Sub-investment grade corporate credit specialist Alcentra, part of BNY Mellon, has invested in CorpAcq plc, a South Manchester-based company committed to the acquisition and investment in strong asset backed, profitable and cash generative owner-managed enterprises. Headquartered in Altrincham and founded in 2006, CorpAcq has grown its business to manage
Private equity investor Risk Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of a majority holding in Red Hot World Buffet to provide development capital for the restaurant group’s further expansion. Red Hot World Buffet was founded in 2004 by husband and wife Parmjit and Helen Dhaliwal. It now has seven
Private investment firm Bregal Partners has made an investment in OmniForce in partnership with OmniForce’s management team and founder. Los Angeles-based OmniForce is an athletic event production company. Its services include participant marketing and event publicity, participant training and fundraising support, sponsorship sales, and event planning and logistics. In
Private equity fund Estancia Capital Partners has acquired a minority non-controlling interest in Stamford, Connecticut-based Sustainable Growth Advisers (SGA). SGA is a boutique traditional equity manager focused on providing high value-added active US and global growth equity mandates for sophisticated clients. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Buyout firm OpenGate Capital has appointed Matthias Gundlach as principal. Andrew Nikou, OpenGate Capital’s managing partner and chief executive, says: “I am really pleased that Matthias has joined the firm. He is another great addition, and I am confident that Matthias will bring fresh perspectives and new strategies to
Pension fund alternative assets allocations now account for nearly 20 per cent of all pension fund assets across the globe, according to a study by Towers Watson. The 2012 Global Alternative Survey notes the number as a five per cent increase from 15 years ago. The research, which
A consortium comprised of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the CapMan Russia II fund has completed an investment in MAYKOR, a Russian IT outsourcing and service provider. The three partners will invest up to USD100m in MAYKOR that will
Chiesi Group, a European pharmaceutical company, has signed through its UK affiliate Chiesi Ltd a definitive agreement with Sunstone Capital to acquire Zymenex, a biopharmaceutical group focused on research and development of biologic therapeutics for the treatment of rare and life threatening genetic diseases. Terms of the transaction have
Aquiline Capital Partners has made an investment, through affiliates, in Tourmalet Advisors, an alternative investment manager based in Fairfield, Connecticut. Tourmalet, led by chief executive officer Michael Corasaniti, was founded in October 2009 and has a track record of managing, investing, structuring and trading distressed residential mortgage assets. The
Qualcomm is to sell Omnitracs, its North and Latin American transportation and logistics business, to Vista Equity Partners, a US-based private equity firm. Subject to the terms and conditions of the definitive agreement, Vista will purchase Omnitracs for USD800m in cash. "In the late 1980s, Qualcomm pioneered the
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