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Dallas-based private equity firm CenterOak Partners’ portfolio company Aakash Chemicals & Dye-Stuffs has acquired Sandream Impact, a supplier of colourants and other specialty chemicals to the cosmetic, personal care, and nutritional markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Sandream Impact serves a broad base of customers across the United States, Canada, and Europe, offering a comprehensive line of pearlescent pigments, nutraceuticals, and cosmetic actives. The acquisition of Sandream Impact by Aakash Chemicals brings a highly complementary focus on colorants and cosmetics and expands the product line of Aakash Chemicals in the special effect pearlescent pigments category.
“CenterOak has a
The Nobel Sustainability Growth Fund, which makes UK sustainable private equity investments to build technology, manufacturing, services and asset development and is managed by Jim Totty and Nick Curtis, is close to its first close.
Launched in partnership with the Nobel Sustainability Trust ,which was founded by members of the Nobel Family, and Earth Capital, the global investment group founded by Gordon Power and Stephen Lansdown, co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, the fund invests in UK businesses that can address global markets.
Totty explains that Lansdown and Power have worked together for 20 years and are big supporters of sustainability through
IW Capital has today announced senior loan funding of GBP1.1 million to assist in the acquisition of Troika Systems, a specialist supplier to the printing and packaging industry, by Fresh Equity Limited.
Troika Systems Ltd is a long-established and award-winning UK manufacturer and distributor of 2D and 3D microscope scanning and management systems. Fresh Equity Limited, a Midlands-based SME investor, will be working with the management team to further grow the sector profile of Wiltshire-based Troika and its presence in the global marketplace.
The acquisition marks the first transaction that IW Capital has completed with Fresh Equity. Both parties
Corviglia Capital Fund, a global fintech growth equity investor, has launched with a target of raising USD500 million in capital commitments.
The fund has been established in Luxembourg by two experienced entrepreneurs and executives – Petr Šmída and Cezary Smorszczewski – who each managed financial institutions valued at USD10 billion. Building its presence in London and Berlin, the fund aims to deploy USD250 million in the first three years, which has already been secured in the fund’s first closing.
“Banking and financial services are entering a period of unprecedented change with the leadership of the best entrepreneurs of today.
Syncron, a provider of cloud-based after-sales service solutions, has secured a USD67 million minority investment from global growth equity firm Summit Partners.
The partnership with Summit Partners will support Syncron’s continued development of its category-leading enterprise SaaS solutions and further expansion of its global operations.
Servitisation – where organisations transition from selling one-off products to selling the output or value that products deliver – is leading manufacturers to evolve their after-sales service operations from reactive, break-fix models focused on repair execution, to a new paradigm focused on dynamic repair prevention and maximising product uptime.
Syncron offers a fully
LBO performance has fallen for three straight quarters from its 10-year high in 2017, according to eFront’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report.
LBO funds have enjoyed almost a decade of increasing performance since the financial crisis, reaching an all-time high in the third quarter of 2017, with an all-time low risk in the preceding quarter. Following this peak, performance has drifted slightly lower through the first quarter of 2018, marking three consecutive quarters of declines, reaching 1.45x. However, performance remains well above the level seen during the financial crisis, when returns fell to below 1.1x, and active global LBO
Assets under management at the Edmond de Rothschild Group’s infrastructure debt platform have quadrupled to EUR1.6 billion since the BRIDGE I fund had its first EUR400 million closing in 2014.
The first closing of BRIDGE IV at the end of July 2018 has so far raised more than EUR250 million. Our fourth infrastructure debt fund has two sub-funds, a TEEC-labelled investment grade senior secured debt fund, BRIDGE IV Senior Energy Transition, and BRIDGE IV Higher Yield, a specialist high yield fund, which will seek to deliver higher returns in return for higher risk. Three investments have already been made by
Global investment bank GCA Altium has advised Deep Sea Electronics (DSE) on the sale of a majority stake to Caledonia Investments plc (Caledonia), for a consideration of GBP162 million.
Investment trust company Caledonia, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, has acquired a majority stake in DSE, a manufacturer of controllers for diesel-powered electricity generators and intelligent battery chargers, as it looks to expand its global presence.
Founded in 1975, DSE operates globally, providing products to support public sector infrastructure projects and defence applications, as well as diverse applications across industry sectors, including oil and gas, telecoms, construction,
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has invested in Woon-Tech, a Boston, Massachusetts, manufacturer of specialty glass for shower enclosures and other residential and commercial applications. Woon-Tech is an add-on to Riverside’s Cardinal platform.
Riverside invested in Louisville, Kentucky-based Cardinal in early 2018. The company manufactures and provides glass products for residential, hospitality and light commercial use. The addition of Woon-Tech complements Cardinal’s product portfolio and will expand its geographic footprint.
“With quick lead times, expansive capabilities and consistent quality, Woon-Tech has quickly developed a strong reputation in the Northeast,” said Riverside Managing Partner Suzy Kriscunas. “We’re excited to
DWS Group and Tikehau Capital have agreed to enter into a strategic alliance, deepening their relationship following Tikehau’s participation in the initial public offering of DWS in March 2018. With the agreement, the two asset managers aim to identify and develop various business opportunities.
“This is an important alliance aligned fully to our ambition to expand our presence further in the Alternatives asset class, an area where we see sharply increasing interest from clients,” says Nicolas Moreau, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of DWS Group. “We look forward to working closely with Tikehau Capital to the benefit of
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