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Hedge fund and private equity fund manager EJF Capital (EJF) has appointed Asheel Shah as a Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, effective 1 October 2018.
Shah will direct all commercial real estate investment activities including ground up development.
Shah brings with him over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. Most recently, he was President and Chief Investment Officer of the Multifamily division at Kettler Inc, a diversified real estate development company. Shah oversaw acquisitions, asset management, development, construction and equity capital sourcing in the Multifamily division.
Neal Wilson, co-founder and Chief Operating
Rothschild Merchant Banking, the investment arm of Rothschild & Co, is pleased to announce that it has completed the final closing of Five Arrows Capital Partners (FACP), its first corporate private equity vehicle in the United States.
This is the 13th fund raised by Rothschild Merchant Banking over the last 10 years, which brings the total assets under management to more than USD10 billion across four strategies: corporate private equity; senior and junior credit; primary and secondary fund of funds; and co-investments.
The Fund has secured total capital commitments in excess of USD655 million, above its target, from a
Granite Bridge Partners (Granite Bridge), a newly formed private equity investment firm focused on the lower middle market, has selected PEF Services for its fund administration.
Granite Bridge was formed by the former management team of the Direct Equity Division of Wafra Inc to effect the acquisition through a Secondary Transaction of a majority interest in Wafra Inc’s direct equity portfolio.
“PEF’s long-standing reputation for providing exceptional service to its clients, together with innovative technology solutions that will allow us to scale, were key drivers in our decision,” says Peter Petrillo, Managing Partner of Granite Bridge. “PEF Services will
HQ Capital has hired Amy Thiessen as Director of Business Development to lead capital-raising and business development in North America. She will be based in New York.
Thiessen will raise capital and develop new strategic partnerships across HQ Capital’s platform with institutional investors in North America including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, endowments and foundations. She will also manage existing strategic partnerships with groups in the US and Canada.
Thiessen joins HQ Capital with 13 years of experience in capital markets in Europe and the US. Previously, she was a Principal at Park Madison Partners, raising capital
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms, has reported revenue growth of 20 per cent year-on-year so far in 2018.
The company has seen a 23 per cent increase in the number of end-users on its flagship IT-as-a-Service product, AbacusFLEXä, and a 28 per cent increase in number of client firms on its cloud platform.
“We marked our first decade of service to the alternative investment community this year, and we are preparing for the next 10 years with a heavy investment in technology and cybersecurity, as well as intentionally-designed office
Private equity fundraising in Africa, including final and interim closes, totalled USD2.1 billion in the first six months of 2018, highlighting the continuing attractiveness of Africa’s investment landscape, according to a new report by The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA).
Some 60 per cent of that amount was allocated to infrastructure-related funds.
The total value of reported PE deals in the first half of 2018 was USD0.9 billion, with the Consumer Discretionary, Financials and Consumer Staples sectors accounting for the highest volume of activity over the period. Specifically, the Financials sectors’ deal volume share increased to
Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC), a new company founded by Zug-based Lakeside Partners and a group of private investors, is to invest in all stages of crypto and blockchain development, from incubation to late stage.
The CV Labs incubator will offer seed money and a three-month incubation program to blockchain startups.
“The time is ripe for CV VC”, says Mathias Ruch, Founder/Managing Partner at Lakeside Partners and Founder/CEO of CV VC: “After the initial phase of pioneers, traditional investors and big players of the ‘old economy’ are starting to take note, analysts now speak of a new dawn
Development Partners International (DPI), a leading Pan-African private equity firm has made an investment through African Development Partners II (ADP II), in Moroccan irrigation systems and solutions business, Compagnie Marocaine de Goutte à goutte et de Pompage (CMGP).
Under the agreement, ADP II has acquired a majority stake in CMGP from existing shareholders, the original founding family, the Moamah family, and Amethis Maghreb Fund I, for a total amount of approximately USD100 million. This will be the largest private equity transaction announced in Morocco in 2018.
Established in 1995, CMGP is the market leader for irrigation in Morocco and
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has made an investment in Hiway Group (Hiway), a New Zealand-based ground improvement specialist that has been delivering innovative and environmentally friendly solutions since 1986.
The company is New Zealand’s leading provider of specialist recycling solutions for road, rail and pavement stabilisation, slip and slope reinforcement, soil mechanics, geotechnical design and contamination remediation. Hiway is leveraging this expertise with a fast-growing footprint in the larger Australian market.
“It’s an exciting time for us, partnering with a company like Hiway,” says Riverside Partner Steven Spiteri. “They’ve continually delivered high-quality, long-lasting solutions for more than
Triple Point has launched the Venture Fund, a new share class in the successful Triple Point VCT 2011 plc. The fund is designed to generate significant returns for investors through a challenge-led investment strategy.
Traditional venture investing focuses on researching a broad cohort of companies and seeking to identify those businesses that are likely to be successful. However, this analysis cannot always predict whether there is a genuine market demand for a product or service. Research has shown that over 40 per cent of start-ups fail because there is no market need, the product doesn’t resonate with the market, or the
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