Strategic Partners Fund Solutions (Strategic Partners), Blackstone’s (NYSE:BX) dedicated secondary and fund solutions business, has held the final closing at the hard cap of USD1.75 billion for Strategic Partners Real Assets II (S PRA II), its second global infrastructure-focused secondary fund. SP RA II’s global investor base is comprised of
Oak North-backed Inception Group is to embark on its biggest expansion to date, doubling the size of its ‘Around The World in 80 Days’-inspired Mr Fogg’s Collection of bars, with the opening of three more premises. Mr Fogg’s House of Botanicals will open in Fitzrovia this June, followed by Mrs
Lincolnshire Management has sold Amports, a leading North American port terminal operator, to a group of investors led by InstarAGF Asset Management. Amports controls portside acreage at many of the top roll-on, roll-off ports across the United States and Mexico, including in the San Francisco Bay Area, Baltimore, Jacksonville and
Private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) has closed the sale of HelpSystems Holdings (HelpSystems) to HGGC. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN, HelpSystems is a leading provider of systems and network management, business intelligence, and security and compliance solutions. The Company delivers IT infrastructure software for IBM
Swarm Fund, the blockchain for private equity, has announced its second Real Estate fund, the Viejo San Juan Comunidad RE Holdings Fund. The fund, available to Swarm Fund’s accredited investors, will target redevelopment of property and other projects in the ‘Old San Juan’ section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, serving
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms, has reported a 21 per cent increase in revenue in Q1 2018 compared with the same period in 2017. The growth is attributed to winning a large number of new clients for its signature AbacusFLEXä
Palmer Square Capital Management, an asset management firm that provides portfolios of corporate credit, structured credit and alternative credit strategies to a wide range of institutional and high net worth investors, has surpassed the USD5.0 billion assets under management mark ending the first quarter of 2018 at approximately USD5.5 billion.
Elaghmore Partners, a UK-focused private equity firm, has acquired Priden Engineering Limited (Priden) for an undisclosed multi-million-pound sum. Based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Priden delivers bespoke engineering solutions to leading companies in a host of sectors including Pneumatic Vehicles, Commercial Bodies, Truck and Bus, Food Industrial Engineering as well as providing
Bain Capital Private Equity has acquired World Wide Packaging, a provider of cosmetic packaging components, plastic tubes, and formulation/filling technologies. The firm has agreed to purchase a Chinese cosmetics packaging manufacturer and plans to merge the two companies to form a fully integrated solutions provider. Bringing together World Wide Packaging’s
Innova Capital, a private equity fund in Central and Eastern Europe, has confirmed the first close of its Innova/6 fund at EUR194 million, thereby significantly exceeding the minimum target of EUR150 million. At the same time, within twelve months up to the first close, Innova has achieved as much as
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