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Following a disappointing year in 2013 there are increasing signs that the German private equity market could see a significant upturn in the months ahead.
Relevant indicators include good business prospects, moderate company valuations and a significant improvement in the options for using capital leverage.
Those are the key findings of the latest private equity panel survey, which is conducted three times a year by CMS Hasche Sigle and FINANCE magazine. Some 40 private equity (PE) firms provide anonymous assessments of the market for the survey.
The key driver for the increasing competitiveness of PE investors in M&A
Black Mountain Systems has selected the Eze Private Cloud to deliver services to its clients, including global investment firms, which use Black Mountain Systems for data aggregation, process management and business reporting.
By delivering its Everest platform directly through the Eze Private Cloud, Black Mountain Systems gives its clients enterprise-grade services and applications in a flexible, secure environment.
Black Mountain Systems is a software company that develops tailored solutions for global investment firms seeking greater operating efficiency and reduced risk. The company’s Everest platform eliminates the boundaries between systems, information and people, so that clients can focus on the
Healthcare-focused private equity firm Enhanced Equity Funds (EEF) has appointed Matthew Thompson as a vice president.
"Matthew brings extensive healthcare experience to Enhanced Equity," says Malcolm Kostuchenko, partner and co-founder of Enhanced. "We are excited for him to join Enhanced to help build the firm's capabilities and expertise as well as open new avenues to deploy capital in exciting healthcare businesses."
Thompson brings investing, operating and consulting experience to Enhanced Equity. Most recently, he was a vice president at Riverside Partners, a Boston-based healthcare and technology focused investment firm.
Prior to Riverside Partners, Thompson served in corporate development and
Azad Zangana (pictured), European Economist, Schroders comments on the latest quarterly Inflation Report from the Bank of England…
As part of its quarterly Inflation Report, the Bank of England (BoE) has decided to expand its use of macroeconomic variables in its presentation of forward guidance. The previous 7% unemployment rate threshold would have been breached in the coming months, which has prompted the Bank to re-assess its communications strategy.
Rather than focusing on the unemployment rate, the Bank will now focus on estimates of spare capacity, which is largely measured through the labour market. This is very similar to the
National private equity firm Lariat Partners has formed Ecoserv, an integrated environmental cleaning and waste disposal provider, by merging Newpark Environmental Services with Offshore Cleaning Systems (OCS).
Kenny DesOrmeaux, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based OCS, will become CEO of Ecoserv, which will be headquartered in Lafayette, LA and operate out of 14 locations throughout the Gulf Coast and Permian Basin of West Texas.
"Ecoserv uses applied science to provide the safest and most environmentally friendly way of managing oilfield refuse. By combining the efforts of these two industry innovators, we have the scale, breadth, and capabilities to offer
International group BOS has acquired automotive supplier etm (engineering technologie marketing GmbH).
Subject to approval from the competition authorities, the Schönbrunn site and employees will become part of BOS, which currently has 17 facilities worldwide.
Going forward, etm will continue to be managed and developed as an independent firm. The purchase price was not disclosed.
A team from CMS Hasche Sigle led by lead partner Dr Jörg Lips advised etm on all legal aspects of the sale.
Family-owned BOS has sites in Europe, North America and Asia and has been developing, manufacturing and selling systems and components
The States of Guernsey has responded to demands for limited liability partnership structures (LLPs) and has approved draft legislation which is expected to receive Royal Assent and come into force before July 2014.
Carey Olsen corporate partners, advocate David Crosland and advocate Tom Carey, hosted a recent seminar outlining the legislation.
The key details are:
• A body corporate with separate legal personality and unlimited capacity
• Each LLP needs a written agreement which sets out the relationship between the members
• Significant flexibility to organise the LLP to suit business requirements
• In the absence of express
South African fund administrator IDS Fund Services has selected the eFront solution for its private equity and real estate fund administration operations.
IDS is an independent fund administrator based in Cape Town, with operations in Malta and representation in Mauritius. Established in 2002, IDS employs more than 110 staff and has more than USD8bn worth of assets under administration.
With a growing private equity market in Africa and the increasing complexity of the alternative asset market, IDS sought a technology solution that would enhance its private equity operation and service offering for local and international clients. eFront was able
An affiliate of private equity firm Warburg Pincus has invested USD32m in Specialists On Call to fund future growth initiatives.
Established in 2007, SOC is a provider of specialty physician services that provides on-call coverage to suburban and urban acute-care hospitals via videoconferencing, a USD3bn addressable market.
The company delivers teleconsultations by its physicians that improve patient care and increase the financial and clinical strength of community hospitals.
SOC's method of care delivery is expected to expand the market for teleconsultations, address the shortage of specialty physicians for traditional on-call coverage, and help address the challenges faced by
Tsai Capital Corporation, a long/short global equity manager, has launched Tsai Ventures, the seed and early stage venture capital arm of the firm.
"We look for hungry entrepreneurs with disruptive ideas and a big market opportunity," says Christopher Tsai (pictured), president and chief investment officer of Tsai Capital Corporation. "Having invested with a long-term outlook for 16+ years in publicly traded companies, our goal is to leverage that experience in order to identify the most promising new ventures with significant upside potential."
Tsai, along with Tsai Capital advisory committee member Justin D Soffer, will primarily focus on investment opportunities
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