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Lone Star Funds has completed the final closing of Lone Star Fund XI, (LSF XI), the firm’s eleventh dedicated opportunity fund.
Capital available to LSF XI totals approximately USD8.2 billion, which includes third-party commitments and anticipated co-investments from associated entities.
Lone Star, a global private equity firm, invests on behalf of its limited partners, which include institutional investors such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, as well as foundations and endowments that support medical research, higher education, and other philanthropic causes.
Lone Star is highly disciplined and value-driven. Lone Star’s opportunity fund series focuses on opportunities that emerge during periods of market dislocation,
Alter Domus, a fund and corporate services provider, has become the latest firm from Jersey to be admitted as a Listing Member of The International Stock Exchange (TISE).
Alter Domus (Jersey) Listing Services Limited has been approved to act as a Listing Agent for non-retail debt securities and Sponsor to securities of investment vehicles.
Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), CEO of The International Stock Exchange Group (TISEG), says: “I’m delighted to welcome Alter Domus as a Listing Member of TISE. The firm is well-known as a service provider, especially to the private equity, infrastructure and real estate sectors, which are
Schroders has appointed a private assets specialist to oversee the continued growth and development of its business on a global scale.
Georg Wunderlin, most recently the Chief Executive Officer of HQ Capital, a leading alternatives manager, will assume the newly-created role of Global Head of Private Assets in May.
He will focus on developing and executing Schroders’ private assets growth strategy across these specialist asset classes on a global scale and enabling the business to better deliver private assets-focused investment solutions for clients.
He will report into Group Chief Executive Peter Harrison and join the Group Management
UK venture capital firm Vala Capital has appointed Jane Holland, ex-Financial Director at investment company The Ingenious Group, as the firm’s new COO.
Holland’s appointment will help the firm grow its radical, investor-friendly EIS fund with her overseeing the management of the firm’s day to day operations.
The new COO is a chartered accountant and spent nine years at The Ingenious Group, before which she worked in other senior financial roles at companies in the food and beverage and FMCG sectors.
Holland says: “I’m very pleased to have joined Vala. I was intrigued by how the team are
Partner One Capital has completed the acquisition of Assima, a provider of a software solution that spans across the entire digital adoption life-cycle: from initial training, to live assistance, to enterprise-wide collaboration.
Assima is designed to maximise user performance and minimise errors for the world’s largest corporations and governments.
Under the terms of the agreement, Partner One Capital has acquired all of the global assets of Assima as well as its 12 divisions worldwide.
For the past 20 years, Assima software has played a vital role in improving user-adoption, user performance and increasing business efficiency for the largest
FTV Capital, a sector-focussed growth equity investment firm, has promoted Richard Liu to principal. The firm has also announced the promotions of Adam Hallquist and Tyler Krueger to vice president.
Liu joined FTV Capital (FTV) in 2014. Liu, based in FTV’s New York office, has been actively involved in FTV investments in enterprise technology and tech-enabled services sectors. He is currently a board director at A-LIGN, a leading cybersecurity and compliance solutions firm, and involved in ID.me, a next-generation digital identity technology firm; ReliaQuest, a leading provider of security model management; and Sitehands, a rapidly growing technology marketplace for IT
Personal Capital, a leading digital wealth manager, has unveiled a new way for the company’s high-net-worth Private Clients to access the private equity market.
“As we continue to grow as a company and expand our client base, we are constantly looking for more ways to provide our clients with superior personalised solutions that help them meet their unique financial goals,” said Jay Shah, CEO of Personal Capital. “As a fiduciary, our clients can be confident that they’re receiving financial advice that’s in their best interest, which is particularly important when it comes to investing in private equity.”
Historically,
DAC Beachcroft has bolstered its banking and finance offering with the hire of ex-Kirkland & Ellis partner Chris Wall as Head of Banking.
Wall has broad banking and debt financing experience with a particular focus on leveraged financing transactions, corporate lending transactions, structured financings and restructuring situations acting for financial institutions, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, credit opportunity investors and listed corporates.
His remit will see him take charge of the firm’s Banking team including colleagues in the firm’s well-established real estate finance and corporate law practices.
John Williams, Head of Business Advisory at DAC Beachcroft,
Chicago Equity Partners has added emerging markets equity portfolio manager, Venkat Eleswarapu, PhD to its team.
Eleswarapu joins the firm as a Managing Director and brings his emerging markets equity strategy (formerly Valant Emerging Markets Equity) from Trilogy Global Advisors, a fellow AMG Affiliate. He will continue to manage the strategy as he has since its 2013 inception, with the added resources of Chicago Equity Partners’ research team. Venkat commented on the move, “I am excited to be a part of a large team of seasoned quantitative investors and look forward to the cross-fertilisation of ideas with my new colleagues.”
Gresham House’s British Strategic Investment Fund (BSIF) made five investments during 2018 and has now deployed over 45 per cent of its committed capital.
BSIF invests in the housing and infrastructure sectors, both identified by the UK Government as structurally important areas requiring local investment. As a closed-ended fund with a 12-year time horizon, BSIF invests with a long-term view into these important sectors. The fund targets an 8-10 per cent annual net return including a minimum income yield of 5-6 per cent per annum.
Sustainable investing forms a key part of BSIF’s investment philosophy. As well as seeking
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