Penfund Strengthens Investment Team

(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/15/12 -- Penfund announced today that it has added three professionals to the team responsible for investing the $460 million recently committed to Penfund Capital Fund IV by Penfund's institutional partners.
Penfund is pleased to announce that Jeremy Thompson has joined the firm as a Partner. Mr. Thompson began his career in the leveraged finance unit of Goldman Sachs and subsequently spent sixteen years working at leading buyout firms in New York and Toronto. Mr. Thompson said: "I am looking forward to being a part of the Penfund team. The firm's broad investment mandate, long-standing institutional relationships and its history of successful investment since 1979 provide a unique foundation for the continuing development of a premier mid-market investment franchise."
Penfund is also pleased to announce that Michelle Winters and Nicole Fich have joined the firm as Associates. Ms. Winters previously worked in the investment banking industry in Toronto and London. Ms. Fich has prior work experience with a leading Canadian buyout firm, an institutional investor in Toronto and an investment bank in the United States.
About Penfund
Penfund is Canada's oldest independent private equity firm, having been established in 1979. Throughout its history, Penfund has managed capital for leading Canadian institutions, predominantly pension funds, and has invested about $2.5 billion in over 220 Canadian and American companies. Penfund is owned by its partners, all of whom are employed in the business.
Penfund Capital Fund IV operates as a specialty lender and equity investor targeting investments of $15 - $90 million in Canadian and U.S. mid-market corporations. In its capacity as a specialty lender, the Fund provides unitranche facilities, high yield debt, mezzanine debt, standby lines and other banking products. As an equity investor, the Fund makes stand-alone minority and control equity investments and co-invests with equity sponsors. The Fund has an unusual capacity to provide all forms of capital needed by mid-market companies and its broad product range allows it to provide highly customized financing solutions to its clients.
Contacts:
Penfund
John Bradlow
(416) 645-3799
Penfund
Richard Bradlow
(416) 645-3794
Penfund
Adam Breslin
(416) 645-3796
Penfund
Jeremy Thompson
(416) 645-3790
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Datum: 15.05.2012 - 13:41 Uhr
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