Private equity (PE) managers in the US posted their strongest annual returns since 2013 in 2016, while US venture capital (VC) funds performed worse last year than they have since 2008, according to the benchmark indexes of the two alternative asset classes from Cambridge Associates. The Cambridge Associates LLC US
Palamon Capital Partners is to acquire Business School24, the education and training unit of Il Sole 24 ORE, Italy’s leading business newspaper. Palamon will acquire 49 per cent of the Company at an enterprise valuation of EUR80 million with a call option to acquire an additional 2 per cent in May
Investcorp has reported ‘significant progress in the execution of its growth strategy’ which produced a healthy level of activity across all its businesses in terms of investments, realisations, fundraising and portfolio performance, for the twelve months ending 30 June 2017 (‘FY17’). According to the firm’s full year results, Investcorp made a
Funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital have sold their majority holding in enterprise resource planning (ERP) provider proALPHA. These shares were acquired by the management team and by funds advised by the international investment firm Intermediate Capital Group (ICG). Bregal will remain involved in the further development of proALPHA through a
Columbia Pacific Advisors, a Seattle alternative investment firm, is to sell Talyst Systems, a market leader in pharmacy automation solutions based in Kirkland, Washington, to Swisslog Healthcare, asupplier of medication management and supply chain solutions and services. The sale is a successful exit for Columbia Pacific Advisors’ growth capital strategy,
KKR is acquiring Covenant Surgical Partners (Covenant) from DFW Capital Partners, Iroquois Capital Group, PineBridge Investments, and other existing shareholders. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Covenant is a leading acquirer and operator of ambulatory surgery centres (ASCs) and physician practices. The Company currently provides gastrointestinal and
National commercial property consultancy, Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), has been instructed by administrators, David Rubin & Partners, to market the business and assets of Spymaster. The London based retailer of surveillance, counter-surveillance and personal protection equipment, which was founded in 1991, offers a wide range of high specification surveillance products
UK private equity firm Sovereign Capital’s portfolio company Arachas Corporate Brokers (Arachas), an insurance brokerage operating in Ireland, has made its first acquisition – Capital Cover Group (Capital) – six months after Sovereign backed the management buy-out of the business. Capital, an established broker of insurance products, brings a complementary
SumRidge Partners (SumRidge), an electronic fixed income market maker, has closed on a minority investment from funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC (Stone Point), a private equity firm focused on investing in financial services businesses. This investment will enable SumRidge to expand their footprint in the fixed income marketplace
GA Telesis has raised a new USD500 million investment vehicle from institutional and private clients, advised by Wafra Capital Partners (WCP), to establish a second aviation investment vehicle focused on aircraft and engine investment opportunities. This capital raise constitutes the second round of funding from WCP Inc. The vehicle
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