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Kirkland & Ellis has appointed Daniel Dusek as a partner in the corporate practice group of the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Dusek has extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and a variety of other complex and cross-border corporate matters.
“Daniel has a strong reputation as one of the leading M&A/private equity lawyers in Asia,” says Jeffrey C Hammes, chairman of Kirkland’s global management executive committee. “His experience and energy will enhance our strong platform and our ability to serve clients on their most significant transactions in the region.”
“We are excited that Daniel is
Hancock Capital Management (HCM) has expanded its leveraged senior loan platform with the addition of six investment professionals to its team in Chicago.
Eric Barton, director, originations, who has nearly 20 years of leveraged lending and asset management experience, joins HCM from Crescent Capital.
Jeff Bottcher, director, underwriting, who has more than 16 years in accounting and leveraged lending experience, joins HCM from Antares Capital.
Ryan Reko, director, underwriting, who has nearly 10 years of leveraged lending experience, joined HCM from CIT Group.
Patrick Kilrea, associate, underwriting, who has more than five years of syndications and
Thomson Reuters has enhanced its environmental, social and governance (ESG) capabilities with the addition of the Insight360 SASB Edition, an app that gives the buy-side the ability to leverage the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board’s (SASB) Materiality Framework to identify investment opportunities and manage risks with near real-time ESG data.
Developed by TruValue Labs, the app is available through App Studio, Thomson Reuters third-party development suite on its flagship desktop product Eikon.
Insight360 SASB Edition uses artificial intelligence to provide real-time ESG metrics for 8,000+ public companies worldwide, with data collected from more than 75,000 sources.
With the
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has raised more than USD125 million in final commitments for its first global impact fund, PMF Integro Fund I.
Launched in partnership with the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, Integro invests in private equity funds that offer the potential for compelling financial return while demonstrating positive environmental impact, social impact or both.
The fund is managed by AIP Private Markets, the private markets solutions team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
“Sustainable Investing is an incredibly important part of our firm’s DNA, and the launch of Integro underscores our commitment to promote sustainable
Honeywell has launched an investment fund that will invest in early-stage, high-growth technology companies that are strategically aligned to the company’s portfolio and software capabilities.
The initial fund size is expected to be approximately USD100 million and investments will be made through Honeywell Venture Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell.
“Investments in early-stage high-growth companies are a great way to supplement Honeywell’s track record as an innovation leader, leverage our research and development capabilities, and provide access to new solutions for our customers,” says Honeywell president and CEO Darius Adamczyk.
“We will invest in companies from
Euronext has announced a raft of measures to facilitate market access for mid-caps, which will take effect on 19 June 2017.
Euronext market names will be changed for easier identification and definition of its listing and service offering towards issuers.
The Free Market will become Euronext Access, and will stand as the gateway for companies seeking simplified access to listing. Euronext Access is fully integrated into Euronext’s commercial offering.
Alternext will become Euronext Growth, a market dedicated to mid-caps with listing requirements adapted to their specific needs. Euronext intends to register this MTF as an SME Growth
Addepar has acquired AltX, an intelligence platform for the alternative investments market.
The acquisition deepens Addepar’s capabilities in alternative investments – which comprise USD120 billion of the USD600-plus billion of assets on Addepar’s platform.
With AltX, Addepar advances its mission to empower wealth advisers and asset owners to make more informed, data-driven investment decisions.
Alternative investments, including hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and real estate, have exploded in popularity, growing from USD2.5 trillion in 2004 to a projected USD13.6 trillion by 2020. Despite this growth, wealth advisers have struggled to provide an adequate level of information
Yield products are hard to come by today, what with investment grade corporate credit spreads tightening and government bonds offering precious little chance of generating any meaningful income. James Williams explores another solution…
The CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities Fund offers a unique proposition, aimed at a wide range of investors who are seeking an income as well as the opportunity to generate capital gains; a twin-engine source of returns.
With yields having collapsed close to zero in the lower risk areas of the market, CVC Credit Partners provides an alternative source of income by buying up senior secured loans across
Paul Dentskevich has joined Crestbridge in Jersey as risk director, Jersey Management Company, in a move that boosts Crestbridge’s position as a provider of on and off balance sheet management company (ManCo) services to the international funds market.
Dentskevich (pictured) has over 28 years of financial services experience, with particular focus in the area of risk management, investment management and corporate governance of hedge and other multi-asset funds.
He has extensive boardroom experience across a diverse range of structures and, in his previous role as senior risk manager, was director on a number of subsidiary companies within Brevan
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Henry Davey as a consultant in its energy and natural resources practice group in London.
Davey was previously a corporate partner at Herbert Smith Freehills in London.
Davey is an energy corporate M&A lawyer with some 25 years’ experience of energy transactions, encompassing acquisitions and dispositions, project development and commercial contracts. His clients include energy corporates, utilities, financial institutions, infrastructure funds and private equity investors.
Davey’s expertise covers a wide range of domestic and international energy projects, from the sale and purchase of distribution, transmission and pipeline assets and the acquisition and
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