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Consulting firm mergers and acquisitions specialist Equiteq has launched Equity Edge, an online resource hub that provides owners with information to help them develop their consultancy to be both sellable and valuable.
Equity Edge provides analysis of market conditions, advice from those who have sold their firms and intelligence from buyers themselves.
“Generating consistent growth is the biggest day-to-day priority for any consulting firm, whilst selling your business can often be one of the greatest life-changing decisions you ever make,” says Paul Collins, managing director of Equiteq. “Both require careful planning and an in-depth understanding of the challenges and
Dallas-based investment management firm Highland Capital Management is now compliant with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) and has been independently verified for the period of 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2013.
The GIPS standards are a rigorous set of investment performance measurement principles which have been adopted in 37 countries and recognised around the world for providing credibility, integrity, scope and uniformity of performance reporting by enabling direct comparability of a firm’s track record.
“Transparency and integrity are two of the most important things professionals look for when investing capital,” says Mark Okada, co-founder and chief investment
Nautic Partners has partnered with management to acquire Custom Window System, a designer and manufacturer of impact resistant and non-impact windows, doors and porch enclosures.
Custom was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Ocala, Florida.
“We believe that Custom has developed into one of the largest and most well-respected window and door manufacturers in Florida by developing high quality products and providing a consistently high level of service to its customers. Custom is ideally positioned for further growth given the attractiveness of the Florida market and the company’s leading reputation across multiple product categories,” says Doug Hill, managing
Catterton, a consumer-focused private equity firm, has acquired designed jewellery brand John Hardy.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1975, John Hardy is a luxury designer jewellery brand. Its collections are available at more than 600 retail locations across 27 countries and regions.
The company has appointed Robert Hanson as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Hanson brings more than 25 years of brand development and retail experience to John Hardy, including with American Eagle Outfitters and Levi Strauss.
Hanson says: "With Catterton's well-established track record for partnering with leading brands to help them capitalise
Charles River Associates (CPA) has appointed Robert W Holthausen to the firm’s board of directors.
Professor Holthausen will serve on the company’s audit committee.
Holthausen is the Ernst and Young and the Nomura Securities Company Professor of Accounting and Finance and is the chairman of the Department of Accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to Wharton, he was a Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago.
Before his academic career, he was a CPA working at Price Waterhouse and he was also in the
Evercore is expanding its investment banking capabilities in London through the formation of a new European dedicated debt advisory business.
The business will be led by Swag Ganguly who joins the firm as a senior managing director from Rothschild in London. He will be supported by Mark Craig who joins as a managing director from Lloyds Bank in London.
This new business expands the services that Evercore can provide to existing and new clients in Europe and will form a core part of its offering in conjunction with strategic and mergers and acquisitions advice.
The team will work
Mission Creek Capital Partners, an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in San Francisco, has reported strong private equity stock distribution activity and new client mandates.
Mission Creek provides private equity and venture capital distribution management services for private equity institutional investors, general partners, executives and entrepreneurs.
Mission Creek currently manages distribution mandates for institutional and private clients with combined private equity commitments exceeding USD4.0 billion.
Henri Moudi, managing director, says: “Resurging IPO and M&A appetite has resulted in an attractive exit and stock distribution environment for private equity and venture capital funds. The first half of 2014 was
Blackstone has partnered with Black Rhino to identify, develop, finance, construct and operate large-scale infrastructure projects across Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on the energy sector.
This includes power generation, transmission, fuel storage and pipelines.
Formed in January 2012 and based in Johannesburg, South Africa and Dakar, Senegal, Black Rhino is led by founder and CEO Brian Herlihy, who previously founded and served as CEO of Seacom. At Seacom, Herlihy led a USD600 million submarine cable development project to connect fibre optic communications networks from Europe and Asia to 23 African countries. During his career, Herlihy has been involved
China Development Bank International (CDBI), the Macquarie Greater China Infrastructure Fund (MGCIF) and New Horizon Capital are to invest USD225 million in JinkoSolar Holding’s downstream solar power project business.
Upon completion of the investment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JinkoSolar, and the company's additional capital contribution to Jinko Power, the three investors will hold a total of approximately 45 per cent of Jinko Power's equity interest.
The investment by MGCIF has closed, while the investments by CDBI and New Horizon are expected to close in the near future upon satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The three investors are expected to
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