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Gregory Gleason has joined Corigin Holdings, a real estate investment and private equity company, as director of finance.
Gleason joins from Credit Suisse Private Equity, where he was an executive with DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, responsible for underwriting acquisitions, sourcing deals and conducting due diligence, as well as portfolio management and fund-raising.
At Credit Suisse, he participated in global opportunistic real estate acquisitions totaling more than USD400m of invested equity.
Previously, Gleason served with the special asset management group of Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage. His responsibilities included management of distressed commercial real estate loans, acquisition and disposition of REO
Private equity firm North Castle Partners and financial services firm CMS Companies have invested in Ibex Outdoor Clothing, a designer, marketer, manufacturer and distributor of a premium branded wool and wool-based technical apparel and accessories.
The terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Ibex’s products are inspired by outdoor enthusiasts and cater to a wide range of outdoor pursuits and active lifestyles.
"We are proud to partner with the management of this iconic brand and help them more widely distribute their high quality, high performance merino wool products," says Chip Baird, North Castle’s managing partner.
"When we went on a
The European Fund and Asset Management Association has welcomed the European Parliament’s vote yesterday in plenary session on the reform of the EU framework for supervision of the financial system.
It represents a major step towards a more effective single market for financial services in the EU and also provides adequate tools to better protect investors and financial market participants against systemic risks.
Efama says it fully embraces the creation of three strong European supervisory authorities with increased competences, and welcomes, in particular, the power given to those authorities to elaborate binding technical standards and to develop a single EU
Venture capital association leaders from around the world have expressed strong concern regarding the proposed European Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive set to be voted on within the next month.
The Global Venture Capital Congress, which gathered for its inaugural meeting last week at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, said the legislation as it currently is written will irreparably harm small and medium sized enterprises by instituting burdensome regulations on the venture capital firms which invest in them.
These regulations are intended to curb risks at large trading institutions but when applied to venture capital firms
The accusation that offshore centres have an unfair tax advantage is unfounded, according to speakers at an event organised by RBC Wealth Management.
The EU Code of Conduct Group will hold its meeting in Brussels today to discuss the zero-ten tax regime of Britain’s crown dependencies.
There have been three main criticisms aimed at offshore centres in recent years: they harbour criminal activity; they are used to escape paying tax; and they have an unfair competitive tax edge.
Paul Patterson, head of global trust, RBC Wealth Management, said: “In response to the attacks, international financial centres have ensured a
Watermark Medical, a medical products and services company specialising in sleep-disordered breathing, has completed a USD6m equity investment from Ballast Point Ventures.
Ballast Point Ventures will hold a minority stake in Watermark Medical and one seat on Watermark’s board of directors along with CA Technologies, which led the round with a USD15m investment earlier this year.
“We made this investment because Watermark Medical has best in class technology along with a management team in whom we are confident will transform the emerging sleep industry,” says Dick Brandewie, managing partner of Ballast Point Ventures. “Our successful investment history with Sean Heyniger
Perella Weinberg Partners, a financial services firm providing corporate advisory and asset management services, has opened its latest office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The announcement accompanies the recent addition of Jameel Akhrass and Nabil F. Lahham as partners of the firm.
Akhrass and Lahham will focus on growing the firm’s strategic advisory and asset management businesses across the Middle East region.
Joseph Perella (pictured), chairman and chief executive officer of Perella Weinberg Partners, says: “We are very pleased to be opening our Abu Dhabi office. This is an important development in our firm’s continuing commitment to an exceedingly
Investment bank Tully & Holland has advised Outrageous Ventures in the sale of PrankPlace.com and its family of websites to iStores.
Tully & Holland acted as the exclusive investment banking adviser to the seller in the transaction. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
PrankPlace.com, launched in 2001, is the primary storefront for Outrageous Ventures and is an e-tailer of pranks and joke shop novelties, t-shirts, Halloween costumes and gag gifts.
The divestiture of its PrankPlace operations will allow Outrageous Ventures to focus on the continued growth of its Big Mouth Toys division.
iStores is an internet retailer based in
Clairvue Capital Partners, a real estate private equity investment fund manager, has hired Rachael A. Felker as an asset manager.
She will report to Clairvue’s founding partners, Jeffrey Giller and Brendan MacDonald, and undertake responsibilities related to the management and administration of Clairvue’s investment portfolio.
Prior to joining Clairvue Capital Partners, Felker was assistant vice president at Buchanan Street Partners, a real estate investment management firm specialising in direct investments and commercial joint ventures, where she was responsible for asset management, including leasing, cash flow analysis, capital projects, budgeting, and valuation of individual assets and funds.
Prior to Buchanan, Felker
Rocket Fuel, a display advertising company, has received a USD10m series B round of venture capital led by Nokia Growth Partners.
Additional investment came from new investor Northgate Capital and existing investors Mohr Davidow Ventures and Labrador Ventures.
This latest round of funding brings the total venture capital investment up to USD20mn.
Rocket Fuel will use the funds to expand its presence in the online display campaigns market.
"We’re proud to be a company that has created jobs for more than 50 people across five states in the last two years, and we look forward to doubling both numbers by
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