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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
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), a division of Macquarie Group, has held the final close of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners IV (MIP IV) after reaching its USD5 billion hard cap in December 2018.
MIP IV is MIRA’s fifth North American focused unlisted infrastructure fund and follows the investment strategy of its predecessor fund, MIP III, which closed at its hard cap of USD3 billion in commitments in 2014.
The close of MIP IV brings MIRA’s global capital raising to USD29 billion over the past two years. MIRA is one of the world’s leading alternative asset managers, with more than
Palatine Private Equity has made four promotions across its UK business following one of the firm’s most successful and active years.
Andy Strickland, who is based in the London office, has been promoted to Senior Investment Director. He’s been with the firm for five years and has been involved in transactions such as Cyberfort Group, EPI, John Charcol and Wren Sterling.
Richard Thomas has also been promoted to Senior Investment Director. He joined Palatine in 2015 to help set up the Midlands office. Since then, he has acted on three deals, including TTC, CET UK, and Westleigh Partnerships, which
Takeaway.com, an online food delivery marketplace in Continental Europe, has successfully placed 8.35 million new ordinary shares of the Company, representing approximately 19 per cent of its outstanding share capital.
The company raised approximately EUR430 million through an accelerated bookbuild offering at an issue price of EUR51.50 per New Share, as well as a concurrent offering of convertible bonds in the aggregate principal amount of EUR250 million due January 2024. After launching the Capital Increase of approximately 6.5 million ordinary shares, investor demand enabled the Company to upsize the Capital Increase to 8.35 million ordinary shares.
The gross proceeds
AT Kearney, a leading global management consulting firm, has acquired Cervello, an elite business analytics and data management consultancy.
Operating as ‘Cervello, an AT Kearney company’, Cervello’s team of renowned data engineers, data scientists, and developers will work closely with AT Kearney client service teams worldwide to power client performance improvement and transformation programs with expert technology consulting, agile analytics, and data-driven insights.
“Winning with data, that is what it’s all about. Cervello’s deep, hands-on knowledge of big data, cloud, and data platforms will help us jointly develop more robust tools and customised solutions for our clients’ most difficult
BBF, a UK manufacturer of own-label, licensed and branded ambient cakes and desserts, has secured a new GBP40 million financing facility with Wells Fargo Capital Finance (WFCF) to support future growth plans.
BBF serves all the UK’s most recognisable food retailers such as Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda, M&S, Aldi and Lidl. With manufacturing facilities in Blackburn, Bradford and Poland, BBF last year complemented the Group’s facilities with the acquisition of Greencore PLC’s ambient cake and chilled desserts division headquartered from a large, modern bakery in Hull.
As a result of the acquisition, annual Group revenues have risen to over GBP150
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