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Alter Domus, a European provider of fund and corporate services, has appointed James McEvoy as country executive Ireland.
McEvoy will be responsible for the overall management and development of the team and building new client relationships in the region.
“Alter Domus Ireland has a team of experienced and dedicated professionals and is able to provide the full suite of corporate services to local and international clients. I am very excited to be part of Alter Domus and I am impressed by its track record and client base,” says McEvoy.
McEvoy has more than 13 years of experience working
A significant number of ethical investors have softened their opposition to nuclear power as doubts grow over the adequacy of wind and solar power as substitutes for carbon-based energy sources, a Kames survey has found.
The survey, which canvassed the views of 50 of the UK’s most prominent ethical investors, found that 44 per cent of respondents have softened their stance on nuclear power.
Previous surveys and anecdotal evidence had suggested outright opposition to nuclear, but the results suggest that there is a growing acknowledgement that the UK needs to find alternative energy sources to meet climate change targets
Private equity firm Berkshire Partners has acquired a majority interest in Access Information Management, a provider of records and information management services in North America, from Summit Partners.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Access offers a complete suite of storage and related document management services, such as inventory management, digital access solutions, secure destruction and compliance services. Access has a presence in 31 US markets and has a growing international business, serving primarily small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within each of these markets.
Founded in 2004, Access now has an extensive footprint across the US
Samchully Asset Management has acquired a 34 per cent interest in Cardinal Gas Services (CGS), located in Ohio’s Utica Shale play, from TOTAL E&P USA and EV Energy Partners, who owned 25 per cent and nine per cent of CGS, respectively.
The total purchase price of USD544 million (USD612 million including purchase price adjustments) is comprised of 100 per cent cash. For purposes of the acquisition, Samchully AMC has established a special purpose vehicle that is owned by a new fund, with investors comprised of Korean pension funds and E1, a Korean strategic investor.
CGS is a wet gas
JZ Capital Partners Limited (JZCP) is to sell its equity interest in Milestone Aviation Group to GE Capital Aviation Services.
JZCP first invested in Milestone Aviation in September 2010, investing a total of USD15.1 million to date.
JZCP is expected to receive a total of USD40 million from the sale, representing an estimated multiple of equity Invested of 2.8x and an IRR of 36 per cent.
Milestone Aviation is the world’s largest helicopter leasing company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company is focused on leasing helicopters to the oil and gas, and mining industries, as well as to
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management’s DB Private Equity has held the first and final close of its Secondary Opportunities Fund III (SOF III) at the USD1.655 billion hard cap.
SOF III is dedicated to acquiring a diversified set of private equity fund interests and assets in the secondary market globally.
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, global head of DB Private Equity and co-head of DB PE Secondary Funds, says: “We are very pleased to have received support from an impressive roster of institutional and private clients globally. In line with our proven value investing approach, we expect to deploy capital consistently across
Private equity firm Lightyear Capital has appointed Martin Sullivan as an operating partner.
Sullivan will draw upon his decades of experience to work with Lightyear and the management teams of businesses within Lightyear’s portfolio. He currently serves as non-executive chairman of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC), a global reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, and as a director of Paradigm Outcomes, a provider of complex and catastrophic medical management, two of Lightyear’s portfolio companies.
Sullivan spent 37 years with AIG, most recently as president and chief executive officer. After leaving AIG in 2008, Sullivan joined Willis Group Holdings in
Singaporean venture capital firm Infocomm Investments has launched in London and is extending its USD200 million fund to European tech start-ups.
At a launch event held at Central London’s Southbank Centre, the chairman of Infocomm Investments and executive deputy chairman of Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Steve Leonard, announced the fund’s first investment in Europe into the FinTech accelerator, Startupbootcamp FinTech.
Leonard says: “There are many smart cities around the world, but Singapore is building itself into a smart nation. This means we want to use exciting new technologies to better serve citizens of all ages and companies of all
AMP Capital has launched its Global Infrastructure Fund and has attracted a significant commitment from global private equity and infrastructure investor Pantheon into its global infrastructure platform.
AMP Capital has created the platform by converting its Strategic Infrastructure Trust of Europe (SITE) from an open-ended to a closed-ended European fund and launching the Global Infrastructure Fund.
SITE’s existing portfolio comprises USD750 million worth of assets, which will be shared with the Global Infrastructure Fund. The fund is aiming to raise a further USD1.25 billion of new commitments, giving the global infrastructure platform an overall target size of USD2 billion.
Praesidian Capital has provided USD6.9 million in senior debt and growth capital to support Cohere Communications’ acquisition of Another 9.
Cohere provides managed cloud, Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) and IT services to more than 200 customers globally. Its customers are primarily financial and media firms.
Another 9 provides comparable, complex telecommunications services to more than 300 small and mid-sized businesses and specialises in secure, multi-site and high availability hosted solutions. Both businesses are located in the New York metropolitan area.
“In this acquisition, we saw a company with a shared focus, commitment and expertise in addressing complex technologies,” says
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