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AIMA and CAIA are proposing a new system to help reduce the complexity of current methods of risk ratings at investment dealer firms.
The Associations have published guidelines on these methods in response to new regulations and consistent feedback from AIMA member firms that retail risk ratings unfairly rate alternative products automatically as high risk.
The final amendments to regulation NI 81-102 will make alternative investment funds available to retail investors. This has the potential to expand the market for alternative investment products that were previously only available to accredited investors. Consequently, some early predictions anticipate the Canadian alternative
The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, has acquired EMS Safety Services (EMS). Based in San Clemente, California, EMS is a fast-growing provider of first aid and CPR training solutions and is an add-on to Riverside’s Health and Safety Institute (HSI) portfolio company, a leading provider of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) software, training and compliance services.
Both EMS and HSI’s ASHI/MEDIC First Aid brands are well-known for a wide range of high-quality, competitively priced emergency care (EC) training content that is flexible and easy-to-use. The acquisition significantly increases HSI’s presence in the EC market, further reinforcing HSI as
Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm specialising in financial and related business services companies, has acquired ATTOM Data Solutions (ATTOM), a provider of national real estate data and analytics.
Lovell Minnick acquired ATTOM from Renovo Capital and Rosewood Private Investments. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Irvine, California, ATTOM manages a comprehensive data platform that draws upon a wide range of sources to provide property tax, deed, mortgage, foreclosure, environmental risk, natural hazard and neighbourhood data for more than 155 million US residential and commercial properties covering 99 per cent of the
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has completed the sale of procurement specialist Inprova Group Limited (Inprova) in two separate deals.
In December 2018, AIM-listed Inspired Energy plc acquired Inprova’s energy division, with the existing management team acquiring the non-energy procurement business upon completion.
Headquartered in Warrington, Inprova delivers procurement services for private and public sector organisations across the UK. The business offers outsourcing, technology and consultancy services, providing its clients with a complete procurement solutions package.
LDC first backed the business in March 2014 to help fuel its ambitious growth strategy. Over the past four years the team has worked closely with CEO Paul Kennedy and
An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has acquired Lipari Foods from Sterling Investment Partners (Sterling), and certain other selling shareholders.
HIG is partnering with the Lipari family and the current management team to grow the company’s distribution and manufacturing platform. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Warren, Michigan, Lipari is a leading distributor of perimeter-of-the-store, specialty, and branded food products, proudly serving over 6,300 customers throughout the Midwest and beyond. The Company’s products span the deli, bakery, dairy, specialty retail, seafood, packaging, confections, ethnic, and organic categories,
IZI Medical Products (IZI), an interventional radiology medical device company and portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners (Shore), has acquired select soft tissue biopsy and breast localisation needle assets from Cook Medical (Cook).
The acquired portfolio of products is commercially marketed under the highly regarded Quick-Core Biopsy Needle, MReye Breast Localization Coil, and the Kopans and X-Reidy Lesion Localization Needles.
“This represents IZI’s third add-on acquisition in the last 18 months and significantly adds to our world-class portfolio of minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic products for the interventional radiology market,” says Greg Groenke, Chief Executive Officer, IZI Medical.
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has appointed Jennifer Signori to the Principles for Responsible Investment’s (PRI) Private Equity Advisory Committee.
The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible and sustainable investments.
The PRI aims to support the adoption of ESG integration in investment strategies across the globe by providing research-driven and action-oriented tools, data, and events to its global signatories. In her capacity on the Private Equity Advisory Committee, Ms. Signori will strive to deliver upon the PRI’s goals to investment managers involved in the private markets by leveraging her extensive experience in both ESG
New York-based private investment firm Greenbriar Equity Group has become an equity partner in STS Aviation Group.
STS provides a range of solutions to the global aviation industry, including component sales and distribution, workforce management, engineering services, line maintenance, and aircraft repair and modifications. The company is well-known for its breadth of capabilities and customer-centric approach to helping airlines and aircraft operators meet their critical operational and people requirements worldwide.
Noah Roy, Managing Partner at Greenbriar, says: “No company in the global aviation supply chain provides more essential solutions than STS. Customers trust STS to meet their most urgent
Churchill Asset Management (Churchill), a majority-owned affiliate of Nuveen focussed on originating, underwriting and managing middle market senior loan investments, surpassed its previous records for investment activity and capital raising in 2018.
During the year, the firm closed and/or committed to USD2.6 billion in new investments, an increase of over 37 per cent from 2017. The firm also raised USD2.4 billion of new committed capital, bringing total committed capital under management to USD6 billion across multiple investment vehicles.
“Churchill has maintained a consistent strategy since our inception, providing senior secured loans to private equity-backed middle market companies, and we
Fitch Ratings has launched a new integrated scoring system that shows how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors impact individual credit rating decisions.
The new ESG Relevance Scores, which have been produced by Fitch’s analytical teams, transparently and consistently display both the relevance and materiality of ESG elements to the rating decision. They are sector-based and entity-specific.
Using a standardised and transparent scoring system, Fitch is introducing ESG Relevance Scores across all asset classes, starting with over 1,500 non-financial corporate ratings. This will be followed by banks, non-bank financial institutions, insurance, sovereigns, public finance, global infrastructure and structured finance.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
