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Janney Montgomery Scott (Janney), a full-service wealth management, capital markets, and asset management firm headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, has appointed Sean Gallagher as Managing Director in the Infrastructure Investment Banking Group.
Bringing with him over 20 years of industry experience, Gallagher previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of International Raw Materials LTD, a marketing, distribution, and merchant trading firm focused on industrial materials and chemicals. Prior to International Raw Materials, he co-founded GBH Advisors, a strategic and financial advisory services firm for senior management and boards of directors of public and private companies, private equity firms, and high net
Hunter Street Partners (Hunter Street), a Minneapolis-based alternative investment management firm, has appointed three board members to its inaugural Advisory Board.
The accomplished business leaders, all based in the greater Minneapolis region, will provide guidance to the firm on its investment strategy, internal operations and management, and transactions. The members of the Advisory Board will also contribute their financial, legal, economic, and deal-making insights to further the firm’s business development efforts.
The Advisory Board members are: Steve Adams, Senior Distinguished Fellow at University of St Thomas School of Law and Former Partner & General Counsel, Wayzata Investment Partners; Van
Fortino Capital has appointed Steven De Troyer as investment director. In this new role, De Troyer will be responsible for sourcing and driving new investments and the performance of its portfolio companies.
Having worked for several renowned companies in the advisory and investment sector, De Troyer brings valuable investment experience to the team. He started his career in London, where he worked in the M&A departments of ING and UBS. He focused on advising clients in the telecom, media and technology sector. In 2012, Steven joined Gimv, a European investment company active in private equity and venture capital, where he
Céréa Partenaire, an investment partner for agrobusiness companies, has held the first closing of Céréa Dette II with more than EUR300 million in commitments, after less than seven months of fundraising.
The fund’s subscribers are all institutional investors including insurance companies, pension funds, funds of funds and banks. Unigrains, sponsor of Céréa Partenaire, as well as all the original investors, have all invested in the new fund.
Launched in early 2015, the first generation of Céréa Dette surpassed its initial objective by more than 30 per cent securing EUR268m in commitments.
Following the same proven strategy, Céréa Dette
BlackRock is to acquire Tennenbaum Capital Partners, an investment manager focused on middle market performing credit and special situation credit opportunities.
The acquisition augments BlackRock’s position as a leading global credit asset manager and advances its goal of providing clients with a diverse range of alternative investment products and solutions to meet their evolving needs.
TCP complements BlackRock’s Global Credit business with seasoned investment talent and a strong long-term track record at a time when clients are increasingly turning to private credit as a higher-yielding alternative to traditional fixed income allocations. A key element of the transaction is the
CompIQ, an enterprise software platform that provides investment management firms with real-time compensation benchmarking and related compliance services, has launched the second version of its enterprise platform following extensive customer feedback.
CompIQ’s initial focus has been on real estate, venture capital, private equity and hedge funds. The company will soon expand to cover traditional asset management and financial services more broadly. The company is led by CEO Adam Zoia (pictured), founder of Glocap Search, a premier search firm known for serving the specialised recruiting needs of clients in the investment management industry.
“CompIQ was formed to empower organisations with
Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) has launched PSL Ventures, a Seattle-based venture capital fund that invests in early-stage technology companies.
The USD80 million venture fund will invest in companies all over the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The fund also will participate in financings of spinouts from PSL’s affiliated startup studio.
The fund’s limited partner group is comprised of charitable foundations, institutional investment firms, funds of funds, and world-renowned technology industry executives and founders. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at the top end of its target range.
PSL Ventures is led by four managing directors: Greg
GreenCom Networks has secured a funding round led by London and Sydney-based the Macdoch Group, with a participation from existing shareholders Munich Venture Partners and SET Ventures.
The funds will be used to further strengthen GreenCom’s position as an Energy Internet of Things (IoT) provider in the European energy market and beyond.
GreenCom is providing its Energy Information Brokerage Platform to utilities and energy service companies, including OEMs of energy-relevant devices. As a company, GreenCom combines unique strengths from a deep understanding of the future energy markets and its telco technology background with the experience of managing millions of
Orrick has appointed David Schwartz as a partner in New York. Schwartz brings extensive experience in corporate and securities law, with a primary focus on M&A transactions for technology and life sciences companies.
Schwartz is the 11th partner to join Orrick’s M&A practice in the past two years, a practice that ranked No13 for global M&A volume last year (Mergermarket).
“David has deep experience in sophisticated transactions,” says Ed Batts, Global Head of Orrick’s M&A and Private Equity practice. “He has established himself as a rising star in both buy- and sell-side transactions in the tech and life sciences
British companies are enjoying an unprecedented period of investment from US West Coast-based firms, with 74 deals contributing to a total value of GBP1.08 billion in 2017 – the first time Silicon Valley investment into the UK has broken the billion-pound mark.
That’s according to a new report from Penningtons Manches, ‘Golden Gate to Golden Triangle’, which finds that software companies take the lion’s share of this investment, benefiting from GBP2.2 billion in funds since 2011. The number of deals from Silicon Valley into UK firms has increased by 252 per cent over that period.
Many of these companies are
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