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Private equity investment firm Capital Partners has added three new members to its team.
They are Sarah Paquet, senior associate, Chris Faux, associate, and Meaghan Byrnes, assistant fund controller.
The trio will help the Capital Partners team to evaluate and execute new investments, add value to existing holdings including add-on acquisitions, and administer the portfolio of tax flow-through investments and distribute cash to limited partners quarterly.
Paquet joins Capital Partners after earning an MBA from the Kellog School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to Northwestern, she was an investment professional at Baird Capital, a private equity firm in Chicago, Ilinois. Prior to Baird, Paquet was
- 24/08/2016
- 24/08/2016
Pacific Fund Systems (PFS), a provider of fund administration software to hedge funds and private equity funds, has made two appointments to its European operations team.
Erich Carshagen, a senior business analyst within the PFS group, has relocated to PFS’ new European offices headquartered in the Isle of Man.
Carshagen will be working with Martin Heaney, PFS’ senior business analyst and head of testing, and the business analyst team across the PFS group, and will continue to provide client training and supporting materials, migration assistance, support, design specifications for new developments and enhancements, and system testing. Carshagen is a
- 23/08/2016
- 23/08/2016
Legal intelligence company Logikcull has raised USD10 million in venture capital led by OpenView with participation from existing investor Storm Ventures.
In the event of litigation, internal investigations or open records and subpoena response, Logikcull makes it simple and affordable for anyone to quickly find what is in data.
“OpenView and Storm Ventures have a great track record helping enterprise-focused tech companies with clear missions grow fast,” says Logikcull CEO Andy Wilson. “We want to win this market so we can bring the benefits of legal intelligence to the millions of legal and compliance professionals who struggle to overcome
- 23/08/2016
FS Investments’ business development company (BDC) direct lending platform committed over USD830 million to middle market companies in the second quarter of 2016, bringing its year-to-date total commitments to more than USD1.2 billion.
New directly originated investments during the quarter were made in support of 12 portfolio companies headquartered in seven different US states.
“Our market-leading scale serves as a great deal sourcing advantage,” says Michael C Forman, chairman and chief executive officer of FS Investments. “Our ability to underwrite larger investments provides access to a broad set of investment opportunities for our investors and a flexible source of
- 23/08/2016
Guidon Partners has made a minority investment alongside Kelso & Company in the acquisition of Physicians Endoscopy.
Founded in 1998, Physicians Endoscopy is a developer, owner and manager of endoscopic surgery centres across the US.
The company has appointed Greg Roth, a founder and partner of Guidon Partners and former CEO of TeamHealth, to its board of directors.
Barry Tanner, CEO of Physicians Endoscopy, says: “I am pleased that Greg has joined our board. He understands our business and has significant experience developing and managing surgery centres with physician partners.”
“I look forward to working with Barry
- 23/08/2016
Alternative asset firm TPG has named Sanghoon Lee as a partner.
Lee will be responsible for leading TPG Capital Asia’s investment activities in South Korea, further expanding the firm’s presence in the Asia-Pacific region.
“Many years of investing in Asia have reinforced my conviction in the investment opportunity in the region,” says Jon Winkelried, co-CEO of TPG. “Continuing to build our business across Asia is an important priority for TPG and I believe South Korea offers an exciting and dynamic opportunity for our firm. Sanghoon’s experience, local knowledge, and leadership make him an ideal partner to help us capitalise
- 23/08/2016
- 23/08/2016
Modern Energy Management (MEM) has been working with Gunkul Engineering, a Thai renewable electricity producer, to bring three wind projects to financial close.
Once complete, the three wind farms will contribute 170MW to the grid – nearly doubling Thailand’s total wind energy capacity.
MEM served as owner’s representative on the 60MW Wayu, 60MW Greenovation and 50MW Korat Wind projects, helping to bring the projects through late stage development to financial close. Furthermore, the firm is now acting as owner’s engineer for construction on the Wayu project, and will fill the same role on the Korat Wind project in the near
- 23/08/2016
Venture Global LNG has closed its fifth round of equity investment, again through a private Reg D transaction.
The offering raised additional capital of USD15 million, bringing the total capital raised to date to over USD280 million.
The proceeds will fund Venture Global's liquefied natural gas (LNG) development activities for its proposed export facilities in Louisiana.
Co-chief executives Mike Sabel and Bob Pender say: "We are pleased to continue to successfully develop and optimize our projects, hit our milestones and, as a result, raise additional equity. In this offering, we are pleased to be joined by a
- 23/08/2016
- 23/08/2016
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has completed its acquisition of visual analytics software specialist Qlik.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Qlik shareholders are entitled to receive USD30.50 in cash for each share of Qlik common stock they hold.
The transaction was announced on 2 June 2016 and received approval from Qlik shareholders on 17 August 2016. As a result of the completion of the acquisition, shares of Qlik common stock were removed from listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market, with trading in Qlik shares suspended prior to the opening of business today.
Morgan Stanley served as
- 23/08/2016
- 23/08/2016
Private equity firm Pharos Capital Group has hired James S Kerrigan and Kevin A Ryan as senior financial analysts.
Kerrigan will be based in Pharos's Dallas office, while Ryan will be based in Nashville.
Prior to joining Pharos, Kerrigan spent two years as an investment banking analyst at Barclays in New York, advising on deals in the healthcare, packaging, chemicals and strategic finances sectors. Before that, he worked in various capacities at a private equity family office and a healthcare consulting firm in Nebraska.
Ryan worked for two years as an investment banking analyst for Stephens Inc in
- 23/08/2016
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