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Signia Wealth Limited has appointed Shalini Khemka (pictured) as a Managing Director with responsibility for developing Signia’s private equity arm alongside Spencer Moulton and co-ordinating the international expansion of the business.
Khemka will be based in London and work closely with Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe, CEO of Signia Wealth to build on its existing range of services and grow the business overseas.
Signia Wealth is an independent wealth management boutique specialising in strategic wealth management for individuals, families, entrepreneurs and trusts providing unbiased expert advice. Signia is dedicated to looking after a small number of clients and delivering the highest
While nearly everyone in the private equity space agrees that there has been an increased focus on portfolio transparency and client reporting over the past few years, investors remain dissatisfied with the information they receive from managers, according to a global survey report released today by SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC) in collaboration with Greenwich Associates.
Less than half of investors polled (43 per cent) said they currently receive all the information they would like from their private equity managers. That number dropped to 10 per cent when the same question was asked of consultants. Conversely, 85 per cent of fund managers
Generator Hostels, the European hostel operator serving over 70,000 visitors a month, backed by leading pan-European private equity group Patron Capital, has launched Ireland’s newest and biggest hostel, in Smithfield Square, Dublin.
The Dublin launch is part of a wider expansion plan that will see the Generator concept rolled out across a number of European locations. Generator Hostels currently owns and operates hostels in Central London, Berlin, Dublin and Copenhagen, with a further site due to open in Hamburg next year. Negotiations are underway to secure a number of additional sites.
Josh Wyatt, Director of Hospitality and Leisure
Private equity fund manager Platina Partners LLP (Platina) and Swedish onshore wind developer Arise Windpower AB, have completed Sweden’s largest ever wind project financing, the EUR336 million, Jädraås windfarm.
At 200MW, the project – to be built in two phases – will be one of the largest onshore wind farms in Europe. Construction of the first 130MW will begin in the next few weeks with completion expected in the first quarter of 2013.
The investment in Jädraås will be made by Platina Energy III Limited Partners in conjunction with Arise Windpower AB. Debt financing was led by DNBNor, with additional
Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has hired Hakan Bjorklund, the departing Chief Executive Officer of Nycomed, as Healthcare Operating Executive.
Bjorklund worked closely with Avista on the development of Nycomed during Avista’s ownership of the company, which was recently sold to Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited for EUR9.6 billion.
Under Bjorklund’s leadership, Nycomed was transformed from a predominantly Scandinavian business into a global pharmaceutical company with leading market positions in Europe, Russia/CIS, Brazil and Latin America. In 2006, Bjorklund led the integration of Altana Pharmaceutical, a German-based company that Nycomed purchased for EUR4.2 billion. He was also instrumental in
Pomona Capital, a global private equity firm, has added Ernest Lambers to the London office as Managing Director and John Stephens to the Hong Kong office, also as a Managing Director.
Both Lambers and Stephens will focus on the firm’s investment programs in Asia and the emerging markets.
Lambers has over a decade of primary fund investing experience in emerging markets. Prior to joining Pomona Capital, he was Chief Investment Officer and a co-founder of EM|Alternatives, a fund of funds manager established in 2007 and focused on emerging markets. From 2000 – 2007, he was Head of Emerging Markets for
The total value of UK mergers, acquisitions, flotations, rights issues and placements was GBP181.4 billion in the first nine months of 2011, an increase of 15.7 per cent on the same period in 2010, according to Experian Corpfin. This was despite the overall volume of deals falling by 6.7 per cent to 3,169.
The value of UK mid-market transactions where a consideration was disclosed was up by 18 per cent to GBP159.5 billion on the year, against just one per cent fewer transactions (549).
Rothschild has been the most active financial advisor by volume with 58 deals, while
Azad Zangana (pictured), European Economist at Schroders, on the Bank of England’s decision to restart quantitative easing…
“The Monetary Policy Committee concluded their meeting this month by voting to expand the Asset Purchase Scheme from GBP200bn to GBP275bn, with purchases to complete over the next four months. The committee also voted to keep interest rates on hold at record low levels of 0.5%.
“The Bank of England has moved quickly to restart quantitative easing (QE) as fears mount of a double-dip recession. ONS figures released earlier this week showed that the recession had been deeper than previously estimated, while
Practice Plan, a leading UK provider of membership plans and other support services to dental practices, backed by UK private equity house Dunedin, has made two transformational acquisitions; Isoplan, a UK dental plan provider, and Medenta, the market leader in dental patient finance.
Based in Oswestry, Shropshire, Practice Plan is known for its innovative approach to helping dental practices grow their customer bases by offering marketing, business and consultancy support, in addition to providing practice branded dental membership plans.
These acquisitions form part of an active business expansion strategy, demonstrated by the company’s exceptional growth since Dunedin made its original
Listed Private Equity (LPE) funds have spent the last 18 months strengthening their balance sheets in response to volatile market conditions, whilst anticipating a wave of opportunity for the next few years. These are the findings of the first ever LPE ‘Cash Flow Compass’ report, jointly published by LPEQ and Deloitte.
The first of a quarterly report, the LPE Cash Flow Compass is designed to measure activity in the LPE industry, based on data provided by LPEQ members. The LPEQ members contributing to this quarterly managed a global investment portfolio valued at GB P6.8 billion as at 31 March 2011.
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