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High net worth (HNW) women are turning to non-traditional investments as they look to generate income, drive capital growth, and achieve portfolio diversification.
These are among the latest findings from “Investing Outside the Box”, a study on trends in non-traditional investing from MainStay Investments, a New York Life company.
The study was conducted by Harris Poll among a nationally representative sample of more than 800 high net worth investors aged 40-65.
“While all investors are growing more aware of the value of non-traditional investments, high net worth women are especially interested in the benefits alternatives offer,” says Stephen
Preqin, the alternative asset industry data and intelligence specialist, has appointed David Brierwood as a non-executive director.
He joined the board on 12 August 2014.
Brierwood holds a wealth of experience in investment data analytics and solutions, most recently in his role as chief operating officer of MSCI, which he held from 2006 to February 2014.
Prior to his role at MSCI, Brierwood worked for Morgan Stanley for 20 years and held a variety of senior positions, including global risk manager of the Morgan Stanley equity division and chief operating officer of Morgan Stanley’s institutional and retail securities
GE Capital’s telecom, media and technology (TMT) financing business served as administrative agent on USD69 million of senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition of AGDATA by Vista Equity Partners.
GE Capital Markets served as sole lead arranger and bookrunner on the facilities.
“GE Capital provided us with a flexible financing structure and strong capital commitment on this transaction. We look forward to our continued financing relationship,” says Kevin Sofield, head of capital markets at Vista Equity Partners.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, AGDATA provides data analytics and business intelligence solutions to seed manufacturers, distributors, retailers and
Ridgemont Equity Partners is to acquire a majority interest in Cross River Fiber, a provider of dark fibre and communications infrastructure-based services.
The proposed transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014, following the satisfaction of customary regulatory closing conditions.
The agreement has been approved by both Cross River’s board of directors and Ridgemont. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The company’s senior management team will retain a substantial ownership stake and remain in their current roles at the Summit, New Jersey, headquarters. Under the leadership of Cross River’s CEO Vincenzo Clemente, Cross
Marc Lim has joined tax firm WTAS as a managing director in the commercial and alternative investment funds practices in the San Francisco office.
Prior to joining WTAS, Lim spent nine years as a tax practitioner in Japan and was a partner at Zeirishi-Hojin PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tokyo.
A Bay Area native, Lim spent six years prior to Tokyo servicing technology clients as an international tax practitioner at both PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen in San Jose, California.
Lim has more than 15 years of experience in international tax consulting to multinational corporate and financial services clients. His practice area
D5 Capital, the media and technology investment and M&A advisor, has secured a cash exit from WalkMe, the interactive online guidance and engagement platform.
D5 Capital’s investor network and super-angel Ran Tushia participated in WalkMe’s Series A investment round in 2012.
The exit has delivered investors a 3.5x gain over the investment period (88 per cent IRR).
Rupert Ashe, CEO of D5 Capital, says: “We are delighted to have participated in the growth of WalkMe, which is an innovative SaaS platform for guiding users through their online journeys. Our investors have enjoyed a very strong return, demonstrating once
WordLogic has received a non-refundable financial commitment to purchase exclusive rights to its legal enterprise solutions for North America.
WordLogic’s predictive iKnowU keyboard, enriched with REACH technology, supersedes the need to exit core applications so that users will no longer have to navigate through numerous applications to obtain information such as directions, restaurant listings, ratings and reviews, travel information and other contextual data from Google or other mobile and content sites.
REACH is available on Android and soon on iOS 8.
The licensing will be to a US-Virginia based private equity group. The terms of the transaction include:
SmartKem has closed a series A funding round from an investment syndicate comprising BASF Venture Capital, Octopus Investments and Entrepreneurs Fund, plus further investment from Finance Wales, the company’s principal shareholder.
The investment will build on the GBP3m of investment from Finance Wales to date and will be used to further develop the scientific foundation of the SmartKem tru-FLEX organic semiconductor material range, and to accelerate this technology towards full commercialisation.
The investment will provide SmartKem with the ability to further develop its tru-FLEX semiconductor technology to the point of market-readiness. It will also contribute to the scale-up and
Buttonwood Group Advisors is to list on the FNEX online alternative investment platform via its placement agent, affiliated broker-dealer Joseph Gunnar & Co.
FNEX.com provides accredited investors, investment advisors, family offices and institutions access to private investment opportunities offered by investment banks and funds across the US.
The distribution platform lists offerings and provides investors with the necessary tools to educate themselves on alternative investment opportunities. To date, FNEX has integrated with custodians, trusts and self-directed IRA platforms that represent over 400,000 accounts and over USD40 billion in assets under management, with more than 200 investment banking offices and
PeerNova has secured a pre-series A investment by venture capital veteran and semiconductor industry pioneer Pierre Lamond.
Lamond helped pioneer the semiconductor industry in Silicon Valley, with his leadership roles at Fairchild Semiconductor and National Semiconductor, which he cofounded in 1967.
At Sequoia Capital from 1981 to 2009, Lamond’s deals included Cypress Semiconductor, Microchip Semiconductor, Vitesse Semiconductor and Redback Networks. He also stepped in to lead engineering on a temporary basis at Cisco Systems and mentored the YouTube founders. In 2009 he left to become general partner at Khosla Ventures and served until early this year.
Lamond says:
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