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Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets has promoted Simon Dixon (pictured) to director in its Acquisition Finance team in Leeds.
Dixon has over 20 years of experience at Lloyds Banking Group and has worked in the Acquisition Finance team since 2006.
During this time as associate director, Dixon led and co-led a number of regional private equity-backed mid-market transactions, including providing leveraged debt to support LDC-backed Aesica Pharmaceuticals’ recent bolt-on acquisitions, Phoenix Equity Partners’ GBP100 million investment in Andrew Page, BPE’s GBP75 million MBO of West Yorkshire-based Allied Glass and LDC’s 2008 MBO of Eve Trakway Ltd.
In his new
Stefan Keller, head of MAP research & external relations at Lyxor AM, looks at how emerging markets are showing emancipation in terms of both fiscal policy and economic growth…
In recent months, we have registered structural and cyclical motivations to increase exposure to Emerging Markets. Assets under Management of Emerging Market related Hedge funds on the Lyxor Managed Account Platform (MAP) have risen by more than 60% over the last 15 months.
The secular growth story of Emerging Markets has been known to investors for more than a decade given the rise in the labour force, capital accumulation and progress
Superior Capital Partners LLC, a Detroit-based private equity firm, has acquired Rubex as an add-on acquisition to its Fort Worth, Texas-based specialty chemicals portfolio company, Edge Adhesives. The transaction represents the seventh acquisition from Superior’s 2008 inaugural fund and the third acquisition in 2011.
Edge Adhesives acquired Rubex from Chemence Inc, a diversified chemicals company with operations in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Based in Columbus, Ohio, Rubex is a manufacturer of engineered butyl mastics, converted tapes and sealants that are used in electrical, automotive, construction, and industrial applications. The Rubex acquisition expands Edge’s end markets, manufacturing
Spring Mountain Capital, LP (SMC), an investment management firm that focuses on alternative asset investing, has appointed Avi Faliks, PhD, and Jamie Weston as Managing Directors in its private equity business.
As senior members of the private equity team, Faliks and Weston will partner with Raymond Wong, Managing Director and Head of Private Equity, to further extend SMC’s capabilities in sourcing, selecting, and managing its private equity investments.
"We are seeing a growing number of compelling investment opportunities in private equity, and the addition of Avi and Jamie demonstrates our increased commitment to this area of our business," says
Cleary Gottlieb is advising Bridgepoint and Eurazeo on the exclusive discussions with BPCE announced on May 12, 2011 relating to the acquisition of Foncia.
As the leading residential real estate services company, Foncia has a network of more than 600 branches run by nearly 7,000 employees. It operates in France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium, and offers a complete range of services for the residential real estate market: lease management, joint property management, sales advice, financing research, insurance and technical diagnoses.
Foncia’s enterprise value is EUR1.017 billion. Eurazeo and Bridgepoint would invest about EUR480 million in equity capital (including EUR240
Natural Gas Partners (NGP), one of the leading private equity investors in the oil and gas industry, has appointed Maurice F Storm as a Venture Partner.
Storm launched his extensive relationship with NGP in 2002 as founder and Chief Executive Officer of Crow Creek Energy, LLC. Crow Creek was a USD10 million start-up portfolio company sponsored by NGP that was sold in 2006 for USD71.5 million. Capitalising on Storm’s deal-finding skills, NGP sponsored a second company, Crow Creek Energy II, LLC, which began operations under Mr. Storm’s leadership in October 2006 with USD195 million of NGP equity. Crow Creek II
First Capital, a specialised commercial finance company, has provided over USD330 million in new credit lines to small and medium-sized businesses since May 18, 2010 when it almost doubled its equity in a capital raise led by HIG Capital.
Lee Wilson, President and CEO of First Capital, says: "We have the capital and the team to get deals done across a diverse set of industries and geographies. USD330 million in new credit lines demonstrates the value of our business model in the market."
First Capital provides working capital solutions in the form of asset-based loans and factoring which provide liquidity
Boticca.com, the online accessories retailer that connects customers directly with independent designers all over the world, has closed a GBP1.5 million (USD2.5 million) funding round.
The investment was led by ISAI, a fund comprised of 70 of the most successful Internet entrepreneurs in France, including founders of Vente Privée and Priceminister, and joined by Annoushka Ducas and John Ayton, the founders and former owners of Links of London and current owners of Annoushka Jewellery; prominent Silicon Valley investors, led by Bobby Yazdani, an early investor in Google; and Digital Garage, the Japanese Internet incubator whose investment portfolio also includes
Lyceum Capital-backed Carewatch, the UK’s largest national domiciliary care provider, has strengthened its geographical reach after completing the acquisitions of three franchise businesses: Graham Home Care, Carewatch North and East Riding of Yorkshire and Carewatch Greenwich.
The deals are the first add-on acquisitions made by Carewatch during 2011 and take the total to 19 since Lyceum Capital backed the company in October 2008.
To increase its reach in London, Carewatch has acquired its largest franchise operation, Graham Home Care. Established in 1996 by Sally and Ian Graham, Graham Home Care provides support services to around 850 users, delivering over
Verto Partners, LLC, a national performance improvement, restructuring, and corporate turnaround firm, has acquired Wavelength Strategies, LLC, a New York-based transformation services firm focused on life sciences, healthcare, and technology. With the move, Wavelength managing principals Duncan Steels and Greg Calaman join Verto as Managing Directors and will lead the New York office of Verto.
Verto Partners, founded by a seasoned team of selected colleagues, represents a unique 360-degree perspective on corporate performance. The firm’s proprietary approach to optimizing corporate performance has been delivered to noteworthy private equity, hedge fund and venture clients, such as TA Associates, Arcapita, Kleiner Perkins,
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