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Tecres, a medical technology company dedicated to the development of bone cements and bone substitutes and private equity firm Keensight Capital have invested in Demetra Holding.
This new Group, led by Tecres’ shareholders, combines two of the major players in the field of bone cement and biomaterials, Tecres SpA (Italy-based) and aap Biomaterials GmbH (Germany-based) which will continue to act as separate entities with their own respective business strategies.
The two companies have been able to position themselves as leaders on their respective segments through different business models and distribution strategies. Historically, aap has been focussing on the Contract Manufacturing
Middle market private equity firm Calera Capital has appointed Bob Bianco, former CEO of Menlo Worldwide, as an Operating Partner.
Bianco will assist Calera with investments in the transportation and supply chain management space with a particular focus on the third party logistics (“3PL”) sector. Calera intends to commit USD40 to USD200 million of equity per investment in a range of transaction types which are primarily focused on family/founder owned businesses but may also include recapitalizations of private and public companies, corporate divestitures, and growth equity investments.
James Halow, Managing Director at Calera, says: “Bob is well-known to Calera through
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a notice of application for an order for exemptive relief that will permit Triloma EIG Global Energy Fund and Triloma EIG Global Energy Term Fund I (collectively, the Funds) to co-invest in portfolio companies with each other and with certain affiliated investment funds.
The Funds expect the SEC to grant an order for exemptive relief in approximately 30 days, allowing the Funds to participate in directly originated investment transactions, including those alongside EIG's private funds, subject to the conditions in the order.
"We feel the current energy market conditions are creating
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,”
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