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Tim Joeng has joined independent wealth management firm Gresham Partners adding deep experience in the area of alternative and private equity investments.
As a Principal and senior member of the investment team, Joeng is responsible for sourcing investment opportunities, performing manager due diligence and building portfolios for Gresham’s clients. Joeng reports directly to President and Chief Investment Officer Ted Neild (pictured) and is a key member of Gresham’s investment committee.
“Very few wealth advisory firms have a real, deep commitment to investing in non-marketable strategies,” says Neild. “It’s complicated, and many of their clients don’t have the personal financial security
Rufus H Rivers (pictured)has been promoted to Managing Partner of RLJ Equity Partners, LLC. Founded by Robert L Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies together with The Carlyle Group, RLJ Equity Partners invests in middle-market leveraged buy-outs, recapitalisations, and growth equity.
"Rufus has been instrumental in developing and helping RLJ Equity Partners achieve its goals and objectives," says Johnson. "Under his leadership, RLJ Equity Partners is recognised as one of the top minority-controlled equity firms and continues to expand its portfolio with reputable companies from around the globe. I am confident in Rufus’ insight and expertise and know
Business Growth Fund (BGF), established to help the UK’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has made its first investment in the North West, with a GBP3.25 million investment in award-winning Mexican street food chain, Barburrito.
This is BGF’s fifth deal in three months, making it currently one of the most active investors of long-term growth capital in the UK and bringing its total investment in fast growing companies to GBP37 million to date.
Founded in 2005 by Manchester based entrepreneurs, Morgan Davies and Paul Kilpatrick, award-winning Barburrito is a chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants that offer healthy food to
Markit has acquired Data Explorers, a provider of global securities lending data, from mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital.
Data Explorers’ data set, which covers USD12 trillion of securities in the lending programmes of over 20,000 institutional funds, provides a comprehensive view of short interest data and institutional fund activity across all market sectors. It is used by beneficial owners, custodians, agent lenders, prime brokers and asset managers to help inform investment decisions, manage risk and produce independent benchmarks.
This acquisition comes as the new regulatory environment is changing the dynamics of the securities financing markets. By combining Data
The Riverside Company has completed the first exit from its Riverside Asia-Pacific Fund I (RAF I). The successful realisation of Japanese coin parking lot operator Shinsouki comes after four years of steady organic and add-on growth following Riverside’s 2008 acquisition.
Shinsouki is the largest operator of parking lots in Niigata City. Through the 2009 acquisition of MAOS, the company added a strong presence in Tokyo. Most of the lots the company operates are unmanned, and built on leased land in high-density areas. The company combines deep knowledge of its geographies with close relations with landowners to develop lots in favorable
The public markets showed a strong appetite for US venture capital companies in the first quarter but corporations did not as the pace of acquisitions slowed dramatically, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
Twenty companies held initial public offerings (IPOs) during the first quarter making it the most active quarter for IPOs since the fourth quarter of 2007 and the most active first quarter since 2000. Ninety-four companies were acquired for USD18.1 billion during the same period, the second-straight quarter of declining deal volume for mergers and acquisitions (M&As).
"Greater stability in the public markets, more corporations opening venture units to
Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners, in collaboration with High Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Estag Capital, has taken a financial stake in GameGenetics (www.gamegenetics.com), as part of a series-A financing round.
The financial investment is in the seven-digit Euro figure, and will support the Berlin-based aggregator and distributor of free-to-play online games in its planned expansion into the UK and US markets.
GameGenetics GmbH enables game developers and publishers to market more effectively and to speed up their global growth. The company also supports traffic and media partners across the globe with a first-class line of games. GameGenetics works with
Energy and resources-focused global private equity firm Denham Capital Management has closed its sixth fund, Denham Commodity Partners Fund VI LP.
Launched in July 2011 and closed eight months later in March 2012, Denham Capital raised USD3 billion in total third-party commitments for Fund VI from a variety of institutional investors globally, representing leading foundations, endowments, public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices. Fund VI was oversubscribed, exceeding the targeted cover amount of USD2.5 billion. Denham received strong support from investors in its prior fund, with nearly 90 percent of commitments participating in Fund VI.
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Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX) has signed a definitive agreement with to acquire StarBev LP, owned by funds advised by CVC Capital Partners Limited (CVC) and StarBev management, for EUR2.65 billion (USD3.54 billion).
Headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Prague, Czech Republic, StarBev operates nine breweries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and generated 2011 sales of nearly EUR0.7 billion (USD1.0 billion) and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of EUR241 million (USD322 million).
“The acquisition of StarBev fits squarely into Molson Coors’ strategy to increase our portfolio of premium brands and deepen our reach into
The Africa Health Fund (AHF) has completed a USD5million investment in Therapia Health Limited, the holding company for The Bridge Clinic Limited, the first assisted reproductive centre in West Africa.
The Bridge Clinic is one of the few of its kind able to provide the same standard of reproductive technology in Nigeria as is available in more developed countries.
The Africa Health Fund is managed by Aureos, a leading private equity fund management company specialising in small and medium-size businesses in emerging markets. The Fund’s objective is to help low income Africans gain access to affordable, high quality health
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