Blackstar Capital, a specialist structured capital solutions provider, has appointed James Paul as Head of Sport. Blackstar Capital has leading expertise in origination, structuring, placement, and management of transactions globally. With Blackstar successfully making inroads into the sporting world in the past twelve months, Paul’s new role will see him
Polaris is expanding its activities with investments in subordinated loan capital (junior capital etc) and minority shareholdings, with the launch of Polaris Flexible Capital. Polaris expects to raise DKK1 billion for the new fund, which will support attractive Nordic medium-sized companies with flexible capital for growth, investments, ownership changes and
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has launched a private equity European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) making the firm’s global private equity offering more accessible to eligible retail and non-professional investors and their advisers. Unlike most traditional private equity funds with high minimum investment thresholds, both professional and
Manulife Investment Management (Ireland) Limited, has been authorised as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM), enabling it to provide management company services to alternative investment funds (AIFs) in accordance with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The authorisation enables the passporting and sale of private markets funds to professional
LGT Capital Partners has raised USD6 billion to capture investment opportunities in private equity secondaries across the whole spectrum of investment situations including single assets solutions, private equity fund solutions and diversified portfolios of Limited Partnership interests. LGT Capital Partners’ second programme focusing on single asset solutions and concentrated fund
Matt Rupp has joined Troutman Pepper as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Most recently, Rupp served as a partner at McDermott Will & Emery. Rupp has spent more than 10 years counselling clients on a variety of corporate matters. He focuses his practice on representing private equity and
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has invested GBP50 million on behalf of its strategic partner Phoenix Group (Phoenix) in Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (the Bank) supporting the implementation of its climate change strategy. Specifically, proceeds will be used for projects financed directly, or through financial intermediaries, that will target
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has sold its ownership interest in Mitratech, as part of Mitratech’s sale to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board at an enterprise value of USD1.55 billion. The transaction was completed on 18 May, 2021 after all necessary closing conditions were achieved. With
Sheridan Capital Partners (Sheridan) has invested in SimiTree Healthcare Consulting (SimiTree), a strategic and equal combination of Simione Healthcare Consultants (Simione) and BlackTree Healthcare Consulting (BlackTree).
Funds affiliated with Lightyear Capital (Lightyear), Oak HC/FT and Greater Sum Ventures (GSV) have completed the sale of Therapy Brands to KKR. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Funds affiliated with Lightyear and Oak HC/FT acquired a majority stake in Therapy Brands in July 2018. Therapy Brands
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