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ATALIAN, a provider of facility services to companies in 21 countries, has expanded into the North American market with the acquisition of Temco Facility Services.
Based in Paris, ATALIAN is a family-owned company that has more than 35,000 employees and annual revenue of EUR1.33 billion (before acquisition). Its wide range of services allows customers to outsource most management of support functions, such as cleaning, multi-technical and facilities management, reception, security, landscaping, construction and energy management.
New York-based Temco is a nearly century-old provider of cleaning and associated services and security to companies in the United States and, through its
Private equity asset manager Adveq has promoted Farah Buckley, Richard Damming, Matt Ma Chang, Daniel Rhoads, Nico Taverna and Ethan Vogelhut to Executive Director.
The promotions are part of Adveq’s plans to expand its senior team, while increasing its number of employees around the world by 10 per cent in 2015. The firm’s continued growth and strong performance have ensured the team has been able to take advantage of new opportunities.
Buckley (née Shariff) leads Adveq’s London Office and is responsible for the development of the company’s client relationships in the UK. In her role, she advises pension funds
Golding Capital Partners (GCP) now manages a EUR175 million mandate for infrastructure investments from Düsseldorf-based Nordrheinische Ärtzeversorgung (NÄV), one of Germany's largest private pension funds.
Under the terms of the mandate the commitment will be allocated to a globally diversified portfolio, with a focus on core/core plus investments and existing projects (brownfield investments). This mandate from NÄV takes GCP's funds under management in this asset class to over EUR1.5 billion.
The trend towards private-sector investment in public infrastructure remains unbroken. The consolidation of government budgets around the world means the state sector does not have the capital to fund
Vista Fund Services (Vista) has selected Linedata Admin Edge to run all its fund administration services in Gibraltar as demand for its specialist services grows.
With business expanding, Vista decided to move away from its in-house system to one designed and supported by investment software specialists. This move was prompted by a growing fund and investor base and the need to adapt to new regulatory regimes, particularly AIFMD.
Craig Wilson (pictured), Finance Director at Vista, says: “We are a specialist administrator offering a range of services; from assisting start-up managers wanting to launch a new fund to the administration
Alternative asset management firm TPG has named Jin-Yong Cai as a Partner, effective 1 February, 2016. Cai most recently served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), a member of the World Bank Group.
In a newly-created role, Cai will work across TPG’s investment platforms to source opportunities in projects and companies that help to accelerate the economic growth of frontier and emerging markets. Cai will leverage his own transaction expertise and deep relationships across Asia, Africa and Latin America as well as the insight and operational strength of TPG.
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Resilience Capital Partners has closed its latest fund at its USD350 million hard cap. The target for Resilience Fund IV L.P. was USD300 million.
Investors of the over-subscribed fund include pension funds, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, fund of funds, wealth managers and investment consultants.
Cleveland-based Resilience Capital invests in lower middle market special situations, in businesses with USD25 to USD250 million in revenues. Griffin Financial Group acted as financial advisor and placement agent.
The Russia-Chinа Investment Fund (RCIF) has acquired 23.1 per cent of JSC Detsky Mir from CJSC DM Finance, a subsidiary of Sistema JSFC, a publicly-traded diversified holding company. The total consideration of the transaction is RUB9.75 billion.
Under the terms of the agreement, significant funds from the transaction will be invested in expanding Detsky Mir’s nation-wide network of stores and further developing its logistics platform. This will also extend its modern sales and distribution channels for children’s products throughout Russia and the CIS. Additionally, the Group is considering opportunities for international expansion in the mid-term perspective.
Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of
Middle market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital has appointed Carsten Beck as a Principal in its Brussels, Belgium office. In this role, Beck will oversee the firm’s business development group in Europe, helping to manage relationships and oversee the firm’s transaction sourcing efforts in the region.
Peak Rock has experienced tremendous growth since closing its inaugural fund in 2013. The Firm has since completed ten platform acquisitions and has hired twenty-five investment professionals in North America and Europe. “We are extremely proud of the outstanding team of professionals that we have built," says Anthony DiSimone, Chief Executive Officer of Peak Rock. "We are
Palamon Capital Partners has elected Alexandre (Ali) Rahmatollahi to the Partnership.
Rahmatollahi joins Palamon from Morgan Stanley where he spent nearly eight years in its Investment Banking division, most recently as an Executive Director with responsibility for Financial Sponsor coverage. Prior to that he was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in its General Strategy Consulting and Private Equity Practices. A Swiss-Persian national, Ali graduated from Boston University as a NCAA First Division All-American Athlete with a degree in Business Administration. He later received an MBA from Columbia University.
Louis Elson, Managing Partner of Palamon Capital Partners, says:
Mambu, the SaaS banking platform provider, has raised EUR8 million in the company’s latest funding round led by Acton Capital Partners and CommerzVentures with participation also coming from existing investors.
Mambu says it will use the funding to accelerate its expansion following three times year-on-year growth over the last 12 months.
“This latest funding round is a testament to our growing client base and increasing market needs for a cloud banking platform,” says Eugene Danilkis, CEO of Mambu. “We are building out the product and onboarding customers in multiple geographies and are excited that this new capital will allow
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