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Dell Inc has signed a definitive merger agreement under which Michael Dell, Dell’s Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in partnership with global technology investment firm Silver Lake, will acquire the company.
Under the terms of the agreement, Dell stockholders will receive USD13.65 in cash for each share of Dell common stock they hold, in a transaction valued at approximately USD24.4 billion. The price represents a premium of 25 per cent over Dell’s closing share price of USD10.88 on 11 January, 2013, the last trading day before rumors of a possible going-private transaction were first published; a premium of approximately
Invesco Perpetual’s Adrian Bignell on growth opportunities in the Eurozone and why the worst is behind us…
Fears of a euro collapse dominated the economic landscape in 2012. Can investors expect a more stable outlook in the coming year?
Our starting premise is that Europe holds together with a break-up of the euro not being in anyone’s interest, least of all Germany, which is currently benefiting from the weak currency and cheap funding costs.
Labour reform is an important element for believing that Europe is changing – we follow this closely and so far we are encouraged by progress being
Fortigent, a provider of high-net-worth solutions and consulting services, has formed a partnership with Central Park Group, an independent investment advisory firm that delivers private client and smaller institutional investors access to institutional hedge fund, private equity, real estate and fund of funds talent.
This new partnership provides investment advisers and financial institutions served by Fortigent with significantly expanded access to an industry leading platform of institutional hedge funds, private equity, real estate and funds of funds enhanced with research, due diligence and asset allocation guidance.
Fortigent is a wholly-owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings, the parent company of LPL
Fircroft Engineering Services, a provider of technical recruitment services backed by Equistone Partners Europe, has strengthened its board with the appointment of Philip Gore-Randall as a non-executive director.
Gore-Randall (pictured) brings almost 40 years of international experience to the board. He started his career at professional services firm Andersen, working his way up to UK managing partner, before becoming global chief operating officer at Andersen Worldwide in 2001.
He has previously held positions at the UK arm of insurance broker Aon, leading a major restructuring of the business, and recently took on the roles of senior adviser to Middle
Private equity real estate manager BPG Properties has changed its name to Equus Capital Partners.
The firm’s new name, Equus, is derived from the Latin word for “horse” and was chosen because the animal symbolises strength, agility, dependability and hard work.
There will be no other changes in the firm’s operations, including its value-add investment funds, as a result of the firm’s new name.
Equus Capital Partners is ranked as a Top Consistent Performing Real Estate Fund Manager by Preqin, a source of data and intelligence.
“Our new name reflects and celebrates the diligent hard work that has resulted in
The ALPS | Red Rocks Listed Private Equity Fund has surpassed USD200m in assets.
“Over the past decade, private equity has significantly outperformed traditional benchmarks, such as the S&P 500 and MSCI World Index,” says Adam Goldman, co-portfolio manager of the ALPS | Red Rocks Listed Private Equity fund. “We continue to focus our efforts on delivering a diversified portfolio of institutional-quality private equity managers in the world to our investors.”
“Alternative assets are becoming mainstream,” says Corey Dillon of ALPS. “While institutions, endowments and pension funds have used alternative investments such as private equity to help diversify their portfolios
Grail Advisory Partners, a specialist M&A advisory boutique with offices in New York and Geneva, has changed its name to PL Advisors.
The new branding further emphasises the firm’s exclusive focus on strategic advice for financial services firms and distinguishes it from Grail Partners, a merchant bank focused on private equity investing in the financial services industry.
Within the financial services sector, PL Advisors focuses on the global investment and wealth management industry and other high-growth, high-margin sub-sectors, including financial technology, brokerage and investment services.
Colette R Taylor and Domonkos L Koltai, the firm’s partners and co-founders, worked together at
The share price of companies undertaking recent IPOs on London’s Main Market in the past two years have outperformed the FTSE100 overall, according to research from Deloitte, the business advisory firm.
Deloitte’s IPO Barometer shows the share price of 10 Main Market trading company IPOs that occurred in 2011 and 2012 rose on average by 19.2 per cent above their listing price by the end of January 2013. The FTSE100 rose by 8.8 per cent over the same period.
A GBP1,000 investment in each of the 10 IPOs at the time of their listing would have been worth GBP11,920.
Infrastructure investment firm Alinda Capital Partners has appointed Alex Black as a partner with responsibility for the implementation of operational improvements for the firm’s portfolio companies.
Black joined Alinda in 2008 to lead portfolio management and, prior to this announcement, he was a managing director in the firm.
He has over 20 years of operational improvement experience. He has served as chief executive, chief financial officer and head of operations at a variety of companies and as a consultant in operational improvement for portfolio companies. He is an expert in developing strategic alternatives and in implementing organisational change.
Prior
Panattoni Europe has disposed of two portfolios of logistics assets located in Poland, totalling 402,000 sq m of space, to affiliates of LogiCor, the pan-European logistics platform established by real estate funds managed by affiliates of The Blackstone Group.
The first transaction closed in October 2012 and consisted of four projects located in Poland’s key logistics markets, totalling 218,000 sq m of space. The projects were previously held by a joint-venture between Panattoni and another investor. Bank Pekao SA provided the debt financing for the acquisition as sole lender.
The second transaction closed in December 2012, and consisted of
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