The private equity team at Foresight Private Equity invested over GBP17 million into nine companies across the UK during the last quarter of 2016. The Foresight Regional Investment Fund, targeting companies in the North West of England, North Wales and South Yorkshire, supported by Foresight’s new Manchester office, has already
UpWest Labs, Singulariteam and OurCrowd Funds were the most active venture capital funds in Israel during 2016, according to a report from IVC Research Center, in cooperation with Israeli law firm APM & Co. All three completed eight first investments in 2016, and while considered early stage, low-placement, small funds,
M&A deals in Central-Eastern Europe peaked in value in 2016 at EUR86.7 billion, a 62 per cent increase compared to 2015 and the highest result since 2013. This is according to the Emerging Europe M&A report 2016/2017, published by CMS in cooperation with EMIS. With 1,985 transactions, the CEE
SVL Business Solutions is to acquire a 25 per cent equity interest in Liquid Voice, a developer of enterprise call recording and contact centre solutions. Peter Gough, sales and marketing director of SVL Business Solutions, says: “This investment is the latest development in a long-term strategy to diversify our business,
Alternative investment advisory firm AlphaCore Capital has doubled its assets under administration to approximately USD205 million following the acquisition of a San Diego-based registered investment adviser and the addition of five new team members. The firm's expansion will double assets under advisement, with approximately USD205 million as of year-end, after
Moore Management has assisted Bank Saint Petersburg (BSPB) with the launch of its first private equity fund structure, BSPB Capital VPF. One of the largest Russian regional banks, BSPB has key operations in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Region, Moscow and Kaliningrad and is one of the top 20 Russian banks.
Directed Capital, a distressed asset workout specialist firm that acquires, manages and resolves distressed commercial mortgage loans, has closed its seventh fund at USD77 million, its highest-grossing fund to date. Additionally, the firm has announced a USD40 million increase in the firm’s revolving credit facility from Goldman Sachs Bank USA
Northleaf Capital Partners has held the final closing for its second OECD-focused pooled infrastructure fund, Northleaf Infrastructure Capital Partners II (NICP II), at its USD950 million hard cap. Northleaf’s USD2.5 billion infrastructure programme is focused on direct, long-term investments in OECD countries, providing investors with stable, consistent cash flow from
Shareholders in the Standard Life European Private Equity Trust have approved plans to increase the dividend, simplify the fee structure and increase the flexibility of the investment strategy to enhance its overall exposure to private equity. Reflecting the strategic changes, the trust is removing the reference to “European”, simplifying its
Cobepa has acquired Brandblock Holding (HG) from Gilde Buy-out Partners. HG is a supplier of specialty consumer cleaning and maintenance products with headquarters in The Netherlands and growing sales in the UK, Germany, Spain, France and Italy. Baird served as the exclusive financial adviser to Gilde in the transaction
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