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New York private equity fund Monomoy Capital Partners has added Jordan Matusow to its team. Matusow will focus on sourcing Monomoy’s investments in the debt securities of distressed and underperforming businesses that can benefit from operational, financial and strategic improvement.
Matusow has over 10 years of broad experience in financial services and the capital markets. Matusow joins Monomoy from Nomura Securities, where he was an Executive Director in their credit sales group focused on a wide range of products, including distressed debt. Prior to his work at Nomura, Matusow was an Executive Director at UBS Securities in credit sales and
Middle market private equity firm Irving Place Capital has appointed Walter J Galvin (pictured) as a Senior Advisor. Galvin will work closely with the principals of Irving Place Capital to execute value creation strategies at existing portfolio companies as well as pursue new investments in the industrial and packaging sectors.
Galvin previously spent 40 years with Emerson Electric Co, a diversified global manufacturing leader in the industrial, commercial and consumer markets. Galvin served in a variety of senior executive roles during his tenure, including Chief Financial Officer, Vice Chairman and finally as a Director of the Board from 2000 to
Cronus Partners, in conjunction with Stephens, acted as financial advisor to Boreas Holdings, the parent of multiple affiliated aviation services operating companies, in a stock sale of the company to Inland Technologies.
“Cronus has been a valued financial partner throughout the years, culminating in this successful strategic transaction which enables the newly combined company to be a major player in our industry and a stronger competitor in new and existing markets,” says Salvatore C Calvino, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boreas.
Jeffrey Rubin (pictured), the Managing Partner at Cronus, says: “It has been incredibly satisfying to witness the
Cowen Group is to join AltX’s team of strategic investors.
Cowen joins other lead investors of AltX including Wells Fargo & Company, Control Empresarial de Capitales, controlled by Carlos Slim, David Bonderman, founding partner of TPG Capital, Andy Redleaf, CEO of Whitebox and Jeff Ubben, founder of Value Act Capital, as well as other prominent global investors.
AltX, founded in 2012, is an intelligence platform for the alternatives market, combining science, technology, relational and behavioural data, along with traditional financial analytics and regulatory data, all in one platform. Analytics, proprietary algorithms, big data, real time news and relationship mapping help both
Private equity firm NorthEdge Capital has added to its team with the appointment of Harry Jones (pictured) as an Investment Executive in its Manchester office.
Jones joins NorthEdge from Deloitte, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant within the Corporate Finance M&A Advisory team and advised on a range of major transactions including disposals, management buyouts, mergers and acquisitions. Most recently, in August, Harry advised Palatine Private Equity on its sale of Wealth at Work to Equistone Partners Europe.
Jones joined NorthEdge on 7 September and will work on the firm’s investment opportunities across the North West.
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The Ontario Government, University of Toronto, and MaRS Discovery District (MaRS) has teamed up with with Janssen Inc to launch the Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS incubator model in Toronto.
The new facility, called JLABS @ Toronto, will open in spring of 2016 at MaRS Discovery District and will support start-ups with lab space, programs, and potential investment partners as they work to build important, successful early-stage companies.
“The arrival of the Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS model to MaRS’ West Tower reinforces Ontario’s position as one of the world’s leading life sciences clusters,” says Brad Duguid, Minister of
The Cayman-based Restructuring and Corporate Recovery team at Kinetic Partners will now do business under the brand name of Duff & Phelps following its acquisition earlier this year.
In January 2015, Duff & Phelps acquired Kinetic Partners and created a dedicated Compliance and Regulatory Consulting Practice. Kinetic Partners’ full Corporate Recovery and Forensic practices also joined the firm’s network of 70 offices and more than 2,000 experienced professionals.
“Duff & Phelps is very excited about the Kinetic Partners integration and ongoing growth of our global expertise,” says Bob Bartell (pictured), Global Head of Corporate Finance for Duff & Phelps.
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and Albion Ventures (Albion), have sold their investment in Lab M Holdings, a developer, manufacturer and supplier of microbiological culture media and diagnostic systems, to Neogen Corporation.
Lancashire-based Lab M is a leading provider of microbial testing and diagnostic products servicing the global food, water, industrial and clinical testing markets. Employing some 35 staff at its accredited facility in Heywood, Greater Manchester, the company’s wide range of dehydrated culture media is routinely used in microbiology laboratories around the world for food industry testing.
The original Lab M investment was made by Quester VCT Plc and
Silverfleet Capital, in conjunction with mergermarket, has published the findings of its European Buy & Build Monitor for H1 2015. The Buy & Build Monitor tracks global add-on activity undertaken by European headquartered companies backed by private equity.
A total of 143 add-ons were reported in H1 2015 compared to 169 in H2 2014, which has now been upwardly revised to 202 as further data for smaller Buy & Build transactions usually emerges after the publication date. Based on experience, the number of deals in H1 2015 is therefore very likely to also be revised upwards in the next report.
Guernsey has extended market access to EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) doing business in Guernsey.
The move follows the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)’s advice to the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament that the EU Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD) passport should be extended to Guernsey.
Guernsey’s Government, the States of Guernsey, has now amended its Investor Protection regulations for AIFMs and AIFs based in EU Member States that have fully implemented AIFMD in order to enable easier movement between Guernsey and EU markets.
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