European jewellery retailer Thom Europe has acquired Stroili in Italy and is in the process of acquiring another jewellery chain in Germany. Stroili, which has over 370 stores and sales of EUR213 million, was acquired from a shareholder consortium led by Investindustrial and L Catterton (formerly L Capital) and including
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has held the final close of its latest energy-focused private equity fund, Kayne Anderson Energy Fund VII, at its hard cap of approximately USD2 billion in limited partner commitments. The fund will continue Kayne Anderson’s strategy of partnering with management teams focused on the upstream oil
Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that invests in lower middle market specialty industrial and healthcare companies, has completed fundraising for Arsenal Capital Fund IV at its USD1.3 billion hard cap. The firm's previous fund, Arsenal Capital Partners III, was raised in 2012 with USD875 million
Detroit-based private equity firm Rockbridge Growth Equity has sold Triad Retail Media, a digital retail media advertising firm, to programmatic audience company Xaxis. Xaxis is a wholly owned operating company of WPP, the world's largest communications services group with offices in 113 countries. Triad manages and delivers full-service creative,
Man Group plc has acquired Aalto Invest Holding AG and launched a new ‘private markets offering’, Man Global Private Markets, designed to offer longer term investments and complement their existing products. Man defines private markets as real estate, credit and infrastructure. Founded in 2010 by Mikko Syrjänen and Petteri Barman,
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets has acquired a 958 hectare forest known as “Domaine de Saint Augustin” in the Allier and Cher departments, France, for EUR21.5 million from a private vendor. The transaction has been undertaken on behalf of an AXA Insurance Company and brings AXA IM – Real
Monroe Capital has held the final close of Monroe Capital Private Credit Fund II with USD800 million of limited partner commitments, eclipsing the fund’s target of USD600 million. When combined with target fund leverage, the fund will have approximately USD1.5 billion of total investable capital or buying power, the largest
Investec Corporate & Acquisition Finance, KBC and Rabobank have jointly provided debt finance facilities to support Waterland’s acquisition of a stake in energy supplier Scholt. The acquisition is being made alongside the original founder, Jan Scholt, and Scholt’s management. The deal marks Investec’s eighth recent financing transaction in the
East African-focused private equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Zenufa Laboratories in Tanzania. Zenufa is a pharmaceutical manufacturers with its factory recognised by the Tanzania Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) as being fully compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) conforming with international guidelines and systems
Lower middle-market private equity firm Blue Sage Capital has completed its acquisition of Magnum Systems. Headquartered in Kansas City, with an additional manufacturing facility in Parsons, Kansas, Magnum, through its Taylor Products and Smoot brands, is a designer and manufacturer of branded packaging and material handling solutions. The company’s
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