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CUSIP Global Services’ (CGS) CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for June 2018, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity, has revealed a found a fourth straight monthly increase in requests for new municipal bond identifiers, while CUSIP request volume for corporate equity and debt decreased in June.
CGS says this is suggestive of steady improvement in municipal issuance and continued volatility in corporate issuance for the second half of 2018.
CUSIP identifier requests for the broad category of US and Canadian corporate offerings, which includes both equity and debt, totalled
FrontLine Compliance has strengthened its consulting team in response to the continued growth of the firm’s offerings of regulatory compliance advising and support for SEC registered investment advisers and private funds.
Mike Spero, a former Chief Compliance Officer, recently joined FrontLine Compliance as Senior Vice President to handle clients’ compliance requirements.
Spero specialises in complex regulatory compliance matters for investment advisers and private funds. With over seventeen years of compliance specific experience, he has excelled in senior compliance roles guiding money managers on the implementation and oversight of an effective compliance program. Spero most recently served as Chief Compliance
Clearly Drinks, a private equity-backed soft drinks manufacturing company, has completed the acquisition of the IP and distribution rights for the Powerful Water Company (POW).
This follows a year of double-digit growth in which Clearly Drinks increased headcount to over 100 people and secured a contract with a major supermarket.
Founded by the ex-Monster Energy and Capri Sun, Head of Sales Ed Woolner, with the financial backing of former Diageo and Red Bull executives, POW used natural ingredients to deliver healthier functional beverages to the soft drinks industry.
Based in Sunderland, Clearly Drinks is a soft drinks manufacturer
Health-focused restaurant brand True Food Kitchen, which is backed by private equity firm Centrebridge, has secured an equity investment from Oprah Winfrey, who also joins the board of directors.
Founded in 2008, True Food Kitchen has received national recognition as a culinary leader, with a health-driven menu of seasonal dishes and natural beverages guided by the principles of founder Dr Andrew Weil’s anti-inflammatory food pyramid.
Today, True Food Kitchen operates 23 restaurants in 10 states, with plans to double its store count in the next three years. Key focus areas include new markets on the east coast in New York, New Jersey and North
O’Melveny has represented Highview Capital in its acquisition of specialised food service distributor Good Source Solutions.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The O’Melveny team was led by Corporate M&A partner David Smith, and included Corporate M&A partner Nicolai Schwarz-Gondek, Corporate Finance counsel Sarah Hoffner, and associates Matt Carter, Nidhi Geevarghese, Cliff Wen, Aaron Cha, Maha Syed, and Zach Greenberg.
Noerr has advised comdirect bank on the sale of its subsidiary European Bank for Financial Services (ebase) to FNZ, an international financial technology provider.
The FNZ Group provides established financial institutions with platform solutions for the entire investment business value chain (Platform as a Service). ebase is a B2B direct bank which offers a full range of services for financial products providers, insurance companies, banks, asset managers and other businesses.
Noerr provided comdirect with extensive advice in connection with the transaction and assisted it in both the M&A bidder process and the contractual negotiations. Volker Land, Co-Head of the
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has completed a GBP2 million investment in Lending Works, a UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lender.
The total transaction value also includes GBP800,000 of funding from NVM Private Equity, Pollen Street Capital, and a small number of business angels. The investment will be used to strengthen Lending Works’ sales and marketing function to support the continued expansion of the business, capitalising on the significant growth forecasted in the P2P market, and enabling it to originate and convert more loans through its established sales channels, such as brokers and price comparison sites.
Founded in
Moore Stephens has advised Webcredible Limited, a London-based experience design agency, on its sale to digital consultancy and software design agency Inviqa.
The acquisition helps Inviqa to expand its customer and user experience capabilities in response to client demand, while Inviqa adds an improved development capability for Webcredible’s clients.
Led by Partner Damian Ryan and Senior Manager Victoria Kiess, Moore Stephens’ Corporate Finance team acted as exclusive advisor to Webcredible throughout the sale process, including; the preparation of an information memorandum on Webcredible, identification and approach to potential acquirers, solicitation and negotiation of offers through to the successful completion
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey has appointed Zade Zalatimo as a Managing Director in the firm’s Corporate Finance business, effective September.
Zalatimo will be based in Dubai and will spearhead the expansion of the Private Funds Group and contribute to Houlihan Lokey’s broader advisory capabilities in the region.
Zalatimo will join Houlihan Lokey from The Carlyle Group, where he was the senior executive officer of Carlyle MENA responsible for leading the firm’s business activities in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. His responsibilities included developing and maintaining relationships with family offices, endowments, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds
Bambu, a provider of robo-advisory technology, today announced it has completed a USD3 million Series A funding led by Franklin Templeton Investments, with Singapore family office Octava and prominent Japanese Fintech investor Mamoru Taniya also joining the round.
The year 2018 has already become a marquee year for the two-year-old startup, signing clients in both North and South America as well as across Asia, and newly opened offices in London and Kuala Lumpur. Bambu also continues its commitment to its proprietary AI research and solutions, with further hires and completion of the team’s first research publication.
“We are incredibly
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