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Riata Capital Group, a Dallas-based private equity investment firm focused on sponsoring investments in privately held companies in the consumer, energy, healthcare and business & industrial services sectors, has opened its doors for business.
Riata is led by Jeff Fronterhouse, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Brazos Private Equity Partners, LLC (Brazos), and Barron Fletcher, Founder and Managing Partner of Parallel Investment Partners (Parallel).
Fronterhouse says: "Barron and I have a long history going back over twenty-five years and have been socialising the concept of combining our experience, skill sets, and network of relationships for many years. We have both
Preqin and Baxon Solutions have formed a strategic partnership, which includes Preqin taking a significant minority stake in Baxon.
This will accelerate Baxon’s development and delivery of a comprehensive portfolio management and valuations platform for the private equity industry. The principal aim of the partnership is to combine the alternative assets expertise of both firms to address the rapidly increasing market demand from both GPs and LPs for transparent, accurate and actionable data on their funds and portfolio investments.
Jorge Hansen, Managing Director of Baxon, says: “We are extremely excited about partnering with Preqin and becoming part of the
Private equity fund American Securities has held the first and final closing of American Securities Partners VII with total capital commitments of USD5 billion.
As a result of strong investor interest, American Securities closed the fund above the USD4 billion target and at the hard cap the firm established at the outset of fundraising in September 2014.
"American Securities greatly appreciates the interest expressed in ASP VII by many long-standing relationships, as well as new investors, from the US and global investing community," says Michael G Fisch, President and CEO of American Securities. "This new partnership provides us with
B Riley Financial has announced an expanded role for Steven H Reiner to include a newly created position of Chief Business Development Officer, Asset Dispositions in its Great American Group, LLC subsidiary.
Reiner will continue to serve as a Managing Director and the Head of Consumer Investment Banking for the Company's B Riley & Co, LLC subsidiary.
In his new role, Reiner will be responsible for managing business development for Great American Group's asset disposition businesses.
"Our clients' financial needs are rarely singular in nature, with the solution requiring specialists from multiple financial disciplines," said Bryant Riley, Chairman,
Corporate, fund and private client services provider JTC Group has marked its 27th consecutive year of growth with the launch of a refreshed global brand.
The launch of JTC’s new look comes after another successful year, which saw the firm continue its strategic expansion plan, growing its Assets Under Administration (AUA) to more than GBP25bn across its three core divisions, expanding its global footprint to have a presence in 17 jurisdictions, growing its volume of clients to over 2,000, and increasing its global staff headcount to over 300.
JTC highlights from 2014 include acquiring a book of private client business
Kelley Drye & Warren has appointed Michael A Adelstein as a partner in the firm's Corporate Practice in the New York office.
Adelstein is one of the foremost lawyers in the field of alternative investments, representing hedge funds, placement agents, companies, family offices and other private investment vehicles in the structuring, negotiation and development of PIPEs (private investment in public equity) and registered direct transactions.
Adelstein also advises on initial public offerings, primary and secondary offerings, CMPOs, ADR/ADS offerings, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), 144A offerings, venture capital, private equity and convertible securities transactions. He represents investors, placement agents and
The TCW Group has formed the TCW Power Group and made two senior hires for the new team.
The Power Group is part of TCW’s alternative asset management platform and is overseen by new hire Brian Daly, managing director and head of the TCW Power Group. Daly reports directly to Jess Ravich, group managing director and head of alternative products at TCW. Bill Cavers has also joined the Power Group as a senior vice president and reports to Daly. Both Daly and Cavers are based in TCW’s New York City office.
The TCW Power Group will focus on making middle-market
KKR has appointed Haroun van Hövell as a Managing Director and the Head of its Energy Team covering Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Haroun van Hövell joined KKR from Riverstone Holdings, where he was a Managing Director and responsible for sourcing and managing investments across the energy industry, with a particular focus on the exploration & production and midstream sectors. Haroun’s prior experience also includes 4Gas Holding, The Carlyle Group and Salomon Smith Barney.
Johannes Huth, member and head of KKR EMEA, says: “I am delighted that Haroun is joining our team here in London as we continue to build
Jay Schifferli has joined law firm Goodwin Procter as a partner in its Private Equity Group in Washington, DC.
Schifferli comes to Goodwin from Kelley Drye & Warren, where he was chair of that firm’s private equity practice.
Schifferli focuses his practice on private equity; mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures; public and private securities offerings and compliance; and general corporate, securities and business matters.
He advises private equity funds and public and private companies across an array of areas including stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, tender offers, exchange offers, “going private” transactions and related financings. He also represents public
D E Shaw Renewable Investments has acquired Balko Wind, a wind energy project in Beaver County, Oklahoma from Apex Clean Energy (Apex).
Apex developed the 300 MW project and sold it to an affiliate of DESRI in late 2014. Financing for the acquisition and construction of the project was provided by Santander Bank, NA, KeyBank, NA, Citi, and Banco de Sabadell, SA. Commitments for tax equity financing were provided by affiliates of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, General Electric Capital Corp, Google Inc, and Citi. CohnReznick Capital Markets Securities, LLC acted as advisor to DESRI for the tax equity
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