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Altius Associates has appointed two senior associates to its global investment team.
Jeffrey Kopocis will be based in the Richmond, Virginia office and Arnaud Garel-Galais will be based in the London office.
Bradford Young (pictured), Altius’ head of investments, says: “We are delighted that we were able to attract these high calibre investment professionals to strengthen our global investment team on the both sides of the Atlantic. These appointments reflect our commitment to providing clients with an outstanding level of advice and support.”
Kopocis joins Altius from a multi-family office in Alexandria, VA where he was an
Private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners has acquired MB Aerospace in partnership with the company’s management team.
Headquartered in Motherwell, UK, MB Aerospace is a provider of highly engineered components for the commercial and military aero-engine and industrial gas turbine markets.
MB Aerospace manufactures complex rings, casings and other engine components for a large and diversified portfolio of aero engine and industrial gas turbine platforms. The company’s blue-chip customer base includes large OEM’s such as Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, General Electric, Boeing, United Technologies, GKN, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Volvo Aerospace.
“We are excited about the opportunity
There were 665 private equity-backed buyout deals announced globally in Q1 2013, valued at a total of USD87bn, a 112 per cent increase from the USD41bn in the same quarter last year, according to Preqin.
However, the number of deals fell from 770 in Q4 2012 to 665 in the first quarter of 2013.
Food and agriculture and IT were the most prominent areas of buyout activity in Q1 2013, with 38 per cent and 30 per cent of the aggregate deal value invested in these sectors respectively. This was driven by the two largest deals in the quarter,
North Castle Partners and its co-investors have completed an investment of growth capital in Ignite USA, a developer and marketer of reusable, environmentally friendly thermal mugs and hydration bottles.
North Castle is a private equity firm focused on investments in consumer-driven companies that promote healthy, active and sustainable living.
The terms of the investment, which is being made in partnership with chief executive Sami El-Saden, were not disclosed.
Ignite currently sells its products in over 50 countries across club, mass, sporting goods, specialty, direct-to-consumer, and exclusive strategic partnerships.
"North Castle’s mission is to invest in companies
UMB Fund Services (UMBFS) has made leadership changes and appointed a new representative for its business development team.
Lonnie Macdonald has transitioned out of his role as head of business development for UMBFS in order to focus on other responsibilities within the organisation. He had led the business development team since September 2007.
Macdonald will continue to serve as head of marketing for UMBFS and as president of the company’s alternative investment servicing division, JD Clark & Company. In addition, he will be focusing on developing and implementing a suite of middle-office services to be offered to clients.
IntraLinks has acquired MergerID and PE-Nexus, two online deal sourcing platforms for the mergers and acquisitions industry.
MergerID, based in London and owned by the Financial Times Group, and PE-Nexus, a privately-held company based in Miami, Florida, will be combined to create the largest global deal marketplace and professional network for qualified M&A professionals.
With these acquisitions IntraLinks can offer an end-to-end solution for managing the full lifecycle of strategic transactions, from deal preparation, marketing and sourcing through to due diligence and execution.
“Our strategic transactions customers are increasingly looking for a one-stop solution that can facilitate
Despite a challenging year for venture capital investment in 2012, the US VC-backed industry remains substantial.
Better portfolio company exits and returns suggest the slump in fundraising could be over in 2013, according to Ernst & Young’s tenth annual Venture Capital Insights and Trends Report.
According to the report, there is evidence of money flowing into companies that are perceived as lower risk. For example, there is a shift away from social media towards enterprise– the companies that are attracting greater VC interest are those that provide a service and are getting paid for it, rather than those
Olga Koulechova has been promoted to partner at Idinvest Partners, having joined the firm as head of business development in October 2011.
Koulechova’s (pictured) promotion strengthens Idinvest Partners’ development of close relationships with large institutions involved in investing in small and mid private equity backed companies in Europe (venture capital, buy out, mezzanine, senior loans, funds of funds etc.).
Prior to joining Idinvest, Koulechova was executive vice president in charge of the Nordic countries at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, and senior international sales manager at Natixis Asset Management. She was responsible for Europeans institutional clients particularly in Germany,
In the first quarter of 2013, investors in European equities continued to behave like first time swimmers: they only wanted to enter the water wearing a life vest. Despite tentative signs of a global recovery, investors maintained a strong preference for “safe” global brand names in defensive sectors, says Ad van Tiggelen, Senior Investment Specialist at ING Investment Management…
As a result, prices of these stocks reached levels which evoked comparisons with the “nifty fifty” hype of the early seventies. One has to wonder: Have safe stocks become too expensive?
With Europe experiencing a prolonged period of economic stagnation
The Palo Alto office of law firm K&L Gates has appointed Linda Zhou as a partner in the emerging growth and venture capital practice.
Zhou joins K&L Gates from Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian.
Along with venture capital investors and firms, Zhou advises start-up, emerging growth, and public companies in the consumer internet, software, telecommunications, and entertainment technology industries on corporate and securities law, private and public financings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate partnering transactions.
Qualified in the People’s Republic of China in addition to California, Zhou also represents companies on a variety of China-related matters
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