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Tripp Kyle has joined Brunswick Group as a Partner in the firm’s New York office. Kyle joins from Finsbury Group, where he played a pivotal role in building the firm’s New York office and its alternative investment management practice.
At Brunswick Kyle will focus on advising clients in the financial services sector, including asset management and alternative investment companies, such as hedge funds, real estate investment and private equity firms. He will also provide counsel to corporate and investment management clients on shareholder activism and corporate governance campaigns, as well as mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and special situations.
“Tripp will
Venture capital investment is having a direct impact on job growth, which in turn is spurring strong demand for commercial properties, according to a new whitepaper, entitled Insights: Commercial Grows Where the Venture Capital Flows, just published by Cassidy Turley, a leading commercial real estate services provider.
During the past 12 months, many of the nation’s top performing office markets – including New York, Boston, San Jose and San Francisco – were also among the most active in terms of venture capital investment. These markets are expected to continue to see the strongest levels of growth in office demand
Charlotte-based private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its ownership interest in Bojangles’ Restaurants to Advent International, a global private equity firm based in Boston.
The transaction, which is expected to close later this summer, comes nearly four years after Falfurrias acquired the Southeast-based quick-service restaurant chain in September 2007.
"We are grateful for the incredible support Falfurrias has given us over the past four years, which helped Bojangles’ become the fastest-growing, free-standing quick service restaurant concept in the country," says Bojangles’ President and CEO Randy Kibler. "We are also excited by the prospect
Dalkia Polska, the Polish district heating business owned by global investment manager IFM, has signed an agreement following the privatisation of an 85% stake from the City of Warsaw in Przedsiębiorstwo Stołeczne Energetyki Cieplnej (SPEC SA) – the largest district heating network in the European Union. This privatisation falls on the one year anniversary on which IFM increased its investment in the Dalkia Polska business to 40 per cent.
This privatisation increases IFM’s investment in the regulated district heating sector in Poland which will make Dalkia Polska the pre-eminent district heating providers covering three of the four largest cities.
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Ralf Oberbannscheidt (pictured), portfolio manager, DWS Invest Global Agribusiness believes commodities will remain under pressure due to increased demand for food and fuel…
Sentiment was weak in emerging markets as signs of decelerating demand appeared, a result of rising energy prices year-on-year. Supply chain disruptions associated with the Japanese earthquake have weighed on global production. In addition, German and French industrial production posted lower numbers in June. More positively, euro area sales and German factory orders rose.
Possibly more significant is the fiscal front across the euro and the rising uncertainty caused by tensions in Greece. The fear of
Redkite Financial Markets, a specialist in real-time financial markets surveillance solutions, has raised a Series A investment from DFJ Esprit, a leading European venture firm with just under USD900 million under management.
The investment will accelerate the growth of the firm whose next-generation solution enables the financial services sector to ensure compliance to global regulatory initiatives that demand real-time trade monitoring.
Redkite Financial Markets was established in 2009. Its flagship product, Redeye, equips financial institutions with the tools and knowledge to monitor, analyse and act on trading conditions in real-time, enabling them to detect suspicious transactions and trading behaviours
OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, has partnered with existing management to purchase Accelerated Holdings, LLC (together with its affiliates, Accelerated" from affiliates of private equity firm Gryphon Investors. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Chicago, IL, Accelerated is a leading provider of traditional and specialty outpatient physical rehabilitation services in the US Midwest. As of May 31, 2011, Accelerated operates a network of 223 clinics across eight states in the US Midwest and Arizona. With over 1,300 clinical and support staff, Accelerated offers
Hotbed, a leading UK private investor syndicator, has completed its second investment in renewable energy specialist Burcote Wind, reaching its target of GBP5.7 million.
Burcote Wind’s management team has a proven track record in identifying and acquiring suitable sites for wind farms, and developing them to planning permission stage. The company currently has options or exclusivity agreements over 8 sites, with a combined potential generating capacity of over 400MW, capable of powering around 300,000 homes.
In 2009, Hotbed Investor Members provided GBP3.3m of funding to Burcote Wind to identify, acquire and develop suitable sites. More sites were found than
Verdant Leisure, owner and operator of two well established holiday parks in South East Scotland, has completed its first acquisition, adding Viewfield Manor, a holiday park located a few miles inland from the Ayrshire Coast and circa 20 miles from Glasgow, to its portfolio.
RJD Partners (RJD) one of the leading UK lower middle market private equity investors, first invested in Verdant in September 2010, backing a highly experienced leisure sector management team in a management buy-in of Dunham Leisure Limited, the then owners of the Pease Bay and Thurston Manor parks.
The Verdant team comprising Graham Hodgson as Chief
Mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in EnGrande, a leading European on-line booking business focused on the budget accommodation sector. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed, however, Palamon will hold a majority stake in the business.
EnGrande was established in 2003 by founder and CEO John Erceg to generate bookings for budget hotels and apartments in Barcelona. Following a successful period of rapid expansion across Europe and selected cities in North America and Asia-Pacific, the Company now has more than 7,000 establishments subscribed to its service worldwide and processes more than EUR80 million of bookings per
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