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By Jean-Philippe Castellani, Societe Generale – The reasons are many for the increase in the number of private equity funds seeking to mitigate foreign exchange (FX) risks through risk management solutions.
The most obvious is the fact fund managers are more aware of the pitfalls of the past and are keen to avoid getting their fingers burned again. The structure of private equity funds means money from investors is generally locked in for 10 years. This gives fund managers a bit of breathing space to think strategically about how to manage the acquired asset and examine economic cycles.
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SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate services, has opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan. The company has also made the key appointment of Mark Bennett as Country Head of its Japanese business.
The opening of this new office expands SANNE’s already strong network of offices across the Asia-Pacific region and adds further capability and scope to the services SANNE can offer its clients. SANNE first established a presence in Asia in 2010 when it opened offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong, further opening a Singapore office in 2014.
Mark Law, Managing Director – Asia-Pacific & Mauritius,
Leading offshore law firm Carey Olsen has appointed Jasmine Amaria as a Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands (BVI) corporate partner in its London office.
Amaria, who joins from the London office of another offshore law firm, specialises in both Cayman Islands and BVI corporate law. She has significant experience in investment funds and corporate and finance matters, with a particular emphasis on fund formation and ongoing corporate transactions and financing activities, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and group reorganisations and restructurings. Prior to moving offshore, Amaria spent nine years at Slaughter and May, where she trained and
RBC Investor & Treasury Services (I&TS), part of Royal Bank of Canada, has been appointed depositary of Asset Management One Alternative Investments’ (AMOAI) first global Luxembourg domiciled infrastructure debt vehicle – Cosmic Blue PF Lotus FCP.
Japan’s AMOAI recently rebranded from Mizuho Global Alternative Investments, and RBC I&TS will also provide depositary, fund administration and transfer agency services to the new RAIF launched by AMOAI.
Hironobu Nakamura, Chief Investment Officer of AMOAI, says: “RBC’s experience servicing private debt and infrastructure debt funds in Luxembourg as well as its broader funding and banking services made it the right partner for
Jose Castellano has joined iM Global Partner as deputy CEO and Head of International Business Development.
iM Global Partner is an investment and development asset management platform focused on acquiring strategic investments in traditional and alternative investment firms, its Partners, with an objective of growing together. iM Global Partner aims to cover a wide spectrum of high alpha strategies globally supporting its present and future top-of-the-range managers.
iM Global Partner, which opened a distribution platform in the United States mid-2018, is now accelerating its international business development’s resources for its Partners.
Castellano (pictured), will support the continuous build-up
Vectis, a private equity firm long active in Nigeria, has concluded a restructuring investment transaction of USD12 million into Leventis Foods Ltd, an established Nigerian FMCG manufacturing company with leading brands of bread and snacks.
The transaction is pending regulatory approvals. Upon completion Vectis will control a majority stake and AGL will maintain minority.
Bread and flour-based snack sectors emerged in Nigeria over the past years and are expected to have a substantial growth with new products coming on the market. Rising disposable incomes and growing popularity of quality branded snacks will be key growth drivers especially among the
Law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore, has advised on the corporate restructure and Management Buy-Out (MBO) of SE10, and its related group companies.
SE10 is an integrated communications and public relations agency, specialising in strategic brand journalism and content marketing for international industrial business-to-business clients. The company has an international presence, providing expert services to world-class brands from its offices in London, Chicago and Singapore.
The corporate team advised the SE10 group on the restructure, which included the management buy-out of one of the founding partners. Thomson Snell & Passmore was required to project manage the various complex international
Decisiv, a specialist in Service Relationship Management (SRM) solutions, has secured a GBP30 million in equity funding from Kayne Partners, the growth equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.
“The investment by Kayne Partners reflects our position as the leading provider of a highly successful and innovative approach to SRM for asset manufacturers, service providers, and asset owners,” says Dick Hyatt, President and CEO of Decisiv. “With this financial support we can continue to pursue ongoing initiatives in commercial vehicle, heavy equipment, construction, agriculture and mining markets in North America, Japan, Europe, Australia and Latin America.”
Decisiv SRM is
Inflexion Private Equity has expanded into North America with a focus on supporting portfolio company mergers and acquisitions and broader business development. Inflexion-backed businesses will benefit from direct access to an experienced, senior North American professional with an established network, offering local insight and direct access to this key market.
Inflexion’s North American presence will be based in Boston and led by Whitney Bower, who joins as Senior Adviser. Whit brings with him over 25 years of experience in building businesses, including working with BC Partners, HgCapital and 3i, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School. In 2014, he
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), the leading independent asset based lender, has made further investment in its asset based lending sales team following a record year.
With 17 years’ experience working in asset based lending and invoice finance, the appointment of Nigel Hibbert as ABL director strengthens IGF’s presence in the South East. Following this latest appointment, IGF’s ABL sales team has increased 50 per cent in the last 12 months.
Hibbert will be responsible for strengthening relationships in the South East with a focus on asset based lending and invoice discounting. Prior to joining IGF, he held the position of
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