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Emerging Capital Partners, a private equity group focused on Africa, has appointed former World Bank executive Marie-France Mathes as managing director and head of investor relations.
Mathes will lead efforts to strengthen communications with ECP limited partners.
The firm looks toward a range of potential acquisitions from its third USD613m pan-African fund, the largest private equity fund ever raised for growth equity investing across Africa. ECP also expects to exit a number of current investments made from prior funds.
"This appointment highlights ECP’s unequivocal commitment to communicating with investors," says Hurley Doddy, co-chief executive of ECP. "Marie-France is a private
Conor Houlihan (pictured), a partner with law firm Dillon Eustace in Dublin, says Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency scheme to acquire distressed assets from five Irish banks highlights not only opportunities for international investors in the country’s domestic market but the longstanding use of Irish vehicles to structure distressed acquisitions around the world since the 1990s.
Ireland’s well-documented property-fuelled boom has come to a crashing halt, leaving billions of euros of distressed assets on the loan books of the major Irish banks. As a result, Ireland is becoming a focal point for buyout and distressed investment activity with individual assets
Guernsey’s fund industry is seeking a foothold in India by providing services not available locally, following a weeklong visit to the country by representatives of the island’s financial services sector.
A number of Indian-based fund promoters are in the process of launching Guernsey-domiciled, London-listed closed-ended investment funds, according to Joe Truelove (pictured), head of Channel Islands business development for Kleinwort Benson’s corporate fiduciary division and chairman of the marketing committee of the Guernsey Investment Funds Association.
“Mauritius and Singapore both benefit from having double taxation treaties with India, which is why one of these jurisdictions is nearly always used for
Dow Jones Indexes, an index provider and CME Group company, has launched the Dow Jones US Venture Capital Index, designed to measure changes in the market value of venture capital-financed companies in the US.
The index has been licensed to Chicago Alternative Investment Partners to serve as a basis for financial products.
"This index tracks an asset class that has not been readily available before to the general public," says Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes. "By publishing this index, we intend to shed light on this dynamic market and offer investors access to information in this important segment
Axa Private Equity is investing EUR150m in the capital of KOS, a CIR group company and provider of care homes for senior citizens, rehabilitation services, healthcare centres and hospital services.
Under the agreement, the first phase will see Axa Private Equity subscribe to a EUR20m reserved capital increase by KOS to support its development.
It will also buy the majority of shares held by minority shareholders, in particular the entire shareholdings of Morgan Stanley and Wise Equity.
Over the next three years, Axa Private Equity will then participate in further reserved capital increases, in one or more tranches. Axa Private
Syniverse Technologies, a provider of technology and business solutions for the telecommunications industry, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group for approximately USD2.6bn that will result in Syniverse becoming a private company.
Carlyle will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Syniverse for USD31.00 per share in cash representing a premium of approximately 35 per cent over Syniverse’s average closing share price during the 30 trading days ended 26 October 2010.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011.
Syniverse provides a portfolio of mobile roaming,
Mario Mancuso, former US under secretary of commerce for industry and security and senior Pentagon official, has joined law firm Fried Frank as a partner resident in its Washington, DC and New York offices.
Mancuso is a prominent authority on international security matters and the US government’s regulation of international economic activities particularly with respect to foreign direct investment in the US and US export control laws and regulations.
During his tenure in government, he played a leading role in key initiatives including the regulation of foreign direct investment; export controls, economic sanctions and anti-boycott programs; and strategic technology and
Actis, a private equity investor in the emerging markets, has signed an agreement to sell its 30 per cent interest in Inpac International, a printed paper packaging manufacturer in China, to Stora Enso, a paper, packaging and wood products company.
Inpac services the demand from multinational companies to outsource packaging to local companies.
Actis began its relationship with Inpac in 2007 with an investment of USD17.71m of growth capital, which helped the company strengthen its operations and increase sales.
Meng Ann Lim, Actis partner and regional head – China and SE Asia, says: "Inpac’s sales have doubled since we invested
Guernsey Finance’s remit has grown far beyond the promotion of banking and insurance services in recent times. Recently, Guernsey’s best-known marketing organisation hosted a film seminar in London to raise awareness of a new fund that invests in film production, marketing and distribution
There is no reason to believe the film financing business will not flourish on the island given Guernsey Finance’s success in helping to create a thriving private equity environment on the island from a standing start just a decade or so ago.
Peter Niven (pictured), chief executive of Guernsey Finance, says the resources that the government,
By Phil Davis – The current uncertainty in the world economy in general and in the private equity industry in particular has led to a dearth of dealmaking over the past couple of years, but a number of trends are emerging that suggest the logjam has been broken – something that could have a substantial and lasting impact on Guernsey as well as the industry as a whole.
To start with, dealflow and fundraising globally have seen a significant pick-up. According to data provider Preqin, globally there were 515 private equity buyout deals in the third quarter of this year
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