GoldenTree Asset Management (GoldenTree) has closed on USD1.7 billion in commitments for GoldenTree Distressed Fund III. The fund employs a private equity draw down structure and will focus on primarily global distressed opportunities in mid-cap and large-cap corporates. GoldenTree has extensive experience in distressed investments with over USD26 billion of
Palatine Private Equity is targeting the GBP100 million investment mark in Midlands businesses, having pumped GBP55 million into the region over the last three years. The firm opened its Midlands office in December 2015, and has since moved to a new office in Somerset House on Temple Street. Palatine’s
Estera, a provider of funds, corporate and trust services, has moved to its new, state of the art offices in Guernsey. It will see the firm’s fund administration, accounting and reporting services, as well as their corporate and trust services offered from one high-specification office. Estera acquired Heritage Financial Services
LDC, a UK-based, mid-market private equity investor, has added two senior hires to it’s team in Manchester. The appointments of Dale Alderson and Aziz Ul-Haq as Directors creates a nine-strong team in Manchester and underpins firm’s pledge to invest GBP200 million in businesses across the North of the UK over
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of HIG Capital, a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with over EUR26 billion of equity capital under management, has provided a growth capital solution to Risparmio Casa, a leading Italian drugstore chain based in Pomezia, Italy. Established over 30 years ago by
Willis Towers Watson has appointed a number of asset management experts in its FINEX Financial Institutions practice enhancing its offering to a core part of its client portfolio. The appointments are part of the company’s continued strategy to build the leading financial institutions business globally. Henry Keville, among others, will
SEEK Group is to invest GBP50 million to become a joint, 50 per cent owner of The Open University’s FutureLearn social learning platform, in a deal thought to be the largest ever private-sector EdTech investment in Europe. The Open University launched FutureLearn, which is based in London, in December 2012
ARQIS has advised the investors of the Cologne-based ice cream start-up NOMOO, a brand of NRDS, on its first financing round. A group of three venture capital investors – Quest Solutions, Siltho Research, and AM1 Ventures – participated in the investment. Details of the financing round have not been disclosed.
Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has strengthened its Private Equity Performance Improvement practice with the appointment of Tania Howarth as Managing Director. Howarth’s arrival follows that of Jason Spencer who also joins the practice as a Managing Director, bringing two decades of significant M&A experience. The latest
Luxcara, an asset manager in the renewable energy sector, has increased its Scandinavian portfolio with the acquisition of one of Europe’s largest single onshore wind projects with an expected total capacity of 750 MW. The project is part of Markbygden 1101 in Northern Sweden, a cluster that was declared by
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