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Starwood Capital Group, a private equity firm focused on real estate and energy investing, is hiring Rodolfo Senra and Vitor Senra to open the firm’s first office in Brazil headquartered in Sao Paolo.
As directors of Starwood Capital do Brasil, the two executives will be responsible for expanding Starwood’s presence in Brazil, leading its acquisition and asset management activities there and managing the Brazil asset management group.
Rodolfo and Vitor Senra both join Starwood Capital do Brazil from Sollers Investimentos, a Brazilian real estate investment firm focused on the office, warehouse and residential markets. The two men founded the firm
New York Pacific Capital has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance for the establishment of an RMB-denominated private equity fund in Beijing.
According to the memorandum, the fund will invest primarily in high growth Chinese companies in the healthcare, cleantech, education/culture and consumer products sectors.
David Kopp, chief executive of NYPC, says: "We are very pleased to execute this MOU and look forward to working with local SMEs to help nurture them into leading companies. Under our cooperation agreement, the fund will prioritize investments in Beijing-registered and government-supported companies to enhance the industry structure
Overall US private equity performance showed positive returns across all investment horizons and turned sharply positive in the one-year time horizon for the period ending 31 March 2010, according to Thomson Reuters.
With improving stability in the broader capital markets and a return for venture capital and private equity IPO and M&A exits, near-term horizon returns saw marked improvements over last quarter.
The ten-year time horizon for venture capital funds demonstrated weakening trends from last quarter and a year ago, registering negative investment returns as the cash flows and corresponding valuations seen in 1999 are no longer included in the
Mountain Acquisition and Mountain Merger Sub, affiliates of Vestar Capital Partners V formed for the purpose of acquiring HealthGrades, have commenced a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of HealthGrades’ common stock for USD8.20 per share in cash.
The aggregate purchase price for the equity of HealthGrades is approximately USD294m, which consists of approximately 35.9 million shares.
HealthGrades is an independent healthcare ratings organisation, providing ratings, profiles and cost information on US hospitals, physicians, nursing homes and prescription drugs.
In connection with the tender offer, Mountain Acquisition has been granted early termination of the waiting period under
Investment banking firm Evercore Partners has appointed Lincoln C. Singleton as a managing director in the firm’s private funds group.
Singleton will be based in Evercore’s New York office where he will be responsible for managing the group’s relationships with limited partners in the south-east and Texas.
Previously, he was a managing director at Durham Asset Management, the distressed credit manager, where he played a significant role in increasing its assets under management from USD420m to USD1.35bn.
Singleton’s appointment strengthens Evercore’s private funds group in North America and builds on the recent hire of Christian von Massenbach as a vice
Nigel Strachan, Head of New Business for corporate clients at Kleinwort Benson (pictured above left), has been appointed Chairman of the Jersey Funds Association and Edward Devenport (pictured above right), partner at Mourant Ozannes, takes on the role of Vice Chairman.
The Jersey Funds Association (JFA) is a trade association representing companies with Jersey offices operating in the funds sector. The Association has over 70 members; membership spans from small Jersey-owned companies to global leaders such as State Street and JP Morgan.
Strachan and Devenport have been active members of the Jersey Funds Association committee for several years, working on
MerchantBridge, a direct investment and private equity company, has signed and agreed terms to invest in Monaco Luxury Hotels & Resorts in a USD20m transaction.
This is the second investment by MerchantBridge this year, following its acquisition of the 15-year lease of the Kerbala Cement Plant in conjunction with Lafarge.
MerchantBridge has completed nine private equity transactions in North America, Europe and the Middle East over the past five years.
Monaco Luxury Hotels was founded in 2006 by the Torriani family as a hotel management company with a core emphasis on the niche market of luxury hotels in the four
Law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has promoted Ying Z. White to partner.
White leads the firm’s investment funds practice in its Beijing office.
Prakash H. Mehta, co-leader of Akin Gump’s firm-wide investment funds practice, says: “Ying’s command of the China funds market, her solid public-sector credentials and her extensive international experience have been invaluable to our clients. We are very pleased to welcome her to the partnership.”
White advises Asia and China focused private equity and hedge funds on their establishment and operation in Greater China, Chinese sovereign wealth funds and state-owned banks on their outbound
Dahlman Rose, an investment bank specialising in natural resources, transportation and other industries in the global supply chain, has, subject to regulatory approval, entered into a definitive agreement to receive a USD40m minority investment from private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners.
Dahlman Rose plans to use the proceeds for further expansion of its investment banking, research and institutional sales and trading platforms.
Lovell Minnick will finance the investment from the Lovell Minnick Equity Partners III fund. As part of the agreement, the firm will appoint two representatives to Dahlman Rose’s board of managers.
Lovell Minnick managing director Spencer Hoffman (pictured)
Hudson Ferry Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, has received its license from the Small Business Administration to operate Hudson Ferry Capital II as a small business investment company.
Hudson Ferry Capital II is now a USD100m small business investment company focused on making buy-in investments in established, family-owned US businesses.
Hudson Ferry defines "buy-ins" as control investments with existing managers that retain substantial ownership positions. This creates a partnership with a common goal to transform a small or regional business into a large, integrated enterprise.
"The availability of capital for small to mid-sized companies has significantly declined as
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