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Tenzing adds to investment team

UK lower mid-market investor, Tenzing, has appointed John Messer and Mike Reynolds to its investment team. Messer has joined Tenzing from Alchemy Partners. He began his career as a consultant at AT Kearney undertaking due diligence and merger integration projects before studying for an MBA at London Business School, interning

Frank Burke, PPB Capital

PPB Capital Partners hires Frank Burke as Chief Investment Strategist

PPB Capital Partners, a designer and administrator of alternative investment funds for the wealth management industry, has appointed Frank Burke as chief investment strategist. Burke (pictured), will advise PPB Capital’s network of investment advisors on selecting best-of-class alternative investment products for its clients.    “We are pleased to welcome Frank

Ares Management closes GBP3bn in investment commitments in Q3

Alternative Asset manager Ares Management closed approximately USD3.0 billion in investments commitments across 67 transactions during the third quarter of 2017. Accruent/Genstar Capital â€“ Ares served as administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint book runner for a first lien term loan to support Accruent’s acquisition strategy and to refinance the company’s

CenterOak Partners acquires FullSpeed Automotive

Dallas-based private equity firm CenterOak Partners has completed a majority investment in FullSpeed Automotive. Based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, FullSpeed Automotive is one of the nation’s largest independent franchisors of automotive quick lube centres. President and Chief Executive Officer John B Adams and the existing management team will continue to

Tour Partner Group acquires Trans Nordic Tours

Tour Partner Group, a newly-formed formed holding company for Hotels & More, Irish Welcome Tours and Authentic Vacations, is to acquire Trans Nordic Tours, the largest local inbound tour operator to the Nordic countries by revenue. Trans Nordic Tours, launched in 1995, is based in Denmark and successfully led by

NXT Capital holds final equity closing for latest private debt fund

NXT Capital has held the final closing on approximately USD415 million in equity capital, above its original USD350 million target, for NXT Capital Senior Loan Fund V. When coupled with targeted leverage, Fund V will have approximately USD1.2 billion of available capital to invest.  The Fund will invest in senior

Smartkarma closes Series B Round led by Sequoia

Smartkarma, Asia’s largest provider of independent investment research, has closed a Series B round of financing led by Sequoia India, which brings the company’s total funding to USD21 million. Smartkarma is disrupting the traditional model of investment research, which has long been dominated by investment banks. It is a model

ArchOver passes GBP50m in lending

ArchOver, the peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending platform, has facilitated over GBP50 million of lending with no losses or late payments. The platform has always been available to both institutional and retail investors, with both groups lending under the same terms and conditions. ArchOver will continue to focus on developing its

Oakley acquires Career Partner Group

Oakley Capital Private Equity III (Fund III) is to aquire Apollo Global Germany (Career Partner Group), from its current shareholder Apollo Education Group Inc. Fund III, together with a number of underlying Fund III investors, will hold a 79 per cent stake in the business. Fund III will be partnering

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