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Phil White and Ben Loomes are to be appointed as co-managing partners of 3i Group’s infrastructure business, when current managing partner Cressida Hogg leaves the company at the end of March.
White and Loomes will be in charge of portfolio management and strategic development respectively. In addition, White will join 3i Group’s executive committee.
The business’s investment origination and fundraising activity will be led by Neil King, who will become senior partner and will also join 3i’s executive committee.
White joined 3i in 2007, and has 20 years of investment, advisory and financing experience, including from roles at
Brokers are optimistic about merger and acquisition activity in 2014 with 87 per cent projecting an increase in completed deals and the majority of advisors anticipating that overall deal volume will increase.
That is according to the Fourth Quarter 2013 Market Pulse Quarterly Survey Report published by the Pepperdine Private Capital Market Project, International Business Broker Association (IBBA) and M&A Source.
While the market is still clearly polarised, there is a shift toward greater seller leverage in every sector compared to Q4 2012.
The quarterly report aims to evaluate market conditions for businesses being sold in Main Street
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has appointed Dinesh Moorjani as an executive-in-residence (EIR).
Moorjani (pictured) will work with Warburg Pincus to identify and evaluate investment opportunities in the mobile industry globally.
Moorjani was the founder and CEO of Hatch Labs, a mobile technology incubator and captive investment fund. Prior to Hatch Labs, he served as a senior vice president at IAC/InterActiveCorp and started the Mobile Group in 2007 where he was responsible for mobile strategy, operations and product development for IAC's leading businesses like Match.com and Citysearch.
Moorjani has led new product innovation and built consumer technology businesses at Samsung
Fund administrator Orangefield Columbus, a service provider to hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, offshore mutual funds, family offices, funds of funds and hybrids, has seen record growth in 2013.
The company says its success has been fuelled by client service and delivery of global expertise in fund administration.
Orangefield Group employees over 450 staff members with substantial experience in financial services working with hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds, offshore mutual funds, family offices, fund of funds, hybrids, and other alternative investment funds.
In its first full year of operations following the merger,
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
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