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Euronext has launched Euronext Expert Market, an electronically traded secondary market offering a transparent and secure platform for the sale of non-listed securities by weekly auction.
Based in Belgium, the Euronext Expert Market is classed as a Multilateral Trading Facility and is the first market of its kind to be set up by a European exchange. The Euronext Expert Market replaces the former floor-traded Belgian Public Auctions Market (Marché des Ventes Publiques/Markt van de Openbare Veilingen), migrating from the current open outcry format to electronic trading.
The new electronic format aims at facilitating the trading of securities that are not
Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management are to acquire Presidio Holdings (Presidio) from affiliates of American Securities. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Presidio is a premier IT infrastructure solutions provider for approximately 6,000 clients across the United States. Aided by the expertise of its nearly 1,200 engineers, Presidio assists clients in designing, procuring, implementing and managing IT infrastructures that deliver tangible business value. Presidio provides services across six core technology verticals, including networking, data centres, mobility, security, collaboration, and contact centers and supports these solutions with market leading offerings such as Presidio Managed Networks and Presidio Managed
Workers will not only be worse off when their firm is taken over by private equity through an institutional buyout (IBO), but their company’s performance will fall behind its rivals.
New research has discovered that IBOs – defined as a highly leveraged transaction where one or more institutional investors act together to initiate a buyout deal – result in staff losses and a decrease in overall productivity.
Geoffrey Wood, Professor of International Business at Warwick Business School, says: “Our findings suggest IBOs and their impact on managerial practices do not appear to be an effective mechanism for turning round
Fenox VC is launching a USD200 million fund to invest in Bangladesh's technology, Internet and media sectors.
Creation of the new fund marks the first time a venture capital company from Silicon Valley has launched business operations in Bangladesh.
Fenox was founded in 2011 to invest in the most promising startups in global locations. Fenox supports companies with funding and guidance to help run operations, enter new international markets, and manage eventual exits through acquisitions or IPOs.
"I am honoured to be a part of Fenox VC," says Shameem Ahsan. "This partnership will help to realize the vision
DLA Piper has advised European Capital on the sale of Farrow & Ball, a specialist in high quality paint and wallpaper, to Ares Management for GBP275 million.
DLA Piper has advised European Capital on the sale of Farrow & Ball, a global leader in high quality paint and wallpaper, to Ares Management for GBP275 million.
European Capital, a subsidiary of American Capital Ltd, is an investment company for pan-European equity, mezzanine and senior debt investments and acquired Farrow & Ball in 2006.
The DLA Piper team was led by private equity partner Tim Wright who worked with partner
By Anthony Werley (pictured), Chief Portfolio Strategist, Endowment and Foundations Group, JP Morgan Asset Management – We recently published our Long Term Capital Market Assumptions for 2015. These are our central case expectations for asset class returns, volatilities and correlations over the next 10—15 years, and they are meant to be cycle-neutral. In other words, our return assumptions are independent of the current stage in the business cycle, and are built to reflect long-term market trends.
Our analysis confirms the view that private equity is set to face both tailwind and headwind non-market factors. On the negative side of the outlook,
Bank of the West has appointed Phil Kain, a specialist in the development of leveraged finance loans for middle market private equity sponsors, as director of the bank's Private Equity Group.
Capitalising on his more than 18 years of experience, in his new role Kain will be responsible for covering middle market private equity groups across the country, developing new business opportunities in financing private equity portfolio companies, structuring and underwriting transactions, and growing the bank's overall private equity practice.
Bank of the West's Private Equity Group, led by John Thurston since 2011, has a track record of more
Nearly two-thirds (63%) of UK Small and Medium sized companies (SMEs) predict they will increase productivity by an average of 9% over the next 12 to 24 months, according to new research by Albion Ventures.
One in five (19%) of SMEs forecast productivity gains of at least 20%, according to the 2014 Albion Growth Report, which is designed to shed light on the factors that both create and impede growth among UK SMEs.
Improved market conditions, cited by 42% of respondents, is the biggest factor driving SME productivity followed by enhanced technology (13%), better management (13%) and increased skill levels
Carne Group has been chosen to provide support for the successfully listed River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap Investment Company Limited, which is domiciled in Guernsey.
The Company will be admitted to the Premium Segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and commence trading on the 2 December 2014 on the London Stock Exchange.
The Company is making use of Carne’s Channel Islands management company, which was authorised as an AIFM by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) in October. The management company is a non-EU AIFM structure which can be used to distribute funds into the
Arthurian Life Sciences, the fund management company led byProfessor Sir Chris Evans, has formed a partnership with US medtech firm Interrad Medical Inc.
The Minneapolis-based company is the developer and manufacturer of the unique SecurAcath®, the world’s most effective device for securing catheters in hospital patients.
The partnership is the sixth investment of The Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund, managed by Arthurian which was specifically formed to act as General Partner of the fund.
The fund has made a GBP3 million investment in Interrad Medical Inc, acting as cornerstone investor in a financing through which the company will
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