OFF3R, the marketplace for alternative investments, has launched an independent index outlining month-on-month performances of equity crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms over the last year. OFF3R analysed major equity crowdfunding platforms including Seedrs, Crowdcube, Syndicate Room, Angels Den, Envestors and The House Crowd. The P2P lending platforms examined were
Barings has acted as mandated lead arranger of a senior secured credit facility to support Battery Ventures' acquisition of Michell Instruments Group. UK-based Michell Instruments Group is a leader in high-precision sensing instrumentation market with over 40 years' experience in the field, specialising in measurement of dew point and relative
The Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies (ERES) franchise has held the final closing of ERES III at its hard cap of EUR300 million. This is the highest amount ever raised by the ERES franchise. Its 2011 vintage, ERES II, raised EUR217 million. Limited partners include high net worth
Nordic Capital Fund VIII-owned Lindorff and Intrum Justitia are to combine to create a leading provider of credit management services (CMS). The combination is expected to provide material benefits for all stakeholders and create significant shareholder value through annual cost synergies estimated at SEK0.8 billion (EUR80 million) and significant further
MJ Hudson has expanded it's alternative investments offering with the acquisition of investment advisory firm Allenbridge and outsourced fund management provider Tower Gate Capital. Established as an alternative investments law firm in 2010, MJ Hudson has grown rapidly and expanded its service offering within alternatives. Including the new acquisitions, MJ
LeapFrog Investments, a private equity investor in emerging markets, has made a partial exit from IFMR Capital, a provider of capital market access to financial institutions that serve low-income consumers. The exit is part of a wider deal in which Eight Roads Ventures, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International,
Corporate debt specialist Muzinich is launching two funds to be managed by the loans team who recently joined from ECM Asset Management (ECM), a Wells Fargo Asset Management company. Muzinich announced in the summer that it had hired Torben Ronberg, Stuart Fuller, Sam McGairl and Alex Woolrich, who managed the
Private equity fund manager YFM Equity Partners, alongside private co-investors, has backed the management buyout (MBO) of Ferrabyrne. YFM's funding includes the second investment from its new YFMEP 2016 Fund, which held a first close in June. Ferrabyrne designs, develops, manufactures and services systems and components, including rubber and
Lower middle-market private equity firm MPE Partners has closed its oversubscribed second fund, MPE Partners II, at the hard cap of USD250 million. The firm launched fundraising in April 2016 and did not use a placement agent. "More than 30 investors committed to Fund II, including global asset management
Inflexion’s portfolio company Kynetec, a specialist in agricultural and animal health market research, has acquired the agriculture and animal health business of Ipsos North America. Ipsos agriculture and animal health in North America comprises two locations: St. Louis in the US and Guelph in Canada. The acquisition brings additional
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