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Intertrust in Jersey has appointed David Middleton and Phil Maletroit as client directors in its fund services division.
Middleton has joined Intertrust’s private equity team and is a Chartered Accountant and CFA charterholder. He has experience in all aspects of fund administration and completing the full lifecycle of deals, gained whilst working for a venture fund.
In his new role Middleton will ensure the funds team delivers optimal client service by putting in place the right structures, tools and guidance to meet the clients’ needs.
Maletroit has joined Intertrust’s real estate team with 20 years’ experience in Jersey’s
By Bob Nicolson, Head of Consultancy at Nicolson Bray – Organisations today are facing a dangerous combination of mounting cybersecurity threat and a lack of in-house expertise to meet the challenge. Smaller firms have typically allocated responsibility for information security to a member of the operations or financial team and given IT the responsibility for technical cyber security. In most cases these responsibilities are secondary to the allotted individuals main role, resulting in issues around prioritisation and conflicts of interests.
As such, it is now commonly understood that having a person, or team, solely accountable for cyber security has become
Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) has promoted Andi Tomkinson to the position of Partner in its Manchester office, and appointed Philipp Gauß as Associate in Munich, and six further promotions across its offices in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.
These developments will bolster Equistone’s investment team and serve to reflect the firm’s strong performance and commitment to supporting the internal progression of its team.
Since joining Equistone as Investment Director in 2012, Andi Tomkinson has played an integral role in the firm’s investment activities and portfolio development out of its Manchester office. This has included supporting the formation and
Investec Corporate and Investment Banking (Investec) has appointed Jonathan Arrowsmith to its Investment Banking team as Head of Advisory.
Arrowsmith joins from DC Advisory, where he was a Managing Director and led the business services practice in the UK. He has advised on transactions including the sale of Citation to Hg and the sale of FRA to Dunedin. At Investec, Arrowsmith will lead Investment Banking’s advisory offering, with a particular focus on increasing its private advisory presence and business services capabilities.
In 2018, the Investment Banking team advised on deals with a combined transaction value of GBP20 billion across
Silverfleet Capital, the leading Pan-European private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in STAXS Contamination Control Experts (STAXS), a Benelux specialist in value-added distribution of consumable products for cleanrooms in the Life Sciences and other industries.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The acquisition of STAXS was executed by Silverfleet’s dedicated lower mid-market investment team and was financed in part by the European Investment Fund.
Founded in 1995 and based in Heerenveen, The Netherlands, STAXS also operates from two Belgian locations in Niel and Aartselaar. The Company is a leading value-added distributor of cleanroom
Privately-owned and independent fiduciary and administration solutions provider VG as made several personnel hires and promotions in its funds team.
Dominic Coyne has been promoted to Senior Manager, responsible for a team with established expertise in alternative investment funds and experience in the administration of a broad range of fund vehicles. Emily Roque has been promoted to Assistant Manager and Michael Bree has been appointed as Client Reporting Supervisor. Michael oversees VG’s fund administration software platform, Investran, and is responsible for financial reporting to managers and investors. In addition, Charles Carpenter has been promoted to Fund Administrator.
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According to initial estimates obtained by the Spanish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (ASCRI) through the European EDC Platform, investment volume in Spain last year totalled EUR5,843.5m in 670 investments, reaching record levels for the second year in a row.
Miguel Zurita, ASCRI Chairman, says: “We have had two consecutive years of record investment volume, which is great news not only for the Venture Capital & Private Equity sector, but for the Spanish economy as a whole. Even so, the dependency of international investors is still very high; therefore, it is important to move forward in the development of
Fund placement agent and secondary transactions advisor AXON Partners has appointed William Gilmore as a partner in the firm’s UK office.
Gilmore, who joins as a Partner/Head of Origination, is an industry veteran having spent the last 18 years in manager selection most recently as Head of Primary Funds Europe at Aberdeen Standard Investments (formerly Aberdeen Asset Management and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership). Gilmore led a diverse multinational team of eight direct reports responsible for all aspects of sourcing, executing and monitoring investments in European private equity funds. He also played a key leadership role as the business went through
Tech start-up Divvy has secured a USD250 million facility from Waterfall Asset Management. The new funding will help Divvy keep up with expected customer growth in 2019, facilitate easier access to the capital businesses need, and ensure an overall better customer experience.
Blake Murray, CEO of Divvy, says: “Waterfall Asset Management has seen our growth, and the facility will support our company’s vision and platform. It will also help us to continue providing businesses with the flexible capital they need, while both helping to streamline and improve financial management. We believe this investment supports our goal of actively expanding our
GPB Capital Holdings has appointed Brian Weisenberger as Managing Director, Communications. He will lead GPB Capital’s new in-house communications team.
“Our ongoing growth, and that of our various operating partners across the country, depends on the effective external and internal communication of key data, insights, and messages,” says David Gentile, Founder and CEO of GPB Capital. “Brian’s many years of experience managing alternative investment platforms, products, and strategies position him well to help us best utilise our in-house communications and marketing services to achieve our goals.”
Weisenberger will be joined by three other new communications-focused professionals. They will comprise GPB
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