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BGF (Business Growth Fund) has appointed Alice Avis MBE, formerly Chief Executive and Chair of The Sanctuary Spa, to its board as a Non-Executive Director. Ali Avis ce will bring significant international marketing, e-commerce and executive experience to BGF.
During her time at Sanctuary, Avis oversaw a trebling of the business’s value and its sale to PZ Cussons. Most recently she served as Executive Chairman for Lumene Oy, a Finnish skincare and cosmetics company. She is currently a Non-Executive Director at The Edrington Group, a privately-owned international spirits company, and Cyden Limited, a British beauty and health company, as well
Maranon Capital was Agent for a mezzanine investment to support the acquisition of HALO Branded Solutions (HALO) by Audax Private Equity (Audax) and company management. Maranon was also a co-investor in the equity for the transaction.
HALO, headquartered in Sterling, Illinois, is a leading promotional products distributor in the USD20 billion per year promotional products industry. Through its nationwide account executive network and corporate service team, HALO offers innovative client solutions, priced competitively, and supported by world-class operations and award-winning marketing.
Lance Hirt and Jaime Buehl-Reichard, former executives of Lindsay Goldberg have launched StoneCourt Capital, a new private equity firm focused in partnership with David Lumpkins and Nathan Ticatch of PetroLogistics Company (PetroLogistics).
Stonecourt will opportunistically capitalise on market dislocations by facilitating the growth of existing businesses and constructing or repositioning hard assets. The firm will be headquartered in New York City with offices in Houston and Cleveland.
Stonecourt’s leadership team has worked together for more than 12 years to transform companies across multiple industries, including logistics and distribution, petrochemicals, industrial services, consumer products and midstream energy. Leveraging deep financial acumen,
Both the National Futures Association (NFA) and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) are becoming increasingly active in assessing the ‘cyber preparedness’ of registered investment advisers, using specialist IT teams to conduct audits.
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations examined 49 registered investment advisers and 57 registered broker dealers in 2014 and in January 2015 reported that 74 per cent of the registrants interviewed experienced a cyber-related incident.
On 1 March 2016 the National Futures Association formerly introduced the Cybersecurity Interpretive Notice. Cybersecurity risk assessments with regular reviews, written information security policies, staff training, vendor due diligence, deployment
This report outlines the main talking points from a recent cybersecurity panel event, where experts provided four core principles which fund managers should consider to create a viable cyber threat program.
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New York-based private equity firm Eagle Private Equity is to provide an immediate USD1 million credit line to be provided by Eagle, along with a subsequent debt or equity financing of up to USD10 million.
Proceeds from the loans and other financing will be intended for the acquisition of mineral assets. Loans made to the Company based on the initial USD1 million credit line may be converted into a newly-created class of the Company’s preferred stock.
Dan Anderson, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, says: “We are extremely pleased to announce this term sheet and believe the financing can be the
Cooley is enhancing its global private equity group with the appointment of three new partners.
Ron Hopkinson joins in New York from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where he was head of the firm’s private equity group. Eric Schwartzman joins in Palo Alto from Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Silicon Valley office. Hopkinson and Schwartzman, former partners of Latham & Watkins, worked extensively together in New York representing a myriad of private equity sponsors. In London, Stephen Rosen joins the firm from Olswang, where he was head of the private equity and venture capital group.
“This is a defining moment for Cooley,”
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has appointed James MacArthur as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice. He will be based in Weil’s London office and will focus on private equity and M&A transactions in the infrastructure and real estate sectors.
MacArthur joins from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he is a partner. He has broad experience acting for both corporate and private equity sponsors across infrastructure and real estate.
At Weil, MacArthur will focus on boosting the Firm’s global private equity and M&A infrastructure and real estate offering across the US, Europe and Asia. He will specialise in
Pamplona Capital Management has raised USD1 billion for Pamplona TMT Fund I, a dedicated fund that will make equity investments in technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) companies.
Pamplona expects the fund to invest in 12 to 15 companies, the first of which, Dyn.
The fund will invest in high-growth companies in segments including cloud computing and SaaS companies, mobile platforms and services, and industrial technologies. The fund will consider both control and minority investments; buyouts and recapitalisations; and rollups and consolidations within its target sectors.
Pamplona Managing Partner John Halsted, says: “The creation of this USD1 billion dedicated
Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) and Norwest Mezzanine Partners (NMP), have hired Charles P Moorse to serve as the firms' in-house General Counsel.
In this role, Moorse will have responsibility for providing leadership, expertise and support on a wide range of legal matters.
NEP and NMP have consistently made successful investments and generated exceptional returns through a singular focus on building companies into industry leaders. With $5.5 billion of combined capital under management, NEP and NMP are affiliated investment firms with strategies focused on providing capital to middle market businesses. Both funds possess flexibility and breadth in their investment charters, giving
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