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Maranon Capital has closed a USD38m one-stop financing facility to support the purchase of PKWare by Novacap Technologies III and management.
Maranon’s investment consisted of USD28m of senior revolving credit and term debt and USD10m of mezzanine debt.
Maranon also invested USD4m of equity in the transaction.
Grace Matthews provided advisory services to PKWare and also invested in the transaction through an affiliate.
“Maranon’s ability to provide all of the senior and mezzanine debt required to complete the transaction was a key reason we selected them as our financing partner,” says Pierre McMaster, a general partner at Novacap. “In addition,
Kinetic Partners, a global professional services firm focused exclusively on the asset management industry, has emphasised the need for hedge fund and private equity fund advisers to take immediate action to prepare for the impending regulatory changes.
“Our survey of unregistered hedge fund and private equity fund advisers shows that as many as two-thirds have not taken the advanced steps necessary to prepare for registration. Firms need to act now in order to comply with the stricter set of rules to come, related to disclosure, infrastructure, compliance, reporting, policies and procedures,” says Neil Morris, a member at Kinetic Partners’ New
Victory Park Securities has acquired Bowline Group, a Chicago-based middle market advisory firm.
Victory Park Securities was recently formed to serve as an advisory platform focusing on debt restructuring, capital raising and M&A engagements for middle to lower middle market private and small cap public companies.
Bowline Group founders Brian Moncrief and Thomas Affolter will lead Victory Park Securities as managing directors. In conjunction with the acquisition of, Victory Park Securities has also retained Daniel Schwartz to round out the team of managing directors.
Prior to founding Bowline Group, Moncrief and Affolter spent the majority of their careers as principal
Gotham Private Equity Partners has been formed as a New York-based private equity firm focused on middle-market and lower middle-market companies.
Gotham is focused on originating, executing and managing proprietary private equity transactions and providing strategic advisory services.
The firm is comprised of a team of investment professionals who have worked together continuously since 2001.
Gotham’s principals began their careers in CIBC’s leveraged finance and merchant banking group and then helped establish Trimaran Capital Partners, a USD1.0bn private equity fund.
Previous investments in which Gotham principals were involved include: El Pollo Loco, a quick-service restaurant chain with over 400 locations;
Only recently, a hedge fund focused on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) took heavy exposure in Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, in a move that suggests investment in the region is abo
For hedge funds, the timing has never been better. There are several developments in place currently to exploit the investment opportunities that are abound in the Middle East.
From an economic and investment viewpoint, the Middle East has long been a part of the emerging markets strategy of major global funds, and, over the years, it has provided significant returns as t
With institutional investors yet to fully recover from the downturn and with banks struggling to cope with liquidity issues, a different breed of investor is making its presence felt.
The Gulf One Buchanan Industrial Technologies Fund, managed by private equity corporation MIT Munich Industrial Technologies, has acquired a 25.7 per cent share of the aluminium refiner Belte based in Delbrück.
Belte needs this fresh capital for a further expansion of the company which has grown considerably in the past few years.
“In 2009, we will probably not reach the extremely good results from 2008 due to the worldwide financial crisis but we will be ahead of our turnover from 2007. And in 2010 we will continue to grow,” says founder and chairman of the board Markus Belte.
“With the
US venture capitalists and the chief executive officers of venture-backed companies are spending more time on board activities and do not expect the pressure to lessen in the foreseeable future, according to the second study on venture capital-backed boards from the National Venture Capital Association and Dow Jones VentureSource.
The “A Seat at the Table” study also found a strong agreement between VCs and chief executives regarding the key challenges and strategies for venture-backed boards, but highlighted continued disparity regarding the number of boards on which VCs should sit.
First conducted in 2006, this survey was completed in late
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