Alternative investment management firm Tennenbaum Capital Partners has opened an office in San Francisco, expanding the firm’s platform and adding expertise in the energy technology sector. The San Francisco office will be led by head of energy technology Todd Jaquez-Fissori, managing director of Tennenbaum Capital Partners and TCP Capital Corp.   "Our entry into Northern California, just one year after the firm's first geographic expansion to New York City, continues an exciting growth phase for our business and further enhances the scale and depth of our origination and servicing platforms," says Rajneesh Vig, managing partner of Tennenbaum Capital Partners and

Venture capital firm Bain Capital Ventures has appointed Enrique Salem as a managing director based in its Palo Alto office.  Salem will identify and lead investments in companies in infrastructure software and services across all stages of development.    He was previously the CEO and president of Symantec, a provider of security, backup and availability solutions.   "Enrique is an experienced leader, investor and operating executive in the software industry and we are thrilled to have him join Bain Capital Ventures," says Mike Krupka, co-managing partner of BCV.    "I'm a technologist at heart, and I am excited to have

Iain Fulton has been appointed as the new chief operating officer of Malta-based Prestige Capital Management. Fulton joined the company in May 2014 on a full time basis and will also support for various Prestige companies internationally.   This additional resource will ensure greater professional and management capacity and enable Prestige to achieve its ongoing regulatory obligations including the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) obligations, along with its medium term expansion plans.   Fulton first worked for Investcorp Bank in Bahrain before moving to Merrill Lynch and then to Wellington Management International, both

TriLinc Global Impact Fund has approved Barak Fund Management to act as its sub-advisor on investment opportunities in Africa. TriLinc is an impact investing fund that provides growth-stage loans and trade finance to established small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing economies where access to affordable capital is significantly limited.   Impact investing is defined as investing with the specific objective of achieving a competitive financial return as well as creating positive, measurable impact on people and communities across the globe.   TriLinc complements its global macroeconomic portfolio optimisation and management with investment services from experienced sub-advisors that have solid

Abingworth, the international investment group dedicated to life sciences and healthcare, has promoted Ken Haas and Vin Miles to partner. They are both based in the US where they source and manage deals including early-stage and late-stage venture capital, venture growth and public market investments as well as VIPEs (Venture Investments in Public Equities).   Haas has spent 25 years in the management of both early-stage and public high technology and biotechnology companies. As part of the Abingworth team, he, has led several investments including Clovis Oncology, Gynesonics and Intellikine. Before joining Abingworth, he was part of the founding management

Tikehau Investment Management and Macquarie Lending have provided a unitranche loan facility to finance the growth of the Itas TIM Group, the television towers broadcasting company based in France. Within the last five years, under the leadership of its founder and CEO Gilles Bastard, the company has replicated 380 out of the 1,525 secondary broadcasting towers network and has become a core player in broadcasting, capturing 10 per cent market share (by number of services).    In light of this achievement, Itas TIM is accelerating its focus on replicating the 112 primary broadcasting towers network and on expanding into the

Napier Park Global Capital has appointed Dan Kittredge as a managing director of the firm’s private equity group, Napier Park Financial Partners. “We have known Dan for over 15 years and have had the privilege of co-investing with him in HealthEquity, one of our current portfolio companies,” says Manu Rana, managing director and co-head of Napier Park Financial Partners. “Dan has an outstanding track record of identifying innovative high-growth companies in financial services and building their value. We look forward to Dan contributing greatly to the Napier Park franchise as we continue to grow.”   Prior to joining Napier Park, Kittredge