YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has made an additional multi-million pound investment in the UK-headquartered film and TV visual effects company Outpost VFX through its British Smaller Companies VCTs. This will enable the business to continue its rapid scale-up by investing in high calibre artistic talent, company culture and its tech
The New York State Common Retirement Fund, currently the third largest pension fund in the United States with over $280 billion in assets, allocated over 75% of it $4 billion investment outlay in June to alternatives, according to a report by DailyAlts.
NB Renaissance and Chequers Capital are to sell the Biolchim Group (Biolchim), an Italy-based global producer and distributor of a specialty fertilisers, to JM Huber Corporation, one of the largest US family-owned companies whose products are used in a broad range of applications including agriculture, food and beverage, personal care,
eFront, BlackRock’s alternative investment management platform, has partnered with sustainability tech firm Clarity AI to enable GPs and LPs to generate quantitative sustainability assessments of alternative investment portfolios. Through a simplified workflow, eFront is encouraging industry participation and help solve the gap of sustainability metrics outside publicly listed companies—fostering an
Abris Capital Partners (Abris), an ESG transformation specialist private equity investor, has supported GreenGroup, a central European circular economy specialist, in acquiring UAB Ecso, a Lithuanian LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene) recycling company. Part of an ambitious M&A strategy, this acquisition marks GreenGroup’s entry into the polyolefin recycling market and creates
Pension funds are among those investors that sold a record $33 billion of private fund investments in the first six months of 2022, according to a report by The Financial Times. Partly triggered by the recent steep decline in stock markets, investors are now selling stakes in PE and VC
QinetiQ US, a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Group and a leading defence company is to acquire Avantus Federal (Avantus) from NewSpring Holdings for an enterprise value of $590 million. The combination of QinetiQ US and Avantus will create a powerful growth platform to address the complex and large scale
An affiliate of CenterGate Capital (CenterGate), an Austin-based private equity investment firm, has made an investment in Prisma Graphic (Prisma), a marketing solutions provider that offers a range of technology-enabled marketing logistics functions for enterprise customers. Established in 1980 and headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, with an additional location in Nashville,
Senate Democrats have a provision in forthcoming US climate and tax legislation that would allow the carried rate interest loophole to be closed or at least narrowed, according to a report the New York Times.
Carlyle is to acquire a controlling stake in Ocmis Group (Ocmis), a manufacturer of advanced irrigation systems for the agricultural market, partnering with historical shareholders including the Montorsi family and the management team. Equity for the investment will be provided by Carlyle Europe Partners V (CEP V), a €6.4bn fund
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