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Thierry de Vergnes has joined Amundi as Head of Debt Fund Management within its dedicated platform for real and alternative assets.
De Vergnes (pictured), previously worked at Lyxor where he created the debt fund management business, having spent nine years at Société Générale.
From 1985 until 2003, he worked at Indosuez Bank first in Paris, then London and finally he joined the New York office where he was Group Head of Indosuez Capital, the acquisition finance department of the bank in the US.
De Vergnes holds an MBA from the Institut Français du Pétrole and a Degree in
By Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), CEO, The International Stock Exchange Group – There are a number of advantages of listing on TISE, including the ability to demonstrate additional substance within and create value for investment structures, says Fiona Le Poidevin, CEO, The International Stock Exchange Group.
Asset management groups are still coming to terms with the fact that international developments such as the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative have placed increased focus on the substance of investment structures.
However, there are a number of advantages of listing on TISE,
Withinlink CEO Bessie Lee (pictured), has announced the launch of the firm’s second venture capital fund this year – a new USD30 million fund that is aiming to bring startups to China.
“As our world globalises and China gentrifies, there has never been a better time to bridge the gap between Silicon Valley innovation and the China market,” says Lee. “Withinlink Venture Fund 2.0 will invest in US-based companies with products and services poised for takeoff in China.”
The new Withinlink fund, which follows a RMB fund which closed this past March, will target mid- to late-stage US media
Private equity firm Activa Capital’s portfolio company Mecadaq, a provider of high precision manufacturing for the aerospace industry, has acquired Armoa, a specialist in high precision machining.
The acquisition takes place 18 months after the creation by Activa Capital of a consolidation platform in aerospace subcontracting. This is the second significant build-up for Mecadaq, which already generates revenues of EUR32 million in aeronautic subcontracting, primarily in the area of machining of aero structure parts for civil aircraft. Financed with bank debt and additional capital provided by Activa Capital and Mecadaq’s management, the acquisition will increase the group’s revenues to over
AMAL Therapeutics (AMAL), a Swiss biotech developing peptide-based therapeutic cancer vaccines, has completed the first tranche of its Series B financing round, raising EUR8 million (CHF8.8 million).
The Company will use the funds to progress its lead vaccine (ATP128) towards clinical studies and proof-of-concept in colorectal cancer. It will also further develop its proprietary therapeutic tumour vaccination technology platform called KISIMA.
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF), BioMedPartners and Helsinn Investment Fund are cornerstone investors, with VI Partners, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Schroder Adveq also participating.
AMAL is Schroder Adveq’s first investment in Life Sciences in Switzerland. It is also
McCarthy Denning has advised Rockpool Acquisitions (Rockpool) in relation to its admission to the Standard Listing segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange and a related fundraising. Gross proceeds of GBP1,085,000 were raised through the fundraising.
Rockpool is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) founded in Northern Ireland and formed to undertake the acquisition of a business based there. Specifically, Rockpool is looking to acquire a highly ambitious, Northern Ireland-based company, with a valuation of up to GBP20 million, to provide that company with access to the deeper pools of capital that the public markets provide.
Shore Capital Partners platform company Argentum Medical has acquired the TheraBond family of products from Alliqua BioMedical (Alliqua).
These products, branded TheraBond with unique SilverTrak technology, include contact dressings, island dressings and wraps for burn care, surgical site care, and wound care.
“Alliqua has done an excellent job establishing these products as reliable, high-quality solutions for treating burns and other advanced wound care applications, and we have enjoyed working with them on this transaction,” says Raul Brizuela, President and CEO of Argentum. “We are excited to add the TheraBond products to Argentum’s existing market leading Silverlon silver plated nylon
Experienced investment fund lawyer James Bermingham has joined Ogier’s Luxembourg team as counsel.
Bermingham (pictured), who has experience in City and offshore law firms and as a General Counsel of a global asset manager and private equity administration group, is admitted in England and Wales and is registered on List IV in Luxembourg.
He joins the growing Ogier team in Luxembourg led by practice partner Francois Pfister – the firm marks its fifth anniversary this year, with six partners qualified in Luxembourg law, and over 35 staff in total.
Pfister says: “James’ broad experience and specific expertise in
Acuris, a provider of business intelligence and research for fixed income, transactions, compliance and equities, says data from its Mergermarket and Debtwire products indicate a significant rise in inbound debt issuance and M&A activity from the USA to Europe.
Despite an increase in US M&A investment in Europe by 108.4 per cent in 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016, this trend appears to have reversed on the debt financing side. ‘Reverse yankee’ issuance (euro denominated debt issued by US companies in Europe) for M&A in 2016 reached EUR12.1 billion yet the equivalent YTD volume in 2017 is
Global Jet Capital, a provider of financing solutions for corporate aircraft, believes more private equity firms and hedge funds are considering entering the business aviation finance sector to diversify their portfolios and reduce their exposure to equities and bonds and any potential market correction.
The company also believes that the price of mid to heavy private jets is beginning to stabilide following several years of falling valuations, and this is also making business aviation finance more appealing to private equity firms and hedge funds.
Global Jet Capital is capitalised by three global investment firms – GSO Capital Partners, a
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