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Argand Partners, a New York and San Francisco Bay Area-based middle market buyout firm, has promoted Joyce Schnoedl to Partner, Dino Sawaya to Principal, and Janel Maki to Operations Manager.
“Joyce provides important leadership across our firm in sourcing and executing complex deals. Her ability to identify and generate opportunities by navigating complexity and continually expanding relationships is a significant asset,” says Tariq Osman, Partner of Argand. Schnoedl has most recently been a Principal at Argand and has worked with several portfolio companies, including Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp, Brintons Carpets, Ltd, and Concrete Pumping Holdings. Earlier in her career, Schnoedl
Mid-market private equity firm Mill Point Capita has partnered with management to acquire Kemp Technologies, a provider of load balancer and application delivery controller (ADC) solutions and services.
The Mill Point team employs an Executive Partner model and has extensive experience investing in transactions in the technology and business services sectors. Kemp’s management team, including CEO Ray Downes, will continue to lead the company, building on its strong track record of growth and innovation.
Kemp is a leader in powering always-on application experience (AX) for enterprises and service providers via its next-generation load balancer and ADC technology solutions. Since the
UK-based engineering and technical services business, RSK Group Ltd, has acquired Drilling Supplies & Hire Services Ltd, a supply and engineering company that services the site investigation, geothermal and water well markets across the UK.
The latest announcement marks the 12th and final acquisition for the fast-growing RSK group in the financial year 2018/2019.
Drilling Supplies & Hire Services is a company of 13 people based in North East England that supplies installation and drilling consumables to the drilling industry nationwide, including rig tooling, drilling rigs and a variety of products. In addition to supply services, the company has an
Guernsey funds have been reopened to millions of euros of potential investment as a result of the confirmation from the European Council of Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) that the island is considered a transparent and cooperative jurisdiction by the European Union.
Confirmation of the island’s legal substance requirements, confirmed earlier this month, has meant that the European Investment Fund is prepared to reinvest into Guernsey funds.
The European Investment Fund is a specialist provider of risk finance for small and medium-sized enterprises across Europe, backed by the European Investment Bank, European Union, and a range of public and private banks
Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity consulting firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, has appointed Viktor Tadijanovic as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
In this role, Tadijanovic will oversee the company’s overall technology strategy and lead the engineering, product and customer engagement teams.
With deep expertise in the financial services sector, Tadijanovic brings more than 20 years of IT governance, technology architecture, platform development and corporate strategy experience to Drawbridge. Tadijanovic most recently served as Chief Strategy Officer at Abacus Group and was responsible for corporate development initiatives. As a founding member of Abacus Group in
Crestbridge has moved to new larger office premises in Luxembourg as a result of a recent expansion of its team in the jurisdiction and ahead of anticipated future business growth.
As from 1 April 2019, Crestbridge’s Luxembourg office, which will mark its tenth anniversary next year, will be at 1 Boulevard de la Foire, premises that offer greater scope for future expansion.
The firm has seen considerable growth in business flows and headcount in recent months. Over the past year alone, the firm has grown its Luxembourg team by over 69%, whilst it also recently strengthened its senior team with
Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has acquired Tranzact, a direct-to- consumer health care organisation that links individuals to US insurance carriers.
Tranzact was acquired by its current majority owner, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) fund, in 2016. Tranzact will operate as an integral part of Willis Towers Watson’s Benefits Delivery and Administration (BDA) business, which focuses on the development and delivery of administrative solutions for employers, employees and retirees.
As one of the leading players in the direct-to-consumer health care space, Tranzact employs approximately 1,300 individuals, including 850 licensed agents. Tranzact combines digital marketing,
Jio Health, a full-stack technology driven healthcare company, today announced a Series A round of USD5 million led by Monk’s Hill Ventures.
Jio Health’s combination of technology and clinical services provides consumers with the complete ecosystem of care benefits including home doctor visits, nursing services, pharmacy delivery, lab collection, telemedicine, and digital medical records.
Backed by Monk’s Hill Ventures, Jio Health Expands to Meet Exponential Growth & Broaden its Spectrum of Care Services
Affordable, high-quality healthcare remains out of reach for many in emerging Southeast Asia. Consumers are confronted with congested hospitals and poor care quality, often waiting for hours
Private equity fund administrator Gen II Fund Services (Gen II) has appointed Ian Cameron as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). Cameron will focus on strategic and operational responsibilities at Gen II and will report to the Managing Principals, Norman Leben and Steven Millner.
Since 2015, Cameron was Chief Financial and Operations Officer for the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB). WSIB is a public pension plan that oversees approximately USD130 billion in assets under management, including retirement plans that benefit approximately 784,000 active and retired public employees. WSIB’s investment portfolio consists of over USD45 billion in private market assets. While at
ARX Equity Partners (ARX) has completed the majority acquisition of a leading Czech-based facades business, Fenestra Wieden (Fenestra), and simultaneous add-on purchase of Skanska’s Czech facades operation – now collectively rebranded as Fenestra.
Going forward, ARX will partner with Fenestra’s senior management, who will retain a significant minority stake as part of the deal terms. The acquisition was completed on 1 April, 2019 with the deal value undisclosed.
Fenestra is a producer and designer of aluminium-glass modular facade solutions serving customers throughout Europe. The newly combined Fenestra business (https://fenestra- wieden.cz/) employs more than 200 people, operating from two production sites
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