KKR and Borealis Maritime have acquired Hanseatic Ship Asset Management, a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Commerzbank AG controlling a modern fleet of 18 container and dry cargo vessels, in a USD254.5 million deal through a joint venture vehicle established by the two firms. Hanseatic Ship Asset Management (HSAM)
Crescent Capital Group’s Crescent European Specialty Lending strategy has co-led the financing for Exponent Private Equity’s acquisition of The BBI Group, a Cardiff, UK-based company specialising in products and technologies in the diagnostics, healthcare, research, defence and food industries, from Waltham, Massachusetts-based Alere, Inc. EQT Credit and Babson Capital also
Darktrace has completed a USD22.5 million Series B with Summit Partners, a global growth equity investor. The round completes an exceptional growth year for Darktrace, with Talis Capital extending the Series A they led in March 2015, with a further USD1.8m prior to the Series B round. Darktrace’s Enterprise Immune
Backstop Solutions Group – a provider of cloud-based solutions designed to help the institutional investment industry save time, increase productivity and make better investment decisions – has partnered with Preqin Ltd. With this partnership, Backstop users can now seamlessly integrate Preqin investor data into their Backstop CRM platform. “Many of
Union Group has continued its expansion in the growing Peru hydropower sector with the acquisition of Empresa de Generación Eléctrica Canchayllo SAC (EGECSAC), a subsidiary of Rurelec PLC, for a total consideration of USD14.3 million. The deal includes a 5.26MW run-of-river hydro power plant in Junin, Peru, which adds to
Investors and fund managers alike frequently benchmark private equity returns against public markets in order to gauge the relative performance of their investments. For investors, it is an important exercise to undertake to inform portfolio construction decisions and to evaluate the performance of one asset class against another. For fund
The Managed Funds Association (MFA) inaugural European Conference, the Global Summit 2015, will be held on 27 October in London. The conference aims to broaden awareness of the important role alternative investments play in the European Union and help fund managers navigate evolving US and EU regulatory frameworks. “As
The number of high value buy-out deals in Wales doubled last year, as MBO activity has rebounded to pre-credit crunch levels, according to an analysis by Hugh James solicitors and PwC. According to Hugh James and PwC, there were six buy-out deals with an enterprise value of more than GBP3million
BrightBytes has secured a USD33 million Series C financing led by New York-based private equity and venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners, with Bessemer Venture Partners, Rethink Education and Learn Capital also participating. The capital will be used to expand BrightBytes' Clarity platform for K-12 leaders, continue globalisation of its
Audible founder and CEO Donald Katz (pictured), Prudential Financial Vice Chairman Mark Grier and other leaders announced the formation of Newark Venture Partners at an event attended by Senator Cory Booker, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Acting Governor of New Jersey Kim Guadagno, former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean, former Nebraska
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