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Preston Hollow Capital (PHC), an independent specialty finance company, has hired municipal finance industry professionals Curtis Erickson, Peter Bianchini and Richard Akulich to form PHC’s Capital Markets Group.
“This is an exciting milestone in establishing Preston Hollow Capital as a leading solution provider in municipal finance,” says Jim Thompson (pictured), PHC’s Chairman and CEO. “Curtis is one of the most respected professionals in the municipal capital markets, and he brings an accomplished and well-known team in Peter and Richard. When coupled with PHC’s recent increase in its permanent equity capital to USD625 million, our new Capital Markets Group will enable
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) and Maven Capital Partners (Maven), have backed the MBO of Indigo Telecom Group Limited (Indigo), acquiring the business from parent TTG-Global Limited.
YFM and Maven have invested in partnership to provide a GBP12 million funding package, including additional funds to support a buy and build strategy to scale and diversify the Indigo group. YFM's funding represents the first investment from its new YFMEP 2016 Fund, which held a first close in June.
South Wales based Indigo designs, installs and maintains telecom networks across the UK and Europe, enabling customers such as Vodafone, Sky and BT to
Private equity firm TA Associates has added to its investment team in the firm’s Boston and Menlo Park offices.
Michael Libert and Lee Mooney have rejoined the firm as Vice Presidents in Boston, while Sarah Wang has joined the firm as a Vice President in Menlo Park.
“We are excited to expand our investment team with the addition of Sarah and the return of Michael and Lee to TA Associates,” says Brian J Conway, Chairman and Managing Director at TA Associates. “We believe our firm has a strong, global network of talented professionals, and these individuals bring a depth of
NVM Private Equity (NVM) has exited from Arleigh International, a European supplier of static caravan accessories and spare parts to Nasdaq listed LKQ Corporation, a supplier of alternative and specialist parts to repair and accessorise cars and other vehicles.
The sale represents NVM’s fourth profitable exit from its portfolio in the past six months with a 4x money multiple and an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 24 per cent for NVM.
Nuneaton based Arleigh International has supplied spare parts and accessories to the UK caravan holiday home market since the late 1960’s. It expanded into the narrow boat supplies
City Pantry, the fast-growing office catering platform, has raised over GBP1.1 million to grow its London operation and expand to new cities.
City Pantry currently delivers more than 10,000 meals a week to offices in London, where its clients include Facebook, Buzzfeed and Deloitte. The service makes group ordering hassle free with meals to suit any event curated from London’s most exciting independent chefs, restaurants and street-food vendors.
Over the last 12 months, City Pantry has grown by 400 per cent and has recently opened larger offices in Shoreditch. This new round of funding will allow the company to target
Central Logic, a provider of transfer centre and on-call scheduling technology solutions for healthcare systems, closed a Series C growth equity financing in July led by Iron Gate Capita and Mercato Partners.
The Series C round was put in place to ensure the company meets the market demand for its suite of products. In addition to its market-leading Transfer Center and On Call Scheduling software, Central Logic released two new software modules this year in business intelligence and post-discharge patient communication.
“Central Logic has experienced remarkable growth over the past few years. Its software suite has broadened to address mission
Corporate credit specialist Muzinich & Co has added to its UK private debt team with the recruitment of Grant Davidson (pictured) as Director.
Davidson joins the firm from Investec where he was Senior Origination Director for growth and acquisition finance, responsible for the sourcing and execution of deals for UK mid-market businesses with EBITDAs of up to GBP15 million.
Davidson has also spent time in the industry as a divisional CFO for a private equity backed company and worked for eight years at Lyceum Capital leading equity investments in the UK lower mid-market.
Muzinich Co-Head of UK Private Debt Marc Shirman says: “Our private
The second quarter Asset Allocation Report from TIGER-21, a peer-to-peer learning network for high-net-worth wealth creators, has highlighted evidence of a shift toward private equity and real estate investment.
The report, which is indicative of the specific investments most attractive to TIGER 21's affluent member base, shows private equity and real estate investments now comprise almost half of members' portfolios. In the past three months, real estate investments inched up one percentage point to 26 per cent, while private equity remained flat at 23 per cent, but nonetheless represented its highest allocation level since 2007.
TIGER 21 Members' cash allocations
Ogier has named James Heinicke, an expert in fund financing and financial services regulation, as a partner in the firm’s Cayman Islands office.
Also strengthening the team are newly promoted corporate and funds specialists Jo Huckle and Piers Dryden, and commercial litigator Jennifer Colegate, a specialist in cross-border insolvency and restructuring, who has joined Ogier in Cayman.
Heinicke has extensive experience in a broad variety of banking, finance and corporate matters and he regularly advises banks, financial institutions, investment funds and large corporate multinationals. He is an expert in all aspects of fund financing, with a particular emphasis on subscription line and
High Road Capital Partners portfolio company All Integrated Solutions (AIS) has completed the acquisition of Great Lakes Fasteners Corporation.
Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Great Lakes Fasteners is a value-added distributor of fasteners and industrial components and provides vendor-managed inventory (VMI) programs to original equipment manufacturers.
“Great Lakes Fasteners’ focus on custom VMI programs and high-touch customer service are a compelling fit with AIS,” says Ben Schnakenberg, Partner, High Road Capital Partners. “This acquisition expands AIS’s reach into Michigan and the automotive and material handling industries, and solidifies AIS’s position as the leading independent distributor of industrial OEM components
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