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Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) has strengthened its alternative solutions team with the appointment of Anne Mei Poppe as alternative investment specialist. Poppe, who has twelve years of experience in financial services, will focus on the growing demand from international institutional investors, wealth managers and family offices for alternative investment strategies.
Anne Mei joined from Dutch asset management and direct lending firm Dynamic Credit, where she shared responsibility for alternative fixed income sales and client management for the past three years. Prior to this, she worked as a senior financial services adviser at EY after starting her career at Heineken and BinckBank.
As the World Economic Forum celebrates its 50th year, Davos 2020 has the opportunity to transform business via fintech, something which Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group, calls the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution.’
Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair), a buyout and growth investor providing capital to businesses in the TMT and Consumer sectors, has hired Neil Price as Managing Director. Price brings two decades of credit, deal and portfolio experience to Mayfair. He will be building on the firm’s investment capabilities, expanding on its extensive network of industry relationships, and exploring new partnership opportunities. The hire follows Mayfair’s portfolio expanding to over 12 fast-growing companies and the successful closing of Mayfair Equity Partners Fund II LP at its hard cap of GBP650 million, which was oversubscribed.
Prior to joining Mayfair, Neil was Managing Director
Kreab, a communication and public affairs consultancy firm founded in Sweden in 1970, has topped Mergermarket’s ranking of PR advisors in Spain for the third consecutive year. More specifically, Mergermarket, a provider of M&A data and intelligence which is part of the Acuris Group. has credited a total number of 29 transactions advised by Kreab with a total deal value of more than EUR4 billion, which positions the international group at the top of the Spanish ranking by number of transactions and in the 17th position at the European level.
In addition to the transactions credited by Mergermarket (which must
JTC, a provider of fund, corporate and private client services, has announced two new strategic senior appointments within its Institutional Client Services (ICS) division. Fiona Wild, joins JTC as a Group Director, Head of Operations – ICS and Marie Fitzpatrick joins as a Senior Director in ICS.
Wild will be responsible for leading and creating operational efficiency within the ICS network of offices to support the consistent delivery of the division’s business plan and to ensure an efficient and effective working environment.
Wild has over 17 years’ funds experience and joins JTC from IQ-EQ, where she headed up the fund services
The trend for dedicated funds targeting GP equity stakes is likely to remain strong as investors seek out opportunities in early stage and middle-market PE groups.
Just as private equity provides strategic capital investment to help global businesses grow, likewise PE groups need growth capital to expand and evolve. And with investors only too keen to deepen relationships with GPs, over the last five or six years it has led to a vibrant market for acquiring GP equity stakes.
Home, a Berlin-based company dedicated to creating a better housing experience, has raised an EUR11million Series A round from Capnamic, the EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures), FJ Labs and Redalpine. The latest round of investment will be used to increase product innovation, particularly on the tenant side, as well as drive the expansion of Home’s offering into new cities.
Anyone who has either rented a home or been a landlord knows that it can be time-consuming, stressful and complicated for everyone involved. For owners, there is the barrier of having to become an expert in many different areas – from what
Vengture capital fund MMC has announced two new partner appointments alongside another four promotions.
Brand Velocity Partners (BVP), a private equity (PE) firm focused on acquiring lower-middle market consumer businesses in search of marketing muscle, has purchased Original Footwear Inc. Original Footwear, with its Altama and Original SWAT brands, is globally known for its military and law enforcement footwear and, to be announced tomorrow, an expanded line of consumer active and fashion footwear.
This is the first deal consummated by BVP, a firm founded in 2019 and run by partners with deep experience in both PE and brand marketing.
Kevin Cole, founder and CEO of Original Footwear, says: “Over the past 50 years, Original Footwear’s
Albion Capital has closed its 2019/2020 VCT top up offers earlier than scheduled after existing and new shareholder support resulted in full subscriptions totalling GBP34 million. Five trusts in Albion’s VCT range announced their fundraising offers in October.
The fundraising targeted varying amounts for each trust as a result of different levels of exposure to substantial exits across 2019. The fundraising targets were: GBP10m for Kings Arms Yard VCT PLC, GBP8 million for Albion Development VCT PLC, GBP6 million for both Albion Enterprise VCT PLC and Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC, and GBP4 million for Crown Place VCT PLC.
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