Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon) has agreed the sale of Towry to Tilney Bestinvest for GBP600 million, subject to regulatory approvals. The sale will result in total Sterling investment returns for Palamon of 13 times invested capital. Towry is one of the largest independent wealth managers in the UK with more
Palatine Private Equity has backed the secondary buyout of holiday park group Verdant Leisure. Verdant currently operates four holiday parks based in Southern Scotland and North East England with over 2,100 pitches, comprising of privately owned lodges and holiday homes, holiday lettings and touring facilities. Established in September 2010 by
IK Small Cap I Fund, advised by IK Investment Partners (IK), is to acquire Touristry AB, a provider of tourism related services in the Nordics, primarily focused on bus and boat sightseeing (Hop-On, Hop-Off). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Stockholm, Touristry is a market
Forno d’Asolo, an Italian producer and distributor of sweet and savoury frozen pastry products, backed by 21 Investimenti, has acquired Donatella, a filled pastry and bakery product specialist. Founded in 1946, Donatella specialises in filled pastries and bakery products, most notably Tiramisu. Donatella is located in Venice, Italy and distributes
Rockpoint Group, a global real estate investment management firm, has held the final close of Rockpoint Real Estate Fund V at USD3.3 billion in total capital commitments, exceeding its USD2.5 billion fund target. Investors in Rockpoint V, the firm’s most recent opportunistic real estate fund, include prominent public and corporate
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has held the first close of its private equity fund, Unigestion Direct Opportunities 2015 with commitments in excess of EUR100 million, is over half of the fund’s target size of EUR200 million. In achieving its first close, UDO 2015 has attracted investor support from both existing
GRESB, a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmarking for real assets, has launched the 2016 GRESB assessments. GRESB provides ESG data to institutional investors with over 8.1 trillion in assets under management. Assessment results and data is used by investors and others to understand the risk/return profile of
McCarthy Capital Corporation has held the final closing of McCarthy Capital Fund VI, a USD353 million private equity fund that will invest in high growth, lower middle-market companies. “We are pleased to announce the closing of Fund VI,” says Patrick Duffy, President and Managing Partner of McCarthy Capital. “We appreciate
Berkshire Partners has held the closing of the firm's ninth private equity investment fund, Berkshire Fund IX, with total equity commitments of USD5.5 billion. Fund IX's capital was subscribed primarily by institutional investors in previous Berkshire funds. Investors include many of the world's largest endowments, foundations, pension funds and financial
The attraction for private equity as an alternative asset class is as strong as perhaps it has ever been. As the results of a recent E&Y survey reveal (Positioning to win: 2015 global private equity survey), 19 per cent of investors said they currently allocate up to 5 per cent
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