IK Investment Partners (IK) has received a binding offer from International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE:IFF) (“IFF”), a leading global creator of flavours and fragrances for consumer products, for the sale of Lucas Meyer Cosmetics group of companies. The transaction is structured as an exclusive binding offer in order to
During its fiscal year that will end on 30 June, 2015, BioAdvance’s life sciences portfolio companies attracted USD85 million of capital from private investments and other sources. “It’s been another strong year for our portfolio companies” says Barbara Schilberg CEO of BioAdvance. “While several companies have raised significant amounts of
Returns offered by the private equity asset class are often a hot topic for discussion in the investment industry. With yields varying between fund types, sectors and managers, Jessica Duong (pictured) investigates the differences in performance of sector-specific buyout funds in this extract from Preqin Private Equity Spotlight – June 2015.
BlackRock is to acquire Infraestructura Institucional, Mexico’s leading independently managed, infrastructure investment firm, expanding BlackRock’s infrastructure capabilities in Mexico. The agreement builds upon BlackRock’s existing USD6 billion global infrastructure platform and strengthens the Firm’s long-standing Mexico business. The acquisition will fully enable BlackRock to deliver to its local and international
Salient Partners has successfully completed its acquisition of Forward Management, creating a USD27 billion diversified asset management firm and reaffirming the firm’s position as provider of liquid alternative and real asset investment strategies. The combined firm has 250 employees across its offices in Houston, San Francisco and New York.
Shoreline Capital, a private fund manager in Chinese distressed debt and special situation investments, has closed its third fund at USUSD500 million. The fund, Shoreline China Value III, was over-subscribed. Meanwhile, Shoreline held the first close for Fund IIIÂ’s overflow fund at USD115 million. Based on current indications of interest, Shoreline
Maranon Capital has appointed Daniel Kirmse and Santo Barretta as Portfolio Analysts while Fiona O’Connor has joined the firm as an Executive Assistant. Kirmse was previously a Commercial Banking Representative with MB Financial Bank where he was responsible for investment underwriting and portfolio management. He earned both a BS and
Zeus Capital, the investment banking boutique, has built upon its specialist team in the healthcare sector, hiring Phil Walker as head of healthcare corporate finance. Walker has over 15 years’ experience in the healthcare and life sciences sectors and has advised on in excess of 50 transactions spanning IPOs, secondary
The amount of capital awarded by investors to separate account structures reached an all-time high in 2014. In an extract from Preqin Real Estate Spotlight – June 2015, Oliver Senchal examines the growing prominence of this type of alternative structure in the broader fundraising market, including investor appetite and fund
Noerr has advised the private equity investor American Industrial Partners (AIP) on the acquisition of the German OEM fasteners division of Anixter. The total volume of the global transaction is USD380 million. Anixter is one of the world’s leading providers of products in the fields of data communication and security
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