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LexShares, a crowdfunding platform that enables individuals to invest in litigation, is now operating.
The platform connects accredited investors with plaintiffs in commercial lawsuits to make an equity investment in a specific case. If the plaintiff prevails, the investor will receive a portion of the proceeds, from a settlement or court judgment, proportionate to the investment. LexShares can be accessed at www.lexshares.com.
“LexShares provides a transparent, economically rational and efficient means for connecting plaintiffs with investors to fund their commercial legal claims,” says Jay Greenberg, Co-Founder and CEO of LexShares. “In doing so, we hope to provide plaintiffs with
Lazard Asset Management has expanded its global Multi Asset capabilities with the addition of Rupert Hope as a Director and Portfolio Manager.
Based in New York, Hope will help grow the firm’s Emerging Market and Global Multi Asset solution platform.
"With more than 20 years of experience, Rupert has the specific set of skills needed to translate client needs into investment objectives and active allocation decisions," says Jai Jacob, who heads the Multi Asset investment team. “His expertise in, and perspectives on emerging markets will help us continue to deliver comprehensive client solutions.”
Prior to joining Lazard, Hope
US private equity firms and their funds have grown investments in the life insurance sector over the past several years, says Fitch Ratings.
However, that growth is expected to moderate as the high-value opportunities in the sector that manifested themselves the aftermath of the financial crisis have largely dried up. Heightened scrutiny by state insurance regulators will also be a headwind on private equity's further penetration in the life sector, at least over the short term.
Private equity's expansion into the life sector has helped certain European and Canadian insurers in their efforts to exit or pull back from the
MarketNet Services, a client of Mergers & Acquisition advisor Generational Equity, has been acquired by a Private Investor.
MarketNet Services provides specialty sales lead processing, nurturing, and management services. MarketNet helps its client's manage their sales leads using its proprietary web-base platform and marketing automation tools. The Company's proprietary web-base platform collects and scores sales leads and then distributes specific lead to the respective sales organisations.
Managing Director Doug Smith and his team, including affiliate Jim Hines and Vice President Musa Jagne, led the Generational Equity deal team that advised MarketNet Services on the transaction.
Increased infrastructure investment would drive economic growth and bolster the UK's competitiveness, according to Standard & Poor’s.
Standard & Poor’s currently expects real GDP to grow by 2%-3% per year over the next several years – yet it estimates that each additional GBP1 spent on infrastructure in one year (in real terms) would lift real GDP by GBP1.90 over a three-year period. It also projects a strong effect on job creation, with each extra 1% of GDP spent on infrastructure adding over 200,000 jobs in that year.
“The benefits of infrastructure investment do not stop at the short-term boost
Although much maligned for sub-par performance since the dot-com crash, venture capital returns for more recent funds have picked up significantly – one-year horizon returns are among the best in the entire private equity industry. Preqin’s latest special report examines the drivers of this recent success, and uncovers the impact of improved performance on LP attitudes towards the asset class and the prospects for future fundraising.
Following a rapid reversal of fortunes at the turn of the millennium, the venture capital industry has experienced largely lacklustre returns which have led to tough fundraising conditions for all but a select group
Delta Partners Emerging Markets TMT Growth Fund II is to make a USD10 million investment into CipherCloud Inc, a specialist in cloud information protection.
CipherCloud, which was founded and has a development centre and significant presence in Hyderabad, India, enables organisations to securely adopt cloud applications by overcoming data privacy, residency, security, and regulatory compliance risks. CipherCloud’s open platform provides comprehensive cloud application discovery and risk assessment, data protection – searchable strong encryption, tokenisation, data loss prevention, key management and malware detection – and extensive user activity and anomaly monitoring services. CipherCloud has over 3.0 million business users across 11
Jamieson Corporate Finance advised on the sale of United Biscuits, a leading international manufacturer of biscuits, from Blackstone and PAI Partners to Yildiz Holding, the Turkish food manufacturer.
United Biscuits is a leading manufacturer and marketer of biscuits in the UK and second largest in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Ireland. It owns and operates 16 manufacturing facilities of which seven are in the UK. The transaction, for an undisclosed fee, was completed on 12 November 2014.
The Jamieson team was led by Ian Jamieson and Jonny Jones with support from Ross Wheeler. Jamieson advised Martin Glenn, CEO of
Sidley Austin has appointed David B Denechaud and Joe F.Flack III as partners in the firm’s private equity and energy practices, respectivley. Both will be based in Sidley’s Houston office.
Denechaud focuses his practice on private equity and energy (oil and gas) M&A transactions, while Flack has built his practice around oil and gas acquisition and disposition transactions.
Denechaud’s experience includes representing private equity clients, providing capital to the exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services and alternative energy sectors. He has broad transactional experience, including advising private and public companies on financial and strategic acquisitions and dispositions, and financings. In
5nine Software has secured a significant new round of financing led by Insight Venture Partners and the founders of Veeam Software.
Founded in 2009, 5nine Software now helps more than 25,000 satisfied organisations around the globe to reach the full potential of their virtual infrastructure. 5nine Software’s growth to date is rapid and this round of funding will be used to sustain this growth through adding key sales, marketing, and product development resources.
With this investment, Michael Triplett, Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners, and Ratmir Timashev, Founder and CEO of Veeam Software join 5nine Software’s Board of Directors.
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