Stout Risius Ross, a global financial advisory firm specializing in investment banking, dispute advisory and forensic services, valuation and financial opinions has appointed Nick P. Jachim as a managing director in its Chicago office and as leader of the investment banking group.
2 min read · 18 March 2013
3 min read · 18 March 2013
HootSuite has appointed Dee Anna McPherson as vice president of marketing. Most recently, McPherson was vice president of marketing at Yammer.
2 min read · 18 March 2013
Lincoln International has strengthened its healthcare investment banking practice with the addition of Barry Freeman as managing director. Since the launch of its healthcare group in 2010, Lincoln International’s global healthcare team has grown to over 25 professionals worldwide.
4 min read · 18 March 2013
Ziggo has received commitments from a number of banks to provide a new 800 million euro ($1.03 billion) senior secured credit facility. The new credit facility is being provided by ABN Amro Bank N.V., BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV, Cooperative Centrale Raiffeisen Boerenleenbank B.A. (trading as Rabobank International), Credit Suisse AG London Branch, Goldman Sachs International, ING-DiBa A.G., J.P. Morgan Limited, Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited and Société Générale, London Branch.
3 min read · 18 March 2013
Click on the latest links after the weekend including fundraising news from AXA Private Equity and JPMorgan's Highbridge; CPP targeting a nuclear fuel producer and find out why healthcare costs are going through the roof.
1 min read · 18 March 2013
New York City Police Pension Fund had a bumper year of commitments in 2006 investing in some 25 private equity vehicles (not including secondary funds)—its largest vintage year of commitments by number. Here we include the top ten buyouts funds it committed to that year (excluding secondary vehicles) and compare the results to the median, top and bottom quartile multiples and IRRs for the entire New York City Police Pension Fund portfolio, as of June 30, 2012.
2 min read · 15 March 2013
NVM Private Equity has sold Interlube Systems, to a subsidiary of US-based The Timken Company. The sale represents a money multiple of 3.0x on NVM’s original investment.
3 min read · 14 March 2013
Highland Capital Management has appointed Nikki Aquino Gill as director of business development and David Lyon as director of client services. Both report to Clay Shumway, managing director, head of business development and are based in the firm's Dallas office.
2 min read · 14 March 2013
Jon Erik Engeset, president and CEO of SafeRoad, has resigned. Saferoad is a Nordic Capital portfolio company. Engeset will leave SafeRoad with effect from July 1st 2013.
1 min read · 14 March 2013