Legg Mason is to acquire a majority equity interest in RARE Infrastructure (RARE) a specialist in global listed infrastructure investing headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The firm, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, London and Chicago, specialises in global listed infrastructure investments, managing USD7.6 billion for institutional and retail clients. The acquisition
NextStage AM has acquired a stake in La Compagnie du Catamaran, the controlling holding company of Fountaine Pajot, a global leader for sail and power cruising catamarans based in La Rochelle. A pioneer in the market for sail cruising catamarans since 1983, Fountaine Pajot’s boatyard developed globally in this promising
FreemarketFX, the peer-to-peer currency exchange has closed its latest Angel investment round and has surpassed its fundraising target to raise a final investment sum of GBP670,000. This brings the total raised by freemarketFX, in the last eight months, to just over GBP1.25 million. freemarketFX was publicly launched in January 2015.
Featuring the latest data, this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Equity, Q2 2015 looks at the rising amount of dry powder in the industry and up-to-date performance statistics. With the fundraising market remaining robust and average final close sizes climbing, dry powder has continued to increase. The level
Community Intervention Services, a portfolio company of HIG Growth Partners (HIG), has completed the acquisition of Futures Behavior Therapy Center, LLC (Futures). CIS was established by HIG in partnership with behavioural healthcare executive Kevin Sheehan, to acquire, develop and operate a national network of specialised behavioural health treatment facilities and
Private equity firm GTCR’s portfolio company Capella Healthcare, is to be acquired by Medical Properties Trust, a Birmingham, Alabama based self-advised real estate investment trust, for USD900 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close during the second half of 2015, following customary regulatory approvals. GTCR formed Capella in
Gloo Networks plc, a technology company established to acquire and operate companies in the media sector, is seeking admission of its shares to trading on AIM. The Company, which is led by digital transformation experts Rebecca Miskin, Chief Executive Officer (pictured), and Juan Lopez-Valcarcel, Chief Product and Operations Officer, intends
Expensify has launched Expensify Ventures, a new, strategic investment fund for early-stage startups in the growing financial technology sector. “Everyday, we meet with entrepreneurs and companies that have awesome ideas when it comes to solving some of the corporate world’s biggest pain points, and making life easier for both employees
The Sterling Group, a middle market private equity firm based in Houston, Texas, has closed on USD1.25 billion in investor commitments for its most recent fund, Sterling Group Partners IV. Fund IV was oversubscribed and reached its hard cap in three months. Consistent with Sterling's successful 33-year history, Fund
Hedge funds are on track to deliver solid returns in July, up 1.4 per cent month to date (0.4 per cent last week). In line with our overweight recommendation, CTAs and Global Macro managers outperformed other hedge fund strategies. Meanwhile, Event-Driven managers underperformed both last week and on a month-to-date
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