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SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Catherine Law as Head of Business Development for the Asia Region. Based in SANNE’s Hong Kong office, Law will continue to drive SANNE’s alternatives and corporate offering, in addition to exploring new strategic business development opportunities across the Asia Region.
Law joins SANNE following an extensive and highly successful career in senior business development roles within the fund services industry, spanning more than 20 years. She joins SANNE from Apex where she held the position of Head of Sales managing their strategic growth and expansion across the alternative funds
bd-capital has appointed Bram Grimmelt as Partner and Head of its Benelux investment activities.Established in 2019 by Richard Baker, former FTSE CEO and Chairman, and Andy Dawson, former Advent International Investment Partner, bd-capital is an operationally led private equity firm investing in pan-European mid-market businesses where changing patterns of consumer behaviour and technology disruption are creating growth opportunities.
Prior to joining bd-capital, Grimmelt was Head of Advent International in the Benelux. During his 14 years at the firm he worked out of the Amsterdam, London and Luxembourg offices and was involved in seven investments, including Delft Instruments, Nucletron, Mediq,
Following the completion of a voluntary tender offer period, Valorous Asia Holdings, an entity owned by KKR investment funds, has accepted all of the 427,041,291 common shares of First Gen Corporation that were tendered by shareholders at the close of the tender offer, representing approximately 11.9 per cent of First Gen’s outstanding common shares.The Offeror intends to acquire all of these tendered common shares at a price of (USD0.45) per common share on 1 July, 2020, the cross date previously set out in the Offeror’s tender documents, representing a total investment value of (USD192.2 million).
First Gen is one of
CubeLogic, a provider of enterprise risk management solutions for the energy, commodities and financial markets, has closed a significant minority investment deal with Growth Capital Partners (GCP) for an undisclosed amount.
John Harper has joined global private equity investment firm HIG Capital as a Managing Director and Head of the London LBO team, leading HIG’s small cap investments in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and Holland.Harper has 25 years of mid-market private equity investing experience. He has originated, transacted and exited numerous investments across a wide range of sectors including financial and business services, manufacturing, healthcare, IT and consumer and leisure. Prior to joining HIG he was a Partner at Inflexion, having previously held senior positions at Duke Street and LDC.
Wolfgang Biedermann, Executive Managing Director and Head of Europe buyouts, says:
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has held a close of the BNP Paribas Euro SME Debt Fund II (‘Fund II’) with total capital commitments of EUR576.5 million. The fundraising for Fund II follows the completion of the investment period for BNP Paribas Euro SME Debt Fund I (‘Fund I’) earlier this year. Commitments have been received from 20 investors based in France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan, half of whom are existing investors in Fund I.
Both funds provide a source of long-term financing for SMEs, in the form of senior debt in fine or deferred amortisation, which is
eVestment has released a new reporting module for private equity GPs within its track record analytics and management tool, TopQ. TopQ’s new Excel Report Builder equips users to re-create their clients’ report templates in the app, choosing the specific data points and configurations required. In a matter of clicks, GPs can then export their latest fund performance into pre-formatted outputs that align with individual client requirements, saving time and equipping them with a more responsive reporting process.
“Providing insights to both GPs and LPs has been the mission of the TopQ product since day one,” says Graeme Faulds, Director of
Sandberg Capital acquires a 35 per cent stake in Czech company Revolgy Business Solutions. The management team stays on board and continues to lead the company.
Stephen Schwarzman, the Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, believes that companies will respond and diversify their supply chains, with the coronavirus lockdown exposing risks that previously might not have been factored in.
Such has been the severity of Covid-19, countries have been forced to close their doors over the last few months, with China leading the way back in January.
Speaking on this week’s Bloomberg Invest Global digital summit, Schwarzman said that China was so good at manufacturing and establishing effective supply lines that for a number of companies, who couldn’t get supplies due to China being closed earlier in
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