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Investment management sector technology specialist RFA (Richard Fleischman & Associates) has launched a new data governance solution for the alternative asset industry.
The data governance service extends the full functionality previously only offered by enterprise level data governance services to the alternative asset industry at a significantly lower price point.
The RFA Data Governance service reports on permission structures and monitors and logs data access, and generates real time alerts based on the criteria set by the client. Clients located in the United States and the United Kingdom will be able to access the new service in a subscription format
LIFE, the worldwide membership organisation of Lebanese financiers, has introduced four new members to its Advisory Board.
Maroun Edde is the Chief Executive of Murex, a leading technology vendor for capital markets.
Fadi Ghandour is the Founder and Vice Chairman of Aramex, one of the world's leading global logistics and transportation companies, Executive Chairman of Wamda Capital and Managing Partner of MENA Venture Investments.
Charif Souki is Chairman and CEO of Cheniere Energy Inc, a Houston-based energy company primarily engaged in LNG-related businesses.
Tony Tamer is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of HIG Capital, a leading global private
Investors’ plans for future activity in the private debt space are revealed in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q1 2015.
Investors surveyed by Preqin in Q1 2015 conveyed a strong appetite for exposure to private debt funds, with 57 per cent of respondents expecting to increase their allocation within the next 12 months (Fig. 1). An even larger proportion (65 per cent) expects to increase their allocation to private debt in the longer term, while only 8 per cent expect to decrease their exposure. It is clear that institutional investors are becoming increasingly familiar with the
Goldman Sachs has paid USD20.5 million for a minority stake in Perseus, a managed services provider of high-speed connectivity. The capital will allow Perseus to accelerate expansion of its global managed services network.
Perseus has been at the forefront of low-latency trading and market connectivity since its formation in 2009. In the past year, Perseus released LiquidPath® into the US financial market, and EdgePath, a fully-managed service that deploys infrastructure for the technology, media, telecoms and iGaming industries.
"We see a great opportunity in the financial sector in general, and Perseus in particular," says Terry Doherty at Goldman Sachs. "Not
Dunedin, the UK mid-market private equity house, has expanded its investment team by hiring two new analysts. Sophie Chambers and Katie Chung will join the origination team, which focuses on identifying and assessing new investment opportunities.
These appointments follow Dunedin’s recent investment in construction dispute specialist Blackrock Programme Management, an opportunity that was sourced off-market via its origination team and circumvented any formal auction process.
Dunedin has also promoted Oliver Bevan to partner and Karan Darroch to finance and operations manager. Oliver joined Dunedin in 2007 and has been instrumental in leading investment activity within the oil and gas
Law firm Paul Hastings is representing Fosun International, the largest private-owned conglomerate in China, on its participation in the acquisition of Cirque Du Soleil.
Fosun is a member of the buyer consortium backed by American buyout fund, TPG Capital. The consortium signed definitive agreements with the owners of Cirque Du Soleil and the consummation of the acquisition is subject to customary conditions.
Cirque Du Soleil is a globally renowned performance troupe and is the world’s largest theatrical production company.
B Riley Financial has formed Great American Capital Partners (GACP) with an anchor investment from Corporate Capital Trust, a business development company advised by CNL Financial Advisors Company and KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC.
GACP will focus on providing asset-based debt opportunities targeting lower middle market companies. It will utilise the wide array of diversified financial and business advisory services provided by the B Riley Financial platform, which includes a network of over 200 finance professionals for proprietary deal flow sourcing and in-house valuation and appraisals expertise. GACP is led by John Ahn, President, and Stuart Armstrong, Chief Investment Officer.
Representatives from PwC, Coller Capital, Dexion Capital, Baring Vostok, Hermes GPE and Metric Capital have been added to the roster of speakers for the Guernsey Funds Forum 2015.
It has already been announced that Guy Hands, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s forum and that it will be moderated for the sixth successive year by ITV News anchor, Alastair Stewart OBE.
The annual event is this year titled ‘Achieving stability in a world of change’ and takes place on Thursday 14 May in London. It is
Private equity fund Ambienta SGR has acquired a substantial stake in Oskar Nolte, a manufacturer of high-performance wood coating systems for the furniture industry.
Oskar Nolte is a leading manufacturer of high performance wood coating and lacquer systems for industrial applications primarily in the furniture industry. For more than 2 decades, Oskar Nolte has been at the forefront of developing solvent free coating systems which contribute to a cleaner and healthier environment. It is the company‘s philosophy to add value for its high profile customers through a combination of environmentally friendly products and cost efficient processes.
Ambienta has invested more than
I Squared Capita has closed the ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund with total commitments of USD3.0 billion. The fund attracted strong interest, with demand exceeding the USD3.0 billion legal cap.
Limited Partners include a diverse group of pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, asset managers and family offices from the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
Sadek Wahba, Founder and Managing Partner of I Squared Capital, says: “This is a major milestone for I Squared Capital and a strong vote of confidence from our investors. Our strategy targets investment opportunities that provide attractive risk-adjusted returns with operational
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