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Voting for the Private Equity Wire Awards 2018, which recognise the best private equity managers, investors, consultants, advisers and service providers during 2017 in a range of categories covering the entire private equity space, closes on Friday, 15 December.
Uniquely, our awards are based on a ‘peer review system’ whereby our readers are invited to elect a ‘best in class’ in a series of categories via an online survey.
Please make your nominations by completing the survey.
Managers and service providers are welcome to nominate their own funds/firms – with relevant justification – and can participate in more than one
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has appointed private equity expert, Gavin Hayman, as a Director in their Guernsey office.
Hayman will form part of the team responsible for developing and leading the delivery of the Aztec Group’s private equity fund services’ client proposition in Guernsey. Day-to-day he will ensure the effective management of client relationships for both the Guernsey office and across the firm’s other jurisdictions. As a new member of the local executive team, Hayman will support the leadership team in shaping the Group’s strategic direction.
Hayman joined the Aztec Group from Ipes, where
GSV Asset Management has secured a strategic investment from a group led by HMC Capital (HMC), a Latin American advisory and investment firm.
While terms of the deal have not been disclosed, the investment will result in a minority ownership interest for the HMC-led group in GSV Asset Management. Proceeds will be used to enhance GSV’s ongoing investment activities, as well as to accelerate its strategic expansion into new business areas and geographies.
“We are very excited to partner with HMC Capital, a multi-billion dollar asset manager that brings a range of complimentary capabilities to GSV Asset Management,” says Michael
Maven Capital Partners has appointed Steve Lewis and Jonathan Lowe as Investment Directors leading the Maven – MEIF Debt Fund team in the West Midlands and East and South-East Midlands respectively.
Based in Birmingham, Lewis has responsibility for new MEIF investments across the Midlands, as well as managing portfolio investments. Steve joins Maven following a 30 year career in SME investment and banking, most recently with Handelsbanken in Wolverhampton. Steve has spent most of his career supporting business customers, large and small, whilst working for a number of UK-based banks. He has extensive experience of commercial banking having worked at
Private equity firm Silverfleet Capital is to acquire a majority stake in the 7days group (7days), a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of medical workwear. Terms of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, have not been disclosed.
The founders will reinvest alongside Silverfleet Capital and remain with the Company.
Founded in 1999 by Marc Staperfeld and Ulrich Doelken and based in Lotte, Germany, 7days is a vertically integrated online and mail order business, which supplies clothing and accessories to the healthcare industry, specifically medical practices and dentists.
The Company offers a comprehensive product portfolio designed exclusively
iCapital Network has closed its acquisition of the US Private Equity Access Fund Platform from the Asset Management division of Deutsche Bank. iCapital now services more than USD5 billion in investor capital and nearly 10,000 investor accounts.
The US Private Equity Access Fund Platform is comprised of 33 fund families representing 53 onshore and offshore vehicles and USD2.8 billion in capital across more than 7,200 domestic and international investor accounts. iCapital has assumed management of the fund portfolio and iCapital’s end-to-end technology solution will be leveraged to streamline and automate the ongoing administration of the funds and provide operational support
NewAlpha Asset Management is making its first InsurTech investment through a fundraising initiative conducted jointly with a leading global reinsurer on behalf of Digital Insure.
Founded in Paris by Fabrice Couturier, Jean Orgonasi and Richard Thibault, Digital Insure aims to become a leading European InsurTech within five years, specialising in personal protection with a comprehensive digital offering (developed since 2013) in individual loan insurance (ADE) via its subsidiaries.
The company is relying on the fundraising to accelerate its growth, invest in new technological innovations, broaden its range of products and services, and expand its business in Europe.
The
CAMRADATA, a provider of data and analysis for institutional investors, has acquired specialist publishing business, Funds Europe Limited – a move that will boost CAMRADATA’s research arm, expand its publishing capabilities and events business and extend its database reach into Europe.
The acquisition will be completed by 14 December 2017 and will see nine editorial, sales and administration staff transfer across and relocate to CAMRADATA’s Leadenhall Street offices in the City of London from their current office.
Funds Europe Limited will continue to be managed by Alan Chalmers, who co-founded the business in 2002, and it will be overseen by
Outsourced investment office Partners Capital has added to its senior management team with the promotions of David Shushan and Toby Joll from Managing Director to Partner.
Four other promotions from Senior Principal to Managing Director were announced. This takes the firm to 17 Partners and Managing Directors, led by Stan Miranda as Founder and CEO.
Based in Boston, Shushan was promoted to Partner. Shushan joined Partners Capital in 2008 from McKinsey & Company and is responsible for the firm’s US Taxable Client Strategy as well as managing many of the largest US private client accounts.
Also being promoted
Instana, the first monitoring solution to apply both automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to fully automate all aspects of application performance management (APM), has raised a USD20 million Series B investment led by Accel, with participation from existing investor Target Partners.
This brings the company’s total funding to USD27 million to date. The funding will be used to grow the company’s ability to fulfil the demand from across global markets and expand the development of its products.
Companies are increasingly relying on container and cloud technologies to deploy highly dynamic software applications, which require new management solutions. Since its
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