3 min read · 19 April 2011
Earlier this month, the Wall St. Journal published a piece in which author Dennis Berman created an account at private stock market SharesPost as a test of the company’s accreditation policies. Berman states in his story that the falsification of accreditation info—of all things, under the guise of being his own grandmother—was an attempt to illustrate private trading markets’ difficulty in identifying faked data. However, SharesPost CEO Dave Weir sent the following e-mail to SharesPost users, which was shared with peHUB.
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3 min read · 12 April 2011
Dallas-based private equity firm Baymark Partners has acquired Computer Integrated Services Company of New York. Sperry, Mitchell & Co. advised on the transaction to Computer Integrated Services; the company’s founders Michael Zepernick, Thomas Horne and Todd Hershman will retain a stake in the company after the deal is completed.
2 min read · 12 April 2011
Star Avenue Capital, the growth equity firm formed by Irving Place Capital and Creative Artists Agency, has added Craig Elson as a managing director. Elson’s experience includes working with Banc of America Capital Investors, the predecessor to Ridgemont Equity Partners, and the Turner Broadcasting System.
2 min read · 12 April 2011
