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Atlantic-Pacific Capital, an independently owned global placement and advisory firm focused on alternative investments, has appointed Raed Elkhatib as Partner and CEO, and Hank Gurley as Principal.
Elkhatib will focus on origination for Atlantic-Pacific and will be a full voting member of the partnership group, which has overseen day-to-day operations and strategic direction of the firm since 2009. He joins the firm after spending 11 years in the Private Fund Group at Credit Suisse, where he was a Managing Director responsible for leading the due diligence and origination efforts for Credit Suisse’s private equity fundraising team.
“I was attracted to
- 27/01/2017
Meridia Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in Grupo Andilana, a casual dining restaurant chain and hotel operator in Spain.
As a result of Meridia’s investment in the company, Andilana will now look to accelerate its growth plans both organically and by increasing its restaurant rollout programme.
Meridia will work in close cooperation with Andilana’s current managing team that will continue leading the firm’s activity.
Established in 1958 and with over 25 restaurants across Spain, Andilana offers its customers traditional Mediterranean cuisine in a cosy and fashionable atmosphere at affordable prices. With more than 2.5 million customers
- 27/01/2017
UK fund management company Octopus Investments has appointed Chris McVey as a fund manager in the smaller companies team.
McVey (pictured) joins a team which, following significant growth in funds under management in recent years, now invests over GBP1 billion in UK quoted smaller companies.
McVey will focus on management of the Octopus AIM inheritance tax portfolios, the Octopus AIM Venture Capital Trusts and the FP Octopus UK Micro Cap Growth Fund.
McVey brings with him over 16 years’ experience within the UK smaller company equity market. He joins Octopus from Citigroup where he was a director for
- 26/01/2017
- 26/01/2017
The Longfort Group, through L Concepts, has completed its acquisition of Scoozi Italian Restaurant, its maiden acquisition in Thailand.
Scoozi has 24 branches located across the Great Bangkok area having opened its first location in downtown Bangkok in 2004.
It specialises in Neapolitan-style pizzas made in traditional wood-fired ovens.
Scoozi operates both dine-in and delivery formats.
"We are excited about our foray into the Thai consumer market especially through such an established platform as Scoozi," says TW Pang, chief executive of The Longfort Group. "The potential of the brand is enormous and we look forward to stewarding
- 26/01/2017
- 26/01/2017
European growth private equity investor Keensight Capital has appointed Anne de Bonnefon as head of investor relations.
De Bonnefon has 15 years of private equity and strategy consulting experience, having begun her career in 2000 as a strategy consultant for AT Kearney.
In 2006, she joined the primary investment team at Unigestion in Geneva, where she was in charge of selecting European funds. She went on to serve as director of the investor relations team at LBO France for five years before joining Keensight Capital.
Keensight Capital managing partner Jean-Michel Beghin says: "We are delighted that a talented
- 26/01/2017
Fiera Infrastructure has acquired Suncor Energy's 50 per cent interest in the Cedar Point II Limited Partnership, owner of the 100 megawatt (MW) Cedar Point II wind facility.
Cedar Point II, located in Forest Hill, Ontario, consists of 46 wind turbines located on privately owned lands under long-term leases, is co-owned with affiliates of NextEra Energy Canada and has been operating since October 2015.
It benefits from a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), formerly Ontario Power Authority, whereby 100 per cent of the output is sold to the ISEO in exchange for a
- 26/01/2017
Sixpoint Partners has held the closing of Incline Equity Partners IV with over USD601 million of total capital commitments.
The fund closed at its hard cap and well in excess of its USD450 million target after only three months of marketing.
The fund, which is the fourth investment vehicle for the founding principals of Incline Equity Partners, received commitments from a number of top-tier investors, including endowments, foundations, multi-manager funds, consultants, public pensions, corporate pensions and family offices.
Fund IV follows the strategy of its predecessor, Incline Equity Partners III, which closed above its target at USD301 million
- 26/01/2017
Pritzker Group Private Capital has appointed Ryan Roberts as investment partner and co-head of the group’s services team, which focuses on investing in and operating companies in various industries within the services sector.
Roberts joins the investing and operating teams at Pritzker Group with more than 15 years of significant leadership and investment experience.
Roberts’ experience includes investing in tech-enabled platforms which will allow the firm to further leverage Pritzker Group’s technology base, including from sister teams at Pritzker Group Venture Capital.
Most recently Roberts was a director on the technology, media and telecom services team for Madison
- 25/01/2017
The VT UK Infrastructure Income Fund (UKIIF), which is advised by GCO Advisory – a subsidiary of Gravis Capital Partners – has raised over GBP120 million of assets in the 12 months since its launch.
The fund has returned over 11 per cent to investors including three full and one part-period dividend payments totalling 4.5940p in respect of the C GBP income share class.
The fund is expected to achieve its target of 5 per cent distributions from the next dividend payment to be announced at the end of March.
Through its investments in 27 infrastructure securities, the
- 25/01/2017
- 25/01/2017
Shore Capital Partners has completed a growth investment in Argentum Medical and certain assets of Cura Surgical.
Founded in 2001 and located in Geneva, Illinois, Argentum manufactures and sells wound care products across a wide number of clinical applications, including the Silverlon brand, its proprietary range of silver-based antimicrobial products.
The core platform technology in Silverlon is a designed silver-plated nylon matrix that provides the powerful antimicrobial properties of silver ions in the dressing without staining the skin and without increasing bioburden. Silverlon dressings are used today by surgeons and other healthcare professionals around the world on surgical wounds,
- 25/01/2017
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