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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
Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm specialising in financial and related business services companies, has named Steven C Pierson as President and Partner.
Pierson, who will start his duties at Lovell Minnick in June, comes to the firm from UBS, where he most recently served as the Head of FIG Investment Banking Americas and Global Head of Financial Technology & Services. He was also a member of the investment committee for the UBS FinTech Strategic Investment Group.
"On behalf of our partners, we are delighted to welcome Steve Pierson to Lovell Minnick, and to the already strong financial
Private equity corporate partner David Holdsworth and private equity tax partner Tim Lowe are to join the London office of Kirland & Ellis International from Linklaters.
“David and Tim are exceptionally talented lawyers with strong track records advising clients on a variety of international private equity transactions,” says Jeffrey C Hammes, Chairman of Kirkland’s Global Management Executive Committee. “We look forward to them joining the Firm and further strengthening our European transactional private equity practice in London.”
Holdsworth holds a bachelor of laws from the University of Edinburgh. He is recognised as a ‘Leading Individual’ in the ‘Corporate/M&A: high-end capability’
Polynt and Reichhold are to combine their businesses to created global coating and composite resins operation with over EUR2.1 billion (USD2.4 billion) in revenues.
Polynt-Reichhold will be invested into equally by Investindustrial and Black Diamond Capital Management (Black Diamond).
Credt fund manager GSO Capital Partners is providing the debt financing for the transaction which is subject to customary regulatory approvals and expected to close in the second half of 2016.
This combination further reinforces the Group’s leading position as a global vertically integrated specialty chemicals player, with significant presence both in Europe and North America, a strategy initiated by
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