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PrivatEquity.biz, the first secondary market trading platform in Israel, is expanding its activities in the UK.
The platform, which was launched a few months ago, is offering private and institutional investment managers in the UK the opportunity to establish in-house VCs which invest in the secondary market in Israel, focusing on growing private Israeli hi-tech companies.
The company is negotiating with a number of UK-based entities in order to establish its extension in London.
The hi-tech industry in Israel is one of the major hubs of technological innovation in the world. The number of hi-tech companies has leapt
Neuberger Berman Private Equity has named two industry veterans – Michael DeVirgilio and Cory M Baker – to lead its entry into the brand acquisition, licensing and management industry.
The platform, Marquee Brands, will seek to identify, acquire, and manage high quality brands with global opportunities across all consumer segments.
DeVirgilio will serve as president of Marquee Brands and Baker will serve as its chief operating officer. Neuberger Berman's team focused on Marquee Brands will include Samuel Porat, managing director, who is responsible for royalty strategies, Zachary Sigel, vice president, who will lead the development of Marquee Brand's acquisition
Bridges Ventures has appointed James Hurrell as an investment manager in its sustainable growth funds team.
Bridges’ third Sustainable Growth Fund, which closed earlier this year at GBP125m, is expanding its portfolio.
Hurrell joins from ISIS Equity Partners where he was an associate director. There he was responsible for making new investments as well as portfolio work with existing investments. He maintained a particular focus on healthcare and education, with completed deals including Create Health (a provider of fertility services) and YSC (a firm of business psychologists).
Prior to ISIS, he was an associate with DC Advisory where
Groupe LFPI has appointed Erin Sarret to the newly-created role of head of investor relations.
Sarret has worked in asset management at AXA IM in Paris and alternatives at Morgan Stanley AIP in London, Wilshire in Amsterdam and Access Capital Partners in Paris.
Since 2001, she has been a frequent contributor to asset management and alternative forums across Europe.
Sarret is a lawyer by training having started her career as a litigator in San Francisco.
Wellington Financial has appointed Rob Helm and Sean Lynden as partners.
Helm and Lynden will be based in Wellington's new office in San Jose, California.
Helm joins Wellington with 14 years of experience financing high-growth technology businesses. Prior to joining Wellington, he was a partner with Gold Hill Capital, with responsibilities for transaction sourcing and adjudication. Before he joined Gold Hill in 2003, he spent three years with Silicon Valley Bank.
Lynden joins Wellington with over 20 years of experience providing debt financing to growth companies, primarily in the California region. As a founding partner of Gold Hill
Principal lender Signature Private Finance has made two key appointments.
Nigel Robbins, who joins from Cigna Legal Protection, a provider of legal protection plans, takes up the role of business development manager.
Steve Cleaver, formerly with Furness Building Society, has been appointed as an underwriter.
Signature, which offers a national service from offices in Birmingham and London, is backed by private equity funding.
Robbins: “I am joining Signature Private Finance, a firm on the rise, at a time when there is renewed optimism in the sector, with new property investors entering the market on a daily basis. I
International resource and emerging markets focused advisory firm Strand Partners is re-launching with a new brand, Hannam and Partners.
Mid-market private equity provider LDC has strengthened its Bristol-based operation with the appointment of Simon Hemley as an investment director.
Hemley joins LDC after eight years at Gresham Private Equity.
During his private equity career, Hemley has led and managed numerous investments. His most recent achievements included the successful exits of 7city, a financial services training business, and LAS, an insurance claims management business, together with an investment in IND, a debt collection business.
As part of his new role at LDC, Hemley will be responsible for identifying potential investment opportunities, supporting portfolio companies and expanding the private
Ian Henderson has been appointed the global head of EFG Fund Services, which is part of EFG Wealth Solutions, headed by Gerard Gardner.
EFG has been providing support services to funds in major international jurisdictions for over 25 years.
EFG Fund Services operates from offices in Jersey, Luxembourg, Miami, the Cayman Islands and Singapore.
The rationale for bringing these together is to improve coordination and to leverage the experience across the group, thereby enhancing its offering to clients. The latter include major banks, investment houses, property specialists, venture capital and private equity firms, as well as funds managed
Private equity real estate firm Ten Capital Management has appointed Ed Oprindick and Paul DiSandro to lead the firm’s acquisitions and dispositions team.
Prior to joining TCM, Oprindick and DiSandro held senior positions at Hunt Investment Management. While at Hunt and its predecessor companies dating back to GMAC Commercial Mortgage, Oprindick and DiSandro collectively managed USD4 billion in direct real estate investments for large institutional clients.
In addition to portfolio management, Oprindick and DiSandro have been involved in the acquisition of over USD3.3 billion of commercial and multifamily properties throughout the US, inclusive of 17,000 multifamily units and 6.8
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