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Blackstone is to acquire Harvest Fund Advisors (Harvest), an independent investment management firm with over USD10 billion in assets under management.
Harvest primarily invests capital raised from institutional investors in separately managed accounts and pooled vehicles, investing in public master limited partnerships (MLPs) holding US midstream energy assets. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
Tony James (pictured), President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone, says: “Harvest is a leader in bringing institutional investors to the MLP asset class. It has generated superior long-term results for its investors. Harvest’s expertise in this area will complement our extensive energy
Cowen Inc has appointed Ann M Miller as a director in the firm’s Special Situations Group in the firm’s Investment Banking team.
Miller is based in Cowen’s New York City corporate headquarters and joins the firm with expertise in the public and private company sectors, working in both distressed and traditional M&A assignments. In her new role, Miller is responsible for both executing mandates and obtaining new mandates with new and existing clients. In addition, she is also responsible for client management relating to all of the Special Situations service offerings.
“I am very happy Ann has joined Cowen’s
The Boston office of global law firm K&L Gates has added James A Wright III (pictured), as a partner in the restructuring and insolvency practice. Wright previously practiced with Ropes & Gray.
Wright represents corporations, bondholders, private equity funds, hedge funds, institutional investors, and other parties in corporate restructuring matters including reorganisations, asset sales, liquidations, claim allowance adversary proceedings, setoff rights, and restructurings of portfolio companies. With an emphasis on large Chapter 11 cases, Wright has advised companies in the energy, oil and gas, financial services, health care, automotive, pharmaceutical, technology, and manufacturing industries in debtor-in-possession and committee representations. He has
Altegris, a provider of alternative investment strategies, has partnered with Artivest, a technology-driven alternative investments platform, to bring its investment capabilities to Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs), independent broker-dealers, family offices, private banks, and other financial advisors serving qualified high-net-worth investors.
The partnership launches Artivest’s capabilities to offer alternative solutions to Accredited Investors.
Through this partnership, which entails a transition of USD1 billion of Altegris’ assets and over 20 different fund strategies onto the Artivest digital platform, Altegris’ current and future financial advisors and clients will now be able to utilise streamlined, online tools for onboarding and executing subscriptions as
Edge Investments (Edge), a specialist investment house focused on the creative industries sector, has promoted Steve Carle to the role of Chief Investment Officer for the Edge Performance VCT.
Carle joined Edge in 2015 as Investment Director following a successful 20 year career with the UK’s two leading mid-market private equity companies – 3i Group and LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group – before leaving in 2010 to take on a number of private successful business opportunities before joining Edge.
Over the last year, Steve has focused on managing both Edge’s GBP40 million Edge Creative Enterprise
SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm with a disciplined focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceutical sectors, is reinvesting in Archroma to support the Company’s ongoing initiatives to drive innovation, growth and operational efficiencies and to pursue strategic investments in both organic growth and industry consolidation.
Initially acquired by SK Capital in 2013, Archroma is a global, diversified provider of specialty chemicals serving the branded and performance textiles, packaging and paper, and coatings, adhesives and sealants end markets. The Company is headquartered in Switzerland and operates a highly integrated, customer-focused platform that delivers products in over 100 countries.
The Pracuj Group (Grupa Pracuj), a provider of Human Resources (HR) solutions that help companies recruit, retain, and develop employees in Central Europe, has secured a minority investment from TCV.
TCV provides growth equity capital for both private and public technology companies in the US, Europe, and internationally. The Pracuj Group intends to use the funding to fuel international expansion and expand its product suite. As part of the investment, John Doran and David Yuan, General Partners at TCV, will join the company’s supervisory board.
With more than 17 years of experience in the online recruitment market in Poland,
Technology innovation and evolution has had a profound effect on many jobs, perhaps most notably for a firm’s Chief Technology Officer. Once tasked with desktop support and server maintenance, these IT executives have seen their job descriptions change dramatically over the years. But that change doesn’t necessarily signal something negative.
This Private Equity CTO Survey asked these technology experts directly how they spend their time and what they view as the new and evolving role of the private equity CTO. Their answers highlight a transformative shift from technology troubleshooter to strategic thinker.
With the advent of outsourcing and the cloud, many
Brand Industrial Services, known as BrandSafway, is to acquire Venko Groep BV, a portfolio company of Mentha Capital. Venko will become a part of the Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services (Brand) group.
“We are very pleased to announce the agreement with Venko,” says Bill Hayes, President and CEO of BrandSafway. “Our combined customers in Europe will benefit from a broader range of solutions and greater depth of expertise in access, insulation and coatings. Bringing Venko’s highly specialised knowledge in coatings to BrandSafway will provide the expertise we need to expand our services in the offshore market worldwide.”
Based in
GPB Capital has named Dotty Bollinger, who has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, as Managing Partner in charge of its new Healthcare Strategy.
GPB Capital focuses on acquiring mature, income-producing companies in necessity-based sectors, including retail automotive, waste management, and managed IT, and now, healthcare.
“Dotty has an impressive track record of working closely with healthcare companies to achieve the next level of growth and profitability, while delivering medical innovations directly to patients and driving outstanding financial results to investors,” says David Gentile, Founder and CEO of GPB Capital. “Dotty’s broad expertise and experience
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