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BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services (AIS) has named Jim Whitaker head of Relationship Management for the Americas and Mark Mannion head of Relationship Management for EMEA.
Whitaker assumes a role held previously by Marina Lewin, who was recently named Global Head of Sales for AIS. Mannion assumes the new title having transitioned from his role as Managing Director of European Business for the former PNC Global Investment Servicing unit acquired by BNY Mellon last year.
Whitaker and Mannion will continue to be based in New York and Dublin, respectively, and report to Brian Ruane (pictured), BNY Mellon AIS chief
EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG) and HM Capital Partners (HM) will form a new partnership to grow the Eagle Ford shale-focused BlackBrush Oil & Gas LP and TexStar Midstream Services LP.
EIG has committed USD420 million of capital (USD220 million equity and a USD200 million senior credit facility) for a controlling interest in the partnership with HM contributing its existing interest in San Antonio, TX-based BlackBrush and TexStar Midstream Services.
BlackBrush has 70,000 acres under lease in the Eagle Ford shale while TexStar Midstream Services has been expanding its 125 mile low pressure gathering system in Frio and LaSalle Counties
Elliott Advisors (UK) Ltd (Elliott), the second largest shareholder in National Express Group plc (National Express), with approximately 17 per cent share ownership through funds managed by the firm, has announced its support for three new, experienced independent candidates to join the National Express Board of Directors.
Elliott believes that the new directors, Javier Alarco Canosa, Marc Meyohas and Chris Muntwyler – who are fully independent and have no financial arrangement with Elliottt – will provide a fresh perspective and strategic outlook, designed to capture exciting growth opportunities for the company.
In a statement, Elliott says: “We see exciting
Business management and accounting software provider, Access UK (Access), is set to execute a rapid expansion strategy after securing a GBP50 million deal with growth investor Lyceum Capital.
Access is a software, solutions and consultancy house that provides a full range of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services, with a particular focus on financial management systems (FMS) and human capital management (HCM) solutions.
It serves a 5,000-strong mid-market client base spread across a broad range of sectors and includes BVCA, British Chambers of Commerce, Bank of England, Hill Dickinson and Sue Ryder Care.
Established in 1991, Access
Private equity firm GTCR has successfully completed the acquisition of Sterigenics International, Inc, a leading global provider of contract sterilisation and ionisation services for medical devices, food products, and advanced applications, from Silverfleet Capital and PPM America Capital Partners.
The transaction will drive the continued expansion of Sterigenics’ service offering globally. Sterigenics is the sole provider of contract sterilisation and ionisation services on a global basis, with a network of 38 service centres across North America, Europe, and Asia. The company provides its customers with comprehensive sterilisation solutions, offering technology in all leading sterilisation modalities and complementary value-added services. Sterigenics
CertiVox, a new information security company, has received GBP900,000 (USD1,460,000) in Series A funding from Pentech Ventures and Octopus Investments, both based in the UK.
The funds will be used to develop and bring to market CertiVox’s key management infrastructure as a service (IaaS).
“We are excited by this endorsement of our company and technologies by two such well regarded investors, and look forward to their support and expertise as we continue to develop our security technologies and services for the cloud,” says Brian Spector, CEO at CertiVox. “Our breakthrough security technology is so easy to implement it effectively
Helvetic Fund Administration Ltd, Gibraltar’s longest established fund administration company, has completed the acquisition of Capita Financial Administrators (Gibraltar) Ltd (Capita). The acquisition sees the transfer of Capita Gibraltar staff and over GBP500 million of assets under administration to Helvetic.
Helvetic Fund Administration has operated in Gibraltar since 1998. As the first fund administration company in Gibraltar, Helvetic was licensed by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) in Gibraltar with the introduction of a licensing regime for the fund administration industry. Helvetic has extensive experience in supporting sophisticated hedge fund structures and investment vehicles. The company focuses on maintaining a
Leading international law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has appointed Morven McMillan (pictured) and Julian Fletcher as Partners. Both will be based in the firm’s Cayman Islands office.
Neal Lomax, Mourant Ozannes’ Managing Partner in the Cayman Islands, says:
"I am delighted to welcome Morven and Julian to the partnership. Their appointments will further strengthen Mourant Ozannes’ trusts and funds capabilities in Cayman. They both have a wealth of experience which will help us meet growing client demand for these areas of the practice."
The promotions follow a number of recent senior hires for Mourant Ozannes’ Cayman office, including Robert Duggan, Simon
Faris Abdulrazzaq (pictured), Senior portfolio manager for Menasa Capital Management, examines the impact of regime change across the Arab world.
Reverberations from the recent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt have been felt across the Arab World, far beyond the geographic boundaries of the countries involved. Protests in Libya and Bahrain have added to regional uncertainty and volatility in the markets.
The Egyptian market remained closed for the entire month of February whilst the hardest hit markets were Oman and Qatar, down 10.2% and 9.3% respectively for the month of February, while Dubai lost 8.1% and Saudi 6.6%.
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North America’s switch on to energy efficiency has driven its position in the global renewable M&A market in the last 12 months, and could act as a driver for the region to become the dominant renewables market within three years, according to new analysis by PwC.
PwC Renewables Deals, the annual sector analysis of M&A transactions globally, reports that globally volumes of transactions in the sector were up, but overall values were down to USD33.4bn (2009: USD48.8bn). Across the world, market interest returned, with North America bouncing back to almost match deal values in Europe in 2010, with close to
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