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Gerchen Keller Capital has held the close of its newest private investment fund, GKC Credit Opportunities, LP, with more than USD475 million in commitments.
Together with its two litigation finance funds and other pooled vehicles, GKC has invested or manages more than USD800 million in assets. GKC is now the world's largest investment firm focused exclusively on legal and regulatory risk.
"As we continue to expand the suite of products we offer, we are grateful for the support of the institutional investor community and pleased by the strong demand from companies and law firms," says Chief Executive Officer Adam
Albion Ventures has sold Orchard Portman House Hospital (“Orchard Portman”), a mental health hospital near Taunton to Cygnet Health Care.
In 2010 Albion invested GBP6.5m in Orchard Portman to acquire a nursing home and constructed a 23 bed psychiatric care hospital as an extension to the existing building. The sale of Orchard Portman will result in the creation of one single psychiatric care hospital with a total of 46 beds, renamed Cygnet Hospital Taunton.
Orchard Portman has addressed a current shortage of dedicated psychiatric care units in the South West of England and under Albion’s guidance, the hospital has experienced
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed Dhruv Sarda as a Senior Director and leader of its corporate M&A Strategy and Post-Merger Integration practice in Europe.
Based in London, Sarda’s appointment underscores A&M’s expanding service offering to corporates in support of anticipated growth in M&A activity in 2015.
Sarda will expand A&M’s existing transactions expertise in the corporate and private equity industry across the UK and Europe. His in-depth experience aligns with the increasing importance of operational due diligence and the accelerated value that can be achieved from seamlessly integrating acquisitions.
Lawrence Hutter, CEO of Alvarez & Marsal European Corporate Solutions,
Peaked Hill Partners (PHP) is to provide EUR60 million in new capital to Arc International to support the company’s turnaround and growth strategy.
Arc International is the world’s largest producer of glass tableware, with headquarters in Arques, France.
The Ibled-Durand family, which has controlled the company for more than 100 years, will invest EUR2 million to retain approximately 20% of the company, illustrating their commitment and faith in its future. “This is a major step forward for Arc International, its customers, and its employees,” said Xavier Ibled, a member of the Ibled-Durand family, “Bringing in external capital will enable
The vote by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on 27 November 2014 to not reduce oil production levels was widely publicized and had a significant effect on managed futures and CTAs throughout Q4 2014, particularly on funds with a focus on trading oil. Throughout this period, the Brent Crude Oil price index fell by nearly 40%, from $94.80 at the close of September to $57.55 on 31 December. It is clear that the volatility of this commodity provided opportunities for funds implementing short strategies but exposed those unable to navigate the market.
As the chart below illustrates,
Lionpoint Group has launched a new service to help alternative investments clients address manager and investor requirements for greater transparency of underlying portfolio companies and investment holdings.
Primary services include process optimisation, operational efficiency improvements and the implementation of enabling technologies to support the collection, validation, normalisation, performance reporting and analytics associated with underlying holdings in Private Capital, with a focus on Private Equity, Real Estate and Infrastructure. Offerings also include support with risk and compliance monitoring as well as Portfolio Company and underlying investment valuations.
While remaining product agnostic, the Lionpoint Group team has solution expertise with products including AssetEye,
David Andrews has agreed to join the Evermore’s Investment Banking business as a Senior Managing Director in the firm’s Energy Group.
Andrews will be based in Evercore’s Houston office and will focus on oilfield services and equipment companies. He joins 8 other advisory partners and a team of more than 70 oil and gas advisory professionals in Houston, London, Aberdeen, Mexico City and New York.
Andrews was most recently a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and Head of Oilfield Services coverage. He started his career at Lehman Brothers and has over 15 years of experience covering the Oilfield Services sector.
The newly-launched Bio/Med Investor Network is to focus on early-stage investments in bioscience, medical technologies and digital health companies.
The Network is supported by Georgia Bio, the Georgia Research Alliance and each of the state’s research universities. Investment targets will include Georgia-based companies typically seeking between USD200,000 and USD2 million, but the Network is also evaluating investment opportunities throughout the United States.
“Bioscience companies seeking early-stage capital have specialised needs and currently limited options,” says Ed Schutter, CEO of Atlanta-based Arbor Pharmaceuticals. “The Bio/Med Investor Network will not only offer an experienced pool of successful investors, but will also provide
International investment bank Altium has rounded off another active year, completing over 50 deals and pushing the total deal value for the firm in the last three years past GBP9bn.
In the UK, the firm has seen exceptional levels of growth, with deal values up 94 per cent in 2014. Notable transactions from the period include The Riverside Company buying a majority stake in specialist accountancy firm Brookson and the sale of Scientific Analysis Laboratories (SAL) to the newly formed Concept Life Sciences, which is backed by Equistone. Most recently, Altium advised on the GBP303.7m takeover of Italian restaurant chain
Independent debt advisory firm Tomorrow Partners has appointed Daniel Morland as a partner.
This expansion of the partnership comes on the back of the highly successful launch of Tomorrow Partners in 2012, with the firm advising on seventeen completed transactions in the last two years, with an aggregate financing size in excess of EUR5 billion.
Daniel joins from Gleacher Shacklock, where he was a partner and Head of Debt Advisory. He brings over 20 years of financing experience, including prior roles at Close Brothers and Robert Fleming & Co. He has advised on the financing of a number
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