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ThinCats, a European SME secured lending platform which has lent more than GBP140 million since its formation five years ago, has been acquired by a new market entrant, ESF Capital,
The deal, which sees ESF take a 73.4 per cent stake inThinCats, is the first of a number ESF is looking to make across Europe, and provides investment and working capital for ThinCats, significant management and operational resource, together with underwriting capital for the loans on its platform.
ESF is the initiative of sister company ESO Capital, a specialist investment manager focused on European SMEs.
Commenting on the deal,
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has appointed Mike Clarke to its investment team covering the North of England.
This is the third appointment BGF has announced this quarter as the firm continues to expand its presence across Yorkshire, the North East and the North West.
Clarke, who will be based in the Leeds office, joins BGF’s 60-strong nationwide team responsible for identifying investment opportunities and managing the deal process from origination through to completion. BGF’s investors also provide support either as board members or observers in the companies they back.
Before BGF, Clarke gained over eight years’ experience in
Northern Trust has appointed Belinda Burgess as head of Channel Islands, replacing Paul Cutts who assumes the newly created role of head of Alternative Investment Services for Northern Trust Global Fund Services across Europe, Middle East Africa (EMEA).
Burgess who joined Northern Trust in 2005 was most recently head of Northern Trust in the Nordics. Reporting to Wilson Leech, head of Northern Trust in EMEA, she is responsible for supporting the continued growth of Northern Trust’s business in the Channel Islands.
Northern Trust first established an office in the Channel Islands in 1972 and today is the largest administrator of
TMF Group, a leading global provider of high-value business services, has announced its intent to transform its Capital Markets and SPV business with two high-profile additions to its senior management team.
Jeroen van Zanten, recruited from Citco, becomes Global Head of Capital Markets & SPV.
Van Zanten, who will spearhead the transformation of TMF Group's Capital Markets offering, has over 20 years’ experience working with Private Equity and Real Estate (PERE) Funds, High Net Worth Individuals and Corporate and Multinational clients from across the world.
"TMF Group holds a unique and exciting position in this sector,” he says.
OpenLink, a specialist in trading and risk management solutions to the energy, commodities, corporate, and financial services industries, has appointed John O’Malleyas CEO, effective immediately.
O’Malley takes over from Mark Greene who announced his intention to retire earlier this year. Greene will continue to serve on the OpenLink Board as an independent director.
O’Malley has successfully led several technology and private equity backed portfolio companies from start-up to maturity in growth markets. Most recently, O’Malley was an Operating Partner for Thoma Bravo after being hired as CEO of Digital Insight, a portfolio company that was acquired by NCR. Previously, he
Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, is to acquire Vermaat Groep BV, the Dutch market leader in high-end catering and hospitality services, on behalf of its clients.
The Company is being bought from its founding family and the transaction is expected to close later this year. Financial terms are not being disclosed.
Founded in 1978 as a single delicatessen store in Utrecht, Vermaat today provides outsourced catering services to eight end markets including corporates, museums and hospitals. It operates a total of 231 premium food and beverage outlets across the Netherlands, including cafés, bistros, restaurants and canteens, each
Private equity funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman have acquired a controlling interest in Italian software company TeamSystem Holding from Hg Capital, Bain Capital, ICG and the company’s management team
The management will continue to invest in the business going forward and HgCapital intends to retain a minority stake.
TeamSystem, founded in 1979, is a leading provider of software applications to professionals and enterprises in Italy across different segments, offering a broad range of business-critical, on-premise and on-cloud solutions to a diversified base of over 200,000 customers.
Federico Leproux, CEO, says: “This transaction confirms the great value we have built
Financial services investment and advisory firm Anthemis Group has appointed Erica Young as director, based in London.
An experienced industrial designer, Young will apply design methodologies to the innovation challenges and opportunities facing Anthemis’ advisory clients and portfolio companies. She will join Anthemis’ advisory team and report to Nadeem Shaikh, founder and president of Anthemis Group.
Young joins Anthemis Group from Insight Robotics Ltd, where she held the position of chief product officer and now serves as advisor to the organisation. Young has extensive experience in developing and manufacturing products in China for international markets and has worked
French private equity company Activa Capital has appointed Mathilde Sergent, 30, as Manager.
Prior to joining Activa Capital, Sergent worked for five years as M&A Associate at Nomura where she worked on many investment opportunities in the Consumer goods, Distribution and Transport & Infrastructure industries.
Sergent is a graduate of HEC.
Masabi, a specialist in mobile ticketing and fare collection for transportation, has completed a USD12 million funding round with investment from international public transport operator Keolis, Lepe Partners, MasterCard, and existing investor MMC Ventures.
This latest round, including corporate partners for the first time, marks a step change in Masabi’s growth and speed to market.
Masabi’s JustRide platform is a cloud-based, end-to-end mobile ticketing and fare collection system, in use in cities worldwide. It comprises apps for ticket purchase, display and inspection, together with back-end infrastructure for secure payments, ticket management, ticket inspection, customer service, reporting and real-time analytics.
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