5/3/2012 - Dallas-based Highland Capital Management, L.P. (“Highland”), one of the largest global alternative investment management firms, today announced that Jill Naponic, CPA, has joined the firm as a Business Development Associate.
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3/23/2012 - Dallas-based Highland Capital Management, L.P. (“Highland”), one of the largest and most experienced global alternative credit managers, today announced that Artis Terrell Jr. has joined the firm as Director of Business Development.
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2/9/2012 - President George W. Bush was the keynote speaker at the Highland Capital Management, L.P. Investor Summit on Thursday, February 9, at the Rosewood Crescent Hotel in Dallas. Dana Perino, former White House press secretary and co-host of Fox News’ The Five, moderated the conversation with President Bush.
More than 130 guests – including representatives from some of the nation’s largest pension plans, foundations and endowments, family offices and more -- attended the dinner held following the day-long Summit. Highlights of the day included remarks by Highland cofounders James Dondero, President, and Mark Okada, Chief Investment Officer, and other senior leaders who shared the firm’s views on credit, distressed, special situations and other opportunistic alternative investment markets.
The program commenced with an introduction and overview of the firm by Mr. Dondero and a market overview provided by Mr. Okada. Alternative investments and emerging market opportunities were featured topics at the summit, and included high yield debt and alternative credit strategies, distressed for control private equity, primary and secondary market opportunities in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) , Brazilian credit opportunities, healthcare long/short equity strategies, and the oil and natural gas private equity market. The event concluded with outlooks on specific industry sector outlooks, followed by a co-founder Q&A with Mr. Dondero and Mr. Okada.
“Given the current volatility and uncertainty in the markets, investors are eager for more information and analysis, and we were pleased to offer insights from our experienced investment professionals during this summit,” said Mr. Dondero. “We also were thrilled to have President Bush and Dana Perino as our esteemed guests.”
James Dondero (left picture) and Mark Okada (right picture) with President Bush
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1/10/2012 - Highland Capital Management, L.P. (“Highland”) today announced that Brian Rice has joined the firm as Managing Director. Based in Highland’s New York office, Mr. Rice reports to Clay Shumway, Head of Business Development. Mr. Rice is responsible for business development primarily in the U.S. and Europe including developing strategic relationships with institutionals investors, consultants and wealth management platforms.
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12/19/2011 - Falcon E&P Opportunities GP, LLC (“Falcon”), a company specializing in direct onshore oil and gas investments, today announced that its Falcon E&P Opportunities Fund, L.P. had a final close with $163.2 million in capital commitments. Falcon is a joint venture between PetroCap and HCMS Falcon, L.P., an affiliate of Highland Capital Management, L.P. (“Highland”).
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9/30/2011 - CCS Medical today announced the relocation of their corporate headquarters from Clearwater, Florida to Farmers Branch, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. CCS Medical has more than 1,500 employees in seven offices across the nation, and is a market leader in distributing home healthcare products and services to patients with chronic conditions in the United States.
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9/1/2011 - Highland Capital Management, L.P. ("Highland") announced today that it has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea to be headed by Chris Yoon who has joined as Director of Business Development, Korea.
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8/10/2011 - Acis Capital Management, L.P. ("Acis"), an affiliate of Highland Capital Management, L.P. ("Highland") announced today that it is now the successor Collateral Manager of Hewett's Island CLO I-R Ltd ("Hewett"), with approximately $243 million of assets under management.
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7/19/2011 - Highland Capital Management, L.P. ("Highland") announced today that a plan to distribute the assets of the Highland Crusader Fund ("fund") was approved overwhelmingly by approximately 86% of investors.
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3/30/2011 - Highland Capital Management, L.P. ("Highland"), an investment management firm based in Dallas, Texas, announced today that Casey Herren, has joined the firm as a Director, a newly created position at the firm
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