European private equity investor Idinvest Partners has held the first close of its Secondary Fund III (ISF III) at its initial target of EUR350 million. ISF III will follow its predecessor fund by focusing on mature secondary transactions in the European small and mid-market. ISF III has already completed its first secondary transaction and
Investors hunting for returns should closely monitor five trends that could spark an increase in corporate takeovers in coming months, according to asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB). Mark Phelps, AB’s chief investment officer—Concentrated Global Growth, says that while the annual scale of global mergers and acquisitions was currently down on the
Hong-Kong based private equity firm NewQuest Capital Partners has acquired Integreon, a provider of legal, document, business and research outsourcing, from LiveIt Investments and Actis. Financial terms of the deal have not been released. Amit Gupta, partner and chief operating officer at NewQuest, says: “The Integreon transaction is an
HarbourVest Bidco has received an irrevocable undertaking from a SVG Capital shareholder in respect of 31,221,994 SVG Capital shares and letters of intent from SVG Capital shareholders to accept its offer in respect of a total of 35,419,782 SVG Capital shares. These represent, in aggregate, approximately 20.0 per cent and
Zencap Asset Management has launched Zencap Infra Debt 2, attracting a total commitment of EUR236 million for its first closing from four institutional investors in the insurance sector. The new vehicle, a French FCT, will invest through Natixis’ infrastructure platform, which provides access to infrastructure debt and bespoke servicing on
Hermes Investment Management has launched the Hermes Direct Lending Strategy with an initial commitment from a cornerstone institutional investor. Hermes intends to follow this with the launch of a fund later in the year, subject to regulatory approval. The strategy aims to provide access to the stable, low-correlated returns
Private equity is enhancing value in operating companies, according to analysis by CEPRES looking at thousands of PE-backed operating companies post the global financial crisis. CEPRES has found that during the period there has been a steady and significant increase in average compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of EBITDA for
Clearwater International has advised the owners of Deku-Pack on its cross-border sale to UK-based DS Smith, a provider of paper, corrugated packaging and recycled materials across Europe and plastic packaging worldwide. DS Smith operates across 36 countries and has more than 26,000 employees. Denmark-based Deku-Pack specialises in point of
Tikehau IM has arranged a unitranche financing for the acquisition of Financière Rive Gauche (FRG), a subsidiary of Spanish group Martinsa-Fadesa, by the Atland Group, an investment of the Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners’ Winch Capital 3 fund. This unitranche, fully arranged by Tikehau IM, will enable the Atland Group
Golden Gate Capital has completed its acquisition of Pacific Sunwear of California and all of its subsidiaries (PacSun). PacSun has restructured and reduced its long-term debt and annual occupancy costs, as well as improved its capital structure. Golden Gate Capital has converted more than 65 per cent of its
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