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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
Private investment firm SK Capital Partners has promoted Philip Marxen to principal. Marxen originally joined SK Capital as a Vice President in early 2014.
Marxen plays a significant role in sourcing and executing new investments and works with several of the firm’s portfolio companies including Addivant, of which he is a Director. Previously, he was an investment professional at The Blackstone Group and TPG Capital.
“We are very pleased to recognise Philip’s contributions with a well-deserved promotion,” says Managing Director Barry Siadat. “He has quickly established himself as an integral member of our team and we are confident that he
Private equity fund Ambienta SGR has appointed Nico Helling as a Partner based in Germany.
Helling, who has close to 20 years’ experience in private equity, will lead Ambienta’s operations in the German-speaking region, strengthening the partnership to support current and future growth. He joins from Vorndran Mannheims Capital Advisors, a European midmarket fund, where he was a Partner.
Prior to this Helling spent 10 years at Montagu Private Equity, where he was responsible for Montagu’s investment business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as Poland and Eastern Europe. He was also a member of the management, investment and
International investment bank Altium Capital has advised on the sale of sofa.com to private equity firm CBPE Capital.
Founded by Rohan Blacker and the late Pat Reeves in 2005, sofa.com is a fast growing omnichannel retailer of sofas, armchairs and beds. Over the last nine years Sofa.com has become a disruptive force in the furnture sector, providing exceptional product quality and value for money, best in class customer service whilst benefiting from an online route to market which reduces the businesses’ reliance on retail stores. Sofa.com recently opened a state of the art manaufacturing facility in Poland, and as a
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