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By Nick Bayley (pictured), Duff & Phelps – A few weeks ago I visited South Africa where I met numerous buy-side firms, some with UK or European subsidiaries and some who operated solely out of that country. Apart from the dreaded Brexit, the other question that in came up in all the conversations was to ask how much the tentacles of MiFID II might extend beyond Europe. In short, what is the reality of its extra-territoriality?
Other related questions the firms raised were: What is likely to happen to current market practice outside the EU after MiFID II? And will
Private investment firm Inverness Graham has acquired acquisition of GPSTrackIt, a provider of SaaS based asset-tracking and fleet management solutions across North America.
GPSTrackIt’s solutions deliver cost reductions, increased fleet efficiency, and equipment & asset protection. Inverness Graham teamed up with telematics and telecom market industry veteran, Keith Schneider, who joins as the company President and CEO. Founding owner, John Stull, retained a significant ownership position in the business and will remain on the Board of Directors.
“GPSTrackIt is a proprietary opportunity that was sourced through our proactive search efforts in the Internet of Things market. It is our 5th
Coinsilium Group Limited, an accelerator focused on early-stage blockchain technology companies, has completed a SGD100,000 (circa GBP56,100) in Indorse Pte Ltd through a convertible loan agreement.
Indorse is a Singapore-based company developing a blockchain-powered decentralised professional network. In addition, Coinsilium will receive an entitlement to an undisclosed number of Indorse digital tokens to be issued by Indorse in the next few months.
Indorse is a professional social networking platform co-founded by David Moskowitz and Gaurang Torvekar. Indorse’s co-founders have demonstrated their ability to successfully deploy blockchain technology and smart contract solutions for private companies and public institutions in Singapore,
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a USD4 billion venture capital firm investing in consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology companies, has promoted Michael Segal to vice president.
In his new role, Segal will continue to work closely with partner Ethan Kurzweil to identify promising, early-stage startups in areas like developer platforms, consumer internet, and e-commerce.
Segal joined BVP’s New York office in 2009. Two years later, he took a break from the investment world to become a startup founder and product manager. Most recently, he was founder and CEO of Skylight, a consumer IoT platform that thousands of families around the
Independent wealth management firm Diversified Trust has launched DTC Private Equity VI and DTC Private Equity VI-Q, the firm’s sixth private equity fund series aimed at qualified and accredited investors.
“As a firm that believes in creating diversified investment portfolios, we are pleased to introduce Diversified Trust’s latest private equity fund to the market,” says Carol Womack, Principal and Head of Private Equity at Diversified Trust. “Our team has extensive private equity experience, and we understand the role of private equity in an investment portfolio and recognise that as a long-term asset class it should outperform public benchmarks.”
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Private equity-backed Cheetah Digital, a global enterprise cross-channel marketing solutions provider, has launched as an independent marketing technology company.
Formerly Experian Cross-Channel Marketing (CCM), the newly established Cheetah Digital says it is “committed to driving results for enterprise marketers at scale through an unrelenting focus on product innovation and expert services”.
In April 2017, Vector Capital, a leading technology-focused global private equity firm specialising in transformational investments, along with Peter McCormick, Co-Founder of ExactTarget (acquired by Salesforce.com), acquired xperian CCM. The transaction encompassed Experian’s suite of cross-channel and email marketing products, including the Experian Marketing Suite, CheetahMail and Mail Publisher,
Linnaeus Group, a specialist veterinary group for small animals, has joined forces with UK private equity buy and build specialist Sovereign Capital’s portfolio business Village Vet.
This investment further consolidates the Group’s position as a leading veterinary services provider and makes it the fourth largest operator in the UK.
The Linnaeus Group was established following Sovereign’s 2014 platform investment in Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service, one of the largest and most highly regarded small animal specialist veterinary centres in the UK. Since then the Group has made 11 acquisitions including North Downs Specialist Referrals, Avonvale, Calder Vets and
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, a leader in alternative investment education, has appointed Valerie J Sill (pictured), CFA, CAIA, to its Board of Directors.
Sill is the President and CEO of DuPont Capital Management (DCM), where she also serves as Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining DCM in 2004, Sill was Executive Vice President with The Boston Company and has held senior positions with Dreyfus, Mellon, State Street and Investment Advisors. Sill also served a three-year term on the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Economic Advisory Council.
“Valerie brings a wealth of knowledge and experience and is
Noerr has advised censhare AG on an investment by DuMont media group. In a first step, DuMont will acquire a 36.5 per cent stake in the company’s share capital as part of a growth financing.
censhare AG was founded in 2001 and is one of the technologically leading providers of marketing cloud services. It has more than 180 customers in Europe and in the US, including Ikea, Deutsche Bank, Jaguar, McDonald‘s, Swiss Re, Deutsche Post, and Rewe. censhare develops marketing and communications solutions for its customers to correlate data and information without media discontinuities or process disruptions, enabling them to
Hughes Hubbard & Reed has appointed Alexandra Poe (pictured), as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department. She joins from Reed Smith, where she was the co-chair of the Private Fund Formation and Counselling practice in that firm’s Global Corporate Group.
“Alexandra’s wide breadth of experience in investment management is in high demand, and she will be instrumental in providing the exceptional skills and services we offer to our clients in this area,” says Ted Mayer, chair of the firm. “We are pleased to welcome her and look forward to working together.”
Poe has over 25 years of experience
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