Local government pension schemes are increasingly choosing more expensive alternative investments, including private equity and infrastructure, which is raising the overall fees they pay to asset managers as pension funds seek out higher returns, diversification benefits, and lower investment risk.
Portobello Capital has acquired a majority stake in Legálitas, the largest tech-enabled, Spanish language legal services provider. Together with Portobello, the current management team, led by Luis del Pozo, will also invest in the company. Legálitas, which generated more than EUR50 million euros in revenues in 2020, has delivered
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has invested a further GBP500,000 in GENinCode, a genetic testing company specialising in the risk assessment and prediction of cardiovascular disease. This funding package comes as the company completes its IPO, raising an additional GBP17 million gross and listing on AIM with a market capitalisation of
An affiliate of Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington), a Washington, DC-area private equity firm, is to acquire L3Harris Technologies’ (NYSE:LHX) Electron Devices and Narda Microwave-West divisions. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. After closing, the Company will operate independently as Stellant Systems (Stellant) and will be
NavigatorCRE, a commercial real estate data analytics SaaS platform, has completed a GBP12.5 million Series A funding round led by Fulcrum Equity Partners. Also including participation by existing investors, the round paves the way for the Seattle based start-up to now enter the UK commercial real estate market. NavigatorCRE has
Bamboo Capital Partners, the asset management arm of Palladium, has committed to deploy USD1 billion of impact investments over the next three years.
Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity investor, has made an investment in Sparus Holdings (Sparus), a provider of outsourced field and professional services for utility and industrial customers. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Sparus and its subsidiaries, Southern Cross and The Spear Group, provide
DigitalEd has secured a growth investment from PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies. DigitalEd provides a SaaS-based digital learning platform called Möbius, focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. PSG is DigitalEd’s sole outside investor. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Coller Capital and Ping An Overseas Holdings has closed one of the world’s largest private credit secondaries transactions for a credit portfolio managed by Ping An, together with its subsidiaries – the main offshore investment and asset management platform of Ping An Insurance Company of China. The deal will close
Lonsdale Capital Partners (Lonsdale), a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market, has completed the sale of Cross Rental Services (CRS) to Elysian Capital LLP and Company Management, creating a significant return for Lonsdale, the founding shareholders and management. This comes in the same week that Lonsdale announced the
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