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The Rise Fund to invest USD200m in Airtel Africa’s mobile money business

The Rise Fund, the global impact investing platform of alternative investment firm TPG, is to invest USD200 million in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (AMC BV), a wholly owned subsidiary of Airtel Africa.  AMC BV is currently the holding company for several of Airtel Africa’s mobile money operations; and is now

Riverside to sell ARCOS

The Riverside Company, a private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has signed a definitive agreement with Vista Equity Partners (Vista) to sell ARCOS, a specialist in resource management software for utilities, airlines and other critical infrastructure industries.  The proposed transaction is expected to close

CD&R, Merck GHI, and McKesson Ventures invest in M2GEN

Oncology data and informatics platform M2GEN has secured a significant new investment by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) funds, the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI), and McKesson Ventures. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Merck GHI and McKesson Ventures invested alongside CD&R funds, collectively

New State Capital Partners and Mako Steel take majority stake in Rabco

New State Capital Partners (New State) and its portfolio company, Mako Steel, have made a majority investment in Rabco Enterprises LLC, a full-service provider of self-storage building systems based in Winter Garden, Florida. Together, Mako and Rabco will form a nationwide self-storage solutions company. Terms of the transaction have not

Resurgens Technology Partners invests in EnergyCAP

Resurgens Technology Partners, a software-focused private equity firm, has made a strategic investment in Pennsylvania-based EnergyCAP, Inc. EnergyCAP’s solution, which includes its industry-leading software and complementary services, is used by more than 2,100 organisations across government, education and commercial sectors to streamline utility bill accounting and energy management. For decades,

Barry O'Connor, Matheson

The appeal of a regulated partnership

Regulation has been at the forefront of investors’ minds ever since the global financial crisis in 2008. In the current environment, the need for oversight and monitoring is even more necessary as the industry navigates uncharted waters. However, this requirement for more robust supervision needs to be tempered with flexibility.

Lovell Minnick Partners invests in UniversalCIS

Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in financial services, financial technology and related business services, has acquired a majority stake in UniversalCIS, a technology-enabled provider of credit data and related origination solutions in the mortgage industry.  Moving forward, Lovell Minnick and UniversalCIS’ management team will work

Vanora Madigan, DMS Governance

ILP a preferred vehicle for private strategies

Private assets have experienced significant growth in the last few years and Ireland is now set up to further benefit from this expansion through the Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Act 2020 (ILP Act) which was enacted into law in December 2020. “Private equity funds have performed well and are increasingly

Paul Whelan, CSC

Enhancing efficiency and time-to-market

Managers looking to take advantage of the new structure launched in Ireland, the Investment Limited Partnership (ILP), will be able to maximise cost efficiency and time-to-market. The Irish legislation allows the adoption of an umbrella structure, meaning managers can launch sub-funds swiftly and save on legal and audit fees. “A

Peter Stapleton, Maples Group

Flexibility bodes well for ILP uptake

In a hunt for yield, investors have been enticed to consider allocating to illiquid asset classes in long-term, closed-ended products. Limited partnerships have been and continue to be the structure of choice for such investments, particularly for private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC).  Against this backdrop, the Irish Government

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