How UMB Fund Services is utilising proprietary technology to expand its service offering and customisation support to private equity managers… With private equity enjoying a surge in interest among institutional investors, keen to seek out longer-term yield away from traditional asset classes, the opportunities for fund administrators to provide outsourced
Mobeus is planning to raise up to GBP80 million across four of its VCTs. Its the first time the company has looked to raise money since 2015 and may be the last for the next three years, according to the manager. The new offer comes in a year which is
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have launched the Russia-Japan Investment Fund (RJIF), to jointly pursue and implement attractive investment projects to promote economic, trade and investment cooperation between Japan and Russia. The process of formalising the fund’s establishment is complete and the
Private equity firm Auxo Investment Partners has completed its first deals with the acquisitions of Atlas Die and Bernal, two specialists in the die manufacturing industry. Terms of the transactions have not been disclosed. Atlas Die, based in Elkhart, Indiana, was founded in 1952 by S Ray Miller in his
Bridge Leisure Parks, which is backed by Phoenix Equity Partners, has continued its rapid growth on the back of the UK’s buoyant staycation market by acquiring three new holiday parks for a total investment of GBP11million. The three new parks are Ashbourne Heights on the edge of the Peak District
Elaghmore Partners, a UK-focused private equity firm, has acquired Kesslers International (Kesslers), a designer and manufacturer of retail displays and merchandising for world famous brands and leading UK high street retailers. Elaghmore has bought the business from Enact which invested in Kesslers in February 2016. Founded in 1893, Kesslers
Mid-Atlantic Dental Service Holdings, operating as Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners, has secured commitments for up to USD12.5 million in growth equity led by SC Goldman and Company. Since the company’s launch in March of 2016, Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners has performed significantly ahead of its business plan, with eight existing offices, and
Mishcon de Reya’s Corporate department has advised Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, a subsidiary of Sompo Holdings, on the sale of its specialist UK insurance subsidiary Sompo Canopius to private equity firm Centerbridge Partners for USD952 million. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the first quarter
Mourant Ozannes has advised CTBC Bank Co on certain senior loan facilities in connection with the USD800 million acquisition of Tricor Holdings Limited, a provider of integrated corporate services, by Trivium Investment Limited (Trivium). Trivium is ultimately controlled by global private equity firm, Permira. Completion of the transaction was
Orrick has advised Atomico, the venture capital firm founded by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, on their investment in the USD90 million Series B financing of Lilium. Founded in 2015, Lilium is a Bavarian developer of the world’s first fully electric vertical take-off and landing jet. The financing was led
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