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By Nick Bayley (pictured), Duff & Phelps – I was recently in New York advising a large sell-side institution on the potential impact of MiFID II. During that meeting, I was talking through why the legislation was being introduced and reflected that it’s now nearly 10 years since the financial crisis, yet still we haven’t some of the regulatory mechanisms in place in Europe.
Be that as it may, there seems to be a lot of misinformation flying around about how MiFID II will impact third countries. Some may be keen to over-hype the regulation and the terrible impact it
Annie-Laure Servel, senior manager and associate of Artemid, a subsidiary of Capzanine and Amiral Gestion, has been named as the firm’s new Chief Investment Officer (CIO).
“With this new role of CIO, we’re continuing with our restructuring in order to better respond to the financial challenges of the economy and to manage the speed of our development, which has been boosted by the levy provided by Artemid Senior Loan II,” says Servel. “Today, the total amount levied by Artemid has reached around EUR700 million. We’re seizing the opportunity created by this new structure to expand our team with a fifth person
Cornwall Insight, a provider of research, analysis, consultancy and training services for the energy and water sectors has secured a minority investment from BGF, alongside a term loan facility from Barclays, to accelerate its growth plans.
Led by CEO Gareth Miller, the Norwich-headquartered company will use the funding for expansion into new, strategic sectors and geographies, and to drive further organic growth. The business has experienced a double digit increase in revenue in the past year, and employs more than 50 people.
With services across the energy market – including the retail, wholesale, network and water sectors- Cornwall Insight
Clearwater International has added to its debt advisory team with the appointment of two new experienced recruits in its Manchester and Birmingham offices.
Having already made four appointments earlier on in the year, the debt advisory team now stands at nine members in the UK, with a total of twenty across the wider international business.
The debt advisory team has experienced a period of sustained growth having completed 20 transactions so far in 2017, the majority of which having been advised by the UK team. Debt advisory services include offering support to clients undertaking acquisitions, growth financing, shareholder events,
Framework, a private equity investment data firm, has appointed Jesper Steiness, as Director of Global Business Development.
Launched in 2000, Framework provides enterprise investment data management solutions for the global private equity sector. Framework is experiencing a period of growth and change, as is private equity. The industry is seeing: larger allocations from Institutional Investors; larger funds; bigger deals and volumes of business. Added to this, the regulatory environment is encouraging higher allocations and more and more investors are expecting full visibility of their investment managers’ processes.
Harnessing its 17 years expertise and experience in the sector, Framework’s solution
Corgentum Consulting, a provider of integrated operational due diligence reviews and background investigations, has expanded its suite of background investigation services for investors seeking to evaluate reputational risk at fund managers.
Corgentum’s offering now includes social media and expanded web searches. including analysis and monitoring of social media related to funds and key personnel including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, deep web and dark web searches, as well as ongoing investigative monitoring which covers background developments with global watchlist notifications including monitoring of traditional media, court filings, regulatory and arrest records.
In addition, Corgentum offers flash reports – red flag report
Silverfleet Capital, a Pan-European private equity firm that specialises in buy-to-build, is to sell Competence Call Center (CCC), a business process outsourcing (BPO) service provider, to funds managed by Ardian.
The terms of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, have not been disclosed.
Founded in Vienna, Austria in 1998 and headquartered in Berlin, CCC has grown to become the market leader in the DACH region, operating from 18 locations across eight countries and employing over 5,500 staff. The company provides outsourced customer care and BPO services in 28 languages, offering its clients a highly flexible combination of
Gen Cap America has partnered with existing management in its acquisition of The Bargain Barn, which operates as United Grocery Outlet and GO Grocery Outlet, and is one of the largest close-out grocery outlets in the eastern United States.
“We are extremely excited at the opportunity to partner with the top-notch management team at Bargain Barn,” says Gen Cap America Vice President Andrew Ginsberg. “We believe the company has a promising future ahead as they build on their long track record of providing value to customers and solutions to manufacturers.”
Founded in 1974, Bargain Barn operates 37 retail locations across
Francisco Partners has held the closing of Francisco Partners V (FP V), a USD3.975 billion fund that will continue the firm’s history of partnering with management teams and investing in companies across the technology ecosystem.
Francisco Partners closed its largest fund to date in less than six months through a significantly oversubscribed process. The firm has now raised over USD14 billion in committed capital since its inception 18 years ago.
Dipanjan “DJ” Deb, co-founder & CEO of Francisco Partners, says: “We appreciate the overwhelming support we received from our limited partners and are excited to welcome a select group of new
Inflexion Private Equity has backed the management buyout of PCMS Group, a provider of point-of-sale (POS) software for major retailers such as Walgreens, John Lewis and Arcadia Group.
PCMS offers an integrated unified commerce platform for retail selling points for in-store (POS, self-checkout, self-scan) or cloud-hosted environments (eCommerce, mobile). This software is paramount in the digital retail environment creating a seamless shopping experience for customers regardless of their location and facilitating ‘on-the-go’ retail transactions. The business has over 450 employees in the UK, US and Singapore with over 140 blue-chip customers in 55 countries.
PCMS has delivered reliability and
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