Despite a slow start in the first half of 2017, the private equity secondary market turned up the gas in the second half of the year, reaching all-time record volumes of over USD50 billion, according to Cebile Capital. As demonstrated by 2017 trends, it is evident that the market is
A new report by CEPRES based on analysis of private equity of almost 4,000 private equity co-investments carried out over the last 17 years, has revealed a 20-fold increase in the number of deals in that period. The report details the returns generated across different regions, market segments and stages
A fund managed by Ares Management’s Private Equity Group has acquired Convergint Technologies, a global independent security integrator, from investment funds affiliated with KRG. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Schaumberg, Illinois, Convergint provides comprehensive security integration and fire and life safety services in more
French private equity investor Activa Capital has promoted Emma France to Associate for ESG and Digital Transformation. Her mission, under the responsibility of Christophe Parier, Partner, will be to strengthen the ESG process within Activa Capital as well as in all its portfolio companies. France joined Activa Capital in 2017
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has completed a growth investment in Connexin Software, trading as Office Practicum (OP). Co-founder and CEO Gregory H Anderson and the OP management team will maintain a significant ownership position and continue to manage the growth of the Company with support from Pamlico. Further transaction details have
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has appointed Andy Povey and Raj Minhas as Investment Managers to help manage the Maven MEIF Debt Fund team in the West Midlands. Based in Birmingham, Povey and Minhas have responsibility for new MEIF investments across the West Midlands, as well as
Verdant Leisure, which is backed by Palatine Private Equity, has acquired its eighth leisure park, Scoutscroft Holiday Centre in the Scottish Borders. The acquisition is the bespoke leisure park operator’s fourth holiday park purchase in the last 18 months. Scoutscroft is just one mile from Coldingham Bay Leisure Park, the
Inflexion Private Equity has backed the management buyout of Calco Group BV (Calco), a Dutch provider of outsourced IT recruitment and training services to large blue-chip corporates. Calco focuses on the provision of junior professionals mainly to the finance and insurance sectors with clients including the main banks and the
Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has advised entities managed by The Carlyle Group and affiliates of Värde Partners on the AUD1.2 billion restructure and recapitalisation of the Bis Industries group, an Australian resources logistics and materials handling provider. The transaction, implemented via two Australian creditors’ schemes of arrangement and a
The State Street Global Exchange Private Equity Index (GXPEI) closed the third quarter of 2017 with a solid performance of 3.85 per cent with Buyout Funds continuing to lead private equity strategies in gains. The GXPEI is based on directly-sourced limited partnership data and represents more than USD2.7 trillion in
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