Activa Capital has sold Atlas for Men, a European specialist in multi-channel sales of outdoor clothing for men, created in 1999, to Latour Capital. Latour Capital is now the new majority shareholder of Atlas for Men, alongside company president Marc Delamarre and his management team. The exit of Activa
By Lisa Shea, Manager, Fund Governance Solutions – While some may have dragged mutual funds out to the cart to be hauled away, they remain a sizeable and still growing presence in our industry. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are also growing, but it’s important to look at the full picture. As
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, and offshore law firm, Carey Olsen (Guernsey) (Carey Olsen), have supported Inflexion Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) with a GBP1 billion double fundraise. Domiciled and administered in Guernsey, the two private equity funds, Inflexion Enterprise Fund V and Inflexion Supplemental Fund V,
Foresight Group (Foresight) has launched the FP Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund (GRIF), which has now received FCA regulatory approval. The actively managed fund will invest directly into publicly listed companies that own and operate real infrastructure or renewable energy assets globally. The fund is targeting a total return of
Lyreco Group has acquired DeskRight, an office supplies business focused on the Singapore market. Lyreco says the acquisition will boost business at its Singaporean subsidiary, opened in 2006, as it benefits from DeskRight’s relations with local businesses and government agencies. This B2B client base will in turn benefit from Lyreco’s
Helios Investment Partners (Helios), an Africa-focused private investment firm, and the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund (EAEF) through their investment manager Lorax Capital Partners (LCP) have acquired 96.7 per cent of Misr Hytech Seed International (Misr Hytech), a breeder and producer of proprietary agricultural seeds in Egypt, and one of the Middle
Global growth equity firm General Atlantic has made a strategic investment in online travel booking platform Kiwi.com. Co-founders Oliver Dlouhý and Jozef Képesi will remain significant shareholders and continue to drive the company’s strategic growth plans in partnership with General Atlantic. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Gen Cap America has partnered with management to acquire Mayflower Sales Co (Mayflower), a Brooklyn-based distributor of premium physical security and storefront hardware products. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. “We are excited to partner with Mayflower’s top-notch management team, led by CEO Paul Swetow, in this investment,”
Mishcon de Reya has advised Bill Toner, CEO, Madeleine Musselwhite, executive director and Nick Thomas, CFO of UK hospitality caterer CH&Co on the secondary buy-out of the firm by mid-market private equity investor, Equistone Partners. CH&Co, employing nearly 6,500 people, has a prestigious client portfolio, providing catering services for some
Ancala Partners (Ancala), an independent mid-market infrastructure investment manager, has sold its two portfolios of UK solar power plants for an undisclosed sum to funds managed by Arjun Infrastructure Partners (AIP). The portfolios comprise 21 solar parks located across the UK with a combined capacity of 97MW. Ancala structured and
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