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Northern Trust has released a white paper outlining key steps investment managers and investors can take to potentially achieve greater transparency in alternative investments such as hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and natural resources.
The paper, ‘Alts Transparency: Finding the Right Balance’, is a follow-up to an industry-wide survey conducted earlier this year by The Economist Intelligence Unit for Northern Trust, which confirmed that transparency remains a top priority among alternative investors.
“A decade after the global financial crisis highlighted the risks of large allocations to opaque, illiquid assets, the industry continues to struggle with standards of
SANNE has appointed Stuart Harris as Director of Global Facilities to support the ongoing enhancement of the firm’s growing services and strategic development.
Harris (pictured), will drive the strategic direction of facilities management across the 15 jurisdictions in which SANNE operates. He brings with him 30 years of experience that has included the management of multi-million-pound facility and real estate schemes, and M&A projects across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the UK.
Harris joins SANNE from FIS Global, where he was director of real estate for the EMEA region. He managed all M&A and integration projects covering 77
GMB Mezzanine Capital has promoted Seth Jonker to Senior Associate and hired Beth Nechanicky as Controller.
Jonker joined GMB as an Associate in 2015. Prior to joining GMB, he was in commercial lending, where he provided debt financing in support of private-equity backed buyouts, M&A transactions, and recapitalisations at Wells Fargo.
“Seth is recognized for his growing knowledge of the industry, team contributions, and deal leadership. He will play a key role in supporting our private equity relationships,” says Dan Hemiadan, Partner at GMB.
Nechanicky, a CPA (inactive) by training, brings deep financial and accounting know-how to GMB.
Limerston Capital has acquired Crawford Scientific Holdings Ltd (Crawford), comprising Crawford Scientific Ltd and Hall Analytical Laboratories), from Maven Capital Partners.
Crawford is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of outsourced chromatography consumables and services to the laboratory research and testing sector. This is the third investment of Limerston Capital’s debut fund, Limerston Capital Partners I.
Scotland based Crawford Scientific (founded in 1985) and Manchester based Hall Analytical Laboratories (founded in 1987) provide an array of products and services encompassing consumables distribution with expert advice, training and specialist analytical services to offer the UK’s leading pharmaceutical, research and laboratory
Law firm Goodwin has appointed Douglas Freeman and Victor Chen as partners in the firm’s international Private Equity Practice in Hong Kong.
Having worked together for many years, Freeman and Chen have developed a robust Asia-focused practice guiding private equity firms, investment banking firms, venture capital and institutional investors in connection with public and private M&A, securities offerings, financings, PIPEs and auctions in various industries.
“Goodwin’s Hong Kong private equity platform is a vital part of the firm’s international offering that is truly full-service, covering the entire life cycle of clients’ investments – from fund formation to investments and
Capagro has closed a second funding round worth EUR66 million following the reopening of the subscription period for its French AgTech-focused venture capital vehicle, Capagro Innovation, back in January.
Established in April 2014 with an initial allocation of EUR37.5 million, which rose to EUR58 million following the first subscription period completed in January 2016, Capagro Innovation set itself the objective of doubling in size through a new investor round.
This goal has now been reached as the fund’s allocation has risen to EUR124 million, higher than the initial objective of EUR120 million. The fund has also welcomed some new
UK private equity firm Maven Capital Partners has exited its investment in Crawford Scientific (Crawford), a supplier of chromatography products and analytical services to the laboratory research and testing sectors, following its sale to Limerston Capital Partners I.
The sale realised a return for Maven clients of 4.7x the initial investment in just over three years, with an IRR of 70 per cent.
Since investing in August 2014, Maven has worked collaboratively with the business to execute a number of strategic initiatives, including the acquisition of Hall Analytical Laboratories which Maven’s clients also funded. Following the acquisition, Crawford critically increased
JMB Insurance, a risk management services and insurance brokerage, has appointed Ben Kanter as a producer to work with the firm’s rapidly expanding Private Equity and Real Estate groups.
In this role, Kanter will be responsible for the development and acquisition of new brokerage clients.
“Ben brings more than 15 years of financial services experience to JMB Insurance. Prior to joining the firm, he was a trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. During his tenure there, he built and managed a successful Commodities Trading business, devising and executing trading strategies for a diverse portfolio of products,” says Ken Sacks,
Tifosy, a fully licensed sports crowdfunding business, has successfully raised GBP1 million in equity through its own platform.
Co-founded by former player and manager Gianluca Vialli and former investment banker Fausto Zanetton, Tifosy allows supporters to invest in leading clubs. More than 10,000 fans have already invested through the platform and Tifosy has worked with more than 15 clubs in England and Italy. Now, it is now scaling up to extend its operations across other European markets and into other sports, including rugby and cricket.
Tifosy has reached its GBP1m target in just six weeks – more than three
Ventilation systems specialist Monodraught has received a GBP2.65 million investment from BGF to support its long-term growth plans. The High Wycombe headquartered company will use the funding for product development and expansion into new markets.
Led by managing director Andrew McCubbin, Monodraught designs, manufactures, installs and maintains ventilation, cooling and lighting systems to create low energy, low carbon and sustainable buildings. The business works predominately within the education sector and provides a full service, from 3D building simulation analysis through to installation and maintenance.
Having partnered with many leading UK universities in R&D, Monodraught has a long history of
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