDF was established in April and launches its financing operations with a first window for proposals for results-based financing (RBF) from 28 October to 8 December. In parallel, OMDF will also provide debt financing to solar distributors and financial institutions that finance end-customers or solar distributors in Madagascar.
Société Générale Madagasikara has been appointed to host the OMDF funds and provide
FCP, with JV partners Abacus Capital (Abacus) and Big Cypress Capital (Big Cypress), has closed on the acquisition of 4.33 acres at 2213 and 2218 Toomey Avenue in Charlotte, NC. The parcels are currently occupied by one-story warehouse buildings totalling 63,034 square feet that will be repositioned as a creative commercial district in the rapidly growing South End submarket.
“Our South End adaptive reuse redevelopment brings FCP’s extensive experience with this creative office format to an organically expanding and promising area of South End,” says FCP Senior Associate, Kevin North. North continued, “We are excited to be working alongside Abacus
Sub-Sahara African-based Pacer Ventures has launched a USD3 million fund for early-stage startups, with a focus on healthcare, financial inclusion, education and agriculture on the African continent.
With offices in Lagos and Johannesburg, the firm has begun to support early stage founders by participating in seed rounds, including in financial services app VPD.Money.
The GSMA Mobile Economy Report states that 84 per cent of Africa’s population – or one billion people – will have access to a SIM connection by 2025.
Gbemi Akande, general partner at Pacer Ventures, said: “We see a huge opportunity to support early stage founders who are making meaningful
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