The Riverside Company has named Tommy Seddon as field originator for the UK and Ireland. In this role, Seddon will oversee Riverside’s efforts to source, analyse and acquire growing businesses in these key markets. Seddon joined Riverside’s London team in 2013. He succeeds Lars Eriksson, who had overseen
Independent mobile solutions company Somo has received USD5.5m follow-on funding from MMC Ventures – including the MMC London Fund – and other private investors. Somo was one the first beneficiaries of the MMC London Fund, which is overseen by the Mayor of London and intends to support the growth of
Geneba Properties has obtained an AIFMD licence in the Netherlands whereby Orangefield will act as a depositary. Orangefield is one of the first service providers authorised by the Dutch regulator to act as a depositary.

 The new AIFMD regulations were implemented with the objective of enhancing investor protection. The
X2 Resources has secured USD2.50bn of committed equity capital funding and up to a further USD1.25bn of conditional equity capital funding from a group of five investors. The committed equity capital is available for immediate draw down and will be used to finance the creation of a new mid-tier diversified
Paris-based private equity firm Activa Capital has promoted Sophie Rouland to partner. At the same time, Pierre Chabaud and Jean-Baptiste Salvin are both promoted to investment director and Denis Houdet becomes investment manager. Charles Diehl, partner of Activa Capital, says: “These promotions reflect the strong contribution of the team
Schroder UK Property Fund has acquired Tata Steel’s UK distribution hub, The Steel Park, Wednesfield in Wolverhampton from Threadneedle Property Investments Management for GBP34.10m. The 60 acre site comprises three industrial warehouses, a headquarters office building and a study centre totalling 761,614 sq ft. The entire site is let
HIG Capital’s Brazilian affiliate has made a significant investment in Office Total, a Brazilian managed print services (MPS) provider. Established in 1995 with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Office Total outsources and commercialises a wide range of office equipment from several suppliers and offers a wide range of leasing programmes
Enstar Group and Stone Point Capital have completed the acquisition of Torus Insurance, an A-rated global specialty insurer with six wholly owned insurance vehicles. The purchasing entity is indirectly owned 60 per cent by an Enstar subsidiary and 40 per cent by Trident V and its affiliated co-investment funds, which
Cinven has completed its acquisition of German life insurer Heidelberger Leben for a total consideration of EUR300m. On 27 March 2014, the Heidelberger Leben Group announced that it had reached agreement to acquire Skandia Germany and Skandia Austria for EUR220m from Old Mutual plc. The combination of Heidelberger Leben
Private equity fundraising has got off to a strong, if not spectacular, start in 2014,with USD67.8bn raised from investors through the final close of 135 private equity funds globally, according to data from PEI. By comparison, USD78bn was raised by 162 funds in the equivalent period in 2013, when more
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