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bfinance has appointed two new advisory professionals. Alexandra Martinez joins as a Director and William Nicholson as an Associate, both in the UK and Ireland Client Coverage team.
Martinez has over 10 years of experience in financial services, most recently consulting for pension funds, family offices and corporate investors. Prior to joining bfinance in January 2015, Martinez was a partner at Arbour Partners, an investment advisory and placement firm and a partner of St James’s Place Wealth Management. Martinez started her career as a management consultant at PWC and worked in the UK, USA and South East Asia. Alexandra holds
Oakley Capital Investments Limited which provides investors with access to the investment strategy of Oakley Capital Private Equity is planning a GBP130 million placing of 78,787,879 new ordinary shares at a price of 165 pence per share.
The Placing is conditional, amongst other things, upon the passing of a shareholder resolution to ensure that there is sufficient capacity in the authorised share capital of the Company for the directors of the Company to allot the Placing Shares and issue additional securities in the future if required. A special general meeting of the Company is therefore being convened for the purpose
Geneva-based alternative assets placement agent MCAM Group has appointed James Han as Managing Director for Asia, based in the firm’s new Hong Kong office.
Prior to joining MCAM, Han was Group Head of Private Placement Services at KTB Investment & Securities, one of South Korea’s largest independent investment banking and brokerage firms. Before that, he was a founding partner at Straight Wharf Capital Management, an Asian equity long/short hedge fund seeded by Julian Robertson’s Tiger Fund Management. Han’s career spans over twenty years and has included working for two leading US-based hedge funds including Balyasny Asset Management and Tiedemann Global
A shareholder group, including Statoil Technology Invest and Verdane Capital V have agreed to sell RESMAN to Nordic Capital Fund VIII.
Since its inception in 2005, RESMAN has rapidly evolved its innovative tracer and data analysis technology to provide a long term, reliable, risk-free and cost efficient alternative for reservoir monitoring. The company was formed in 2005 by SINTEF Venture and Statoil Technology Invest based on technology developed by SINTEF and IFE. Since its inception, the company has installed thousands of its proprietary Intelligent Tracer systems in hundreds of wells for more than 40 Oil & Gas operators worldwide.
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Two weeks after announcing Alain Ducasse Entreprise as the first borrower to use its SME lending marketplace, Lendix has brought in major new shareholders.
Decaux Frères Investissements, Banque Wormser Frères, Sycomore and 2twointernational family offices have joined the founding shareholders, providing EUR3.2 million of equity capital and committing EUR25 million to lend to SMEs on the Lendix marketplace.
Olivier Goy, president and founder of Lendix, says: “We are very excited to have such a diverse and solid shareholder base. It demonstrates the interest SME loans have for every type of investor.”
Gérard Degonse (Chairman of JCDecaux’s Supervisory Board and Administrator
UBS Fund Services has implemented SunGard’s Investran Insight to provide investment managers and investors with interactive reporting, advanced analytics, and data visualisation across its private equity value chain.
SunGard’s Investran Insight delivers a customisable and user-friendly portal experience that integrates seamlessly with the UBS client web portal, UBS Fund Services Online. Through Investran Insight, UBS clients and their limited partners (LPs) will have access to a secure, interactive reporting experience with detailed information available on investors, funds and underlying portfolio companies.
UBS Fund Services also uses SunGard’s Investran, which provides relationship management, reporting and partnership accounting functionality, and also integrates
Arc International, which produces glass tableware under well-known brands including Luminarc, Arcoroc, Cristal d'Arques Paris and Chef & Sommelier, has secured a EUR60 million equity injection from an investor group led by Peaked Hill Partners (PHP).
The investment completes the group’s recapitalisation and provides funds for the modernisation of the Group’s main production site in Arques, France.
In addition, the French State, through the Fonds de Développement Economique et Social (FDES) and Banque Natixis, has loaned the company EUR48.5 million, of which EUR26 million will be reimbursed within three weeks following closing. The remainder will mature within six months.
HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) is planning to move its listing on the Specialist Fund Market to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in early September 2015.
In order to clear the way for a Main Market listing, HVPE needs to ensure that US share ownership is below 50%. The Company believes that the US shareholder percentage is now below this level.
HVPE seeks to provide shareholders with superior, long-term capital growth while avoiding undue risk thanks to its diversification. HVPE currently gives investors exposure to 723 private equity funds and partnerships, including many of the industry’s
Private equity firm CenterOak Partners has added three senior members of staff: Jeff Moredock, Vice President; Megan Kneipp, Vice President for Business Development and Investor Relations; and Casey Gribble, Associate.
“We are pleased to round out our team with the hiring of Jeff, Megan and Casey, accomplished individuals with strong financial services backgrounds,” says CenterOak Managing Partner Randall Fojtasek. “They are joining an experienced and successful team, many of whom have worked together for more than a decade.”
Moredock will serve as a Vice President of CenterOak and will actively support all aspects of the Firm’s investment and monitoring activities.
Private equity firm Genstar Capital is partner with management to acquire a majority interest in Mercer Advisors from Lovell Minnick Partners
Mercer is a leading registered investment advisor with a full suite of wealth management services and over 30 years of experience. The Company services primarily the mass-affluent and high-net-worth clients and today has a strong base of individual clients with assets of nearly USD6 billion. Mercer Advisors offers comprehensive wealth management solutions, including: financial planning, investment management, tax management, retirement income and benefits planning, and estate planning.
Genstar's operational expertise and industry experience will be valuable in assisting the
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