private industry investment banking placement agent fundraising founded 1995 founder james e. manley headquarters greenwich connecticut united states products private investment funds private placements website www.apcap.com this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message atlantic pacific capital apc is a leading independently owned placement agent . apc has established relationships with a network of institutional investors in north america europe the middle east australasia and the emerging markets to which it markets private equity funds . founded in 1995 apc has raised in excess of 50 billion for over 50 transactions . apc has an established brand within the private equity community and is dedicated to maintaining relationships with over 4 000 alternative investors worldwide . the firm is based in greenwich connecticut with other offices in new york san francisco chicago london and hong kong . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 private equity fund placements 2.2 direct private placements 3 investor relationships 4 references 5 external links history edit apc was founded in 1995 by jim manley who had worked as an investment banker for prudential securities and merrill lynch before founding a hedge fund advisory business everest capital . in its first ten years the firm managed over 18 billion in fundraisings . among its early mandates included pegasus capital advisors newbridge capital wexford capital and greenwich street capital in the 1990s as well as new mountain capital littlejohn & co. wellspring capital evercore partners mattlin patterson the jordan company and platinum equity partners in the early 2000s . in 2005 apc launched its direct placements group forming a new team to advise fundless sponsors on placements of equity for private equity transactions . in more recent years apc has completed fundraisings for private equity firms including energy capital partners mpm capital and henderson global investors among others . atlantic pacific is one of the leads in a private placement lobbying group along with c.p. eaton in the effort to protest a new rule opened for comment by the securities and exchange commission . 1 the sec proposal under the investment advisers act of 1940 would prohibit an adviser from providing or agreeing to provide directly or indirectly payment to any third party for a solicitation of advisory business from any government entity on behalf of such adviser . a number of leaders in private equity has written into the sec to comment . 2 operations edit apc represents a limited number of private fund managers gps in a variety of fundraising mandates typically assuming from six to eight mandates per year . citation needed the firm s core business is matching its gp clients with potential institutional investors lps with whom the firm has a relationship . using a partnership model all of apc s senior professionals work together on every deal . among the firm s mandates are private equity fund placements real estate fund placements and direct placements . since its founding apc has successfully raised a variety of private equity funds focusing on buyout distressed infrastructure real estate venture capital mezzanine capital and other special situations globally since 1995 . 3 4 5 most of apc s professionals have been recruited from the internal placement agent groups of large investment banks where they raised capital for alternative investment products . additionally apc has a number of professionals with consulting and buy side backgrounds . atlantic pacific is registered with the u.s. securities and exchange commission sec the financial industry regulatory authority finra and all relevant regulatory institutions and supports the 2009 ilpa placement agents code of conduct . 6 private equity fund placements edit teams of sales professionals are backed by project management teams which support general partner clients in all stages of the fundraise . for each of its 6 to 8 noncompeting private fund placements per year the firm strategically positions each fund manager in the market and communicates a unique strategy to prioritized and interested investors . seamless execution is ensured by the project management teams who assist in the presentation of all offering materials marketing presentations and due diligence books ; prepare gps for potential fundraising issues to minimize surprises ; develop a marketing plan in tandem with the global sales force to build momentum ; advise on the timing and nature of closings ; negotiate documentation alongside gps ; and provide creative solutions to term requests from lps . direct private placements edit atlantic pacific capital s direct private placements group provides financial advisory and capital raising services to public and private companies special purpose vehicles newly formed ventures and startups to meet their capital raising objectives . drawing on its experience raising private equity funds globally the direct private placements platform at atlantic pacific capital is unique in its ability to introduce clients to numerous pools of capital besides private equity firms that other agents may not be able to tap into including limited partners family offices endowments and pension funds . the direct private placement focus areas include acquisition finance and mergers and acquisitions ; project or construction finance ; distressed restructuring and recapitalizations ; venture capital ; and joint ventures . atlantic pacific has significant experience across a range of private capital solutions including equity and equity linked securities mezzanine capital ; preferred securities ; hybrid securities and private investment in public equity transactions pipes . investor relationships edit atlantic pacific has strong relationships with a broad spectrum of leading investors who specialize on alternative investments including endowments family offices foundations hedge funds insurance companies high net worth individuals private equity firms public and private pensions sovereign wealth funds references edit placement agents fight pension bans ... private equity insider july 29 2009 comments on proposed rule political contributions by certain investment advisers . securities and exchange commission lyceum capital closes new fund on gbp255m . private equity week february 12 2008 capman buyout viii closes at eur 440 million . june 14 2006 henderson equity partners closes pfi secondary fund on 859m . altassets feb 1 2007 evca draws up placement agent code . infrastructure investor july 2 2009 external links edit atlantic pacific capital company website v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s terms and concepts buyout financial sponsor management buyout divisional buyout buy sell agreement leveraged recapitalization dividend recapitalization venture angel investor business incubator post money valuation pre money valuation seed money startup company venture capital financing venture debt venture round structure private equity firms and funds limited partnership limited liability company carried interest management fee publicly traded private equity business development company venture capital trust private investment in public equity pipe pledge fund investors corporations institutional investors pension funds insurance companies fund of funds endowments foundations investment banks merchant banks commercial banks high net worth individuals family offices sovereign wealth funds crowdfunding related financial terms aum cap table capital call capital commitment capital structure distribution waterfall ebitda envy ratio high yield debt ipo irr leverage liquidation preference m & a pme taxation of private equity and hedge funds undercapitalization vintage year private equity and venture capital investors private equity firms venture capital firms angel investors portfolio companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atlantic pacific capital & oldid 651580380 categories investment bankscompanies based in connecticutcompanies established in 1995hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles with a promotional tone from march 2014all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 march 2015 at 03 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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