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By Hugh Stacy, Augentius – While the world may have suffered its share of challenges and dislocations over the past decade, the aviation sector has continued to move from strength to strength. The increasingly mobile nature of the global economy has seen air travel volume more than double over the past 15 years.
2017 marked the eighth straight year of above-trend growth and 2018 is likely to follow suit.
The emergence of millions of new middle class consumers in nations such as China and India – many keen to experience air travel for the first time – is likely to accelerate the
Maxwellia, a ‘prescription to over the counter’ medicines company, has raised GBP700,000 in early-stage investment from the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, managed by Catapult Ventures, as well as from existing investors and angels.
The funding represents a vital step for Maxwellia, which specialises in ‘switching’ – the conversion of prescription medicines into branded versions that can be bought without a prescription, over the counter (OTC).
The NHS is under unprecedented strain with soaring public demand and severe budget constraints. Minor ailments account for one in five GP consultations in England and cost an estimated GBP2 billion each year. Many
An affiliate of middle-market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) has made a significant investment in CloudNine, a provider of eDiscovery SaaS solutions.
Peak Rock and CloudNine have also simultaneously acquired the eDiscovery business from LexisNexis, which includes the LAW PreDiscovery, Early Discovery Analyzer (EDA), and Concordance products as well as the development, sales, and services teams supporting them. With this acquisition, the Company provides innovative and industry leading cloud-based and on-premise solutions to over 2,000 of the top legal and business customers in North America.
“We are pleased to partner with CloudNine in their acquisition of
Polaris Private Equity IV (Polaris) is to acquire a majority stake in the Danish interior design company Menu A/S (Menu) from the Hansen Family.
Menu, which today supplies high-quality furniture, accessories and lighting to more than 40 countries, is headquartered in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn and has 63 employees.
Menu was established in 1978 and since 2012 has undergone significant repositioning, aimed at creating a stronger and broader interior design brand. Menu has transformed its product portfolio from solely catering to the retail segment by adding a range of furniture and lighting fixtures as well as modern accessories in the growing
Tortoise has launched the Tortoise Tax-Advantaged Social Infrastructure Fund (TSIFX), a closed-end interval fund that offers investors access to the firm’s direct lending strategy that was previously available only to qualified purchasers through a private fund.
The fund will provide capital for social infrastructure projects related to 501(c)(3) organisations, non-profits and other entities authorised to issue private activity and tax-exempt bonds focused on education, healthcare, housing, industrial infrastructure, human service providers and social services, where there is currently a capital dislocation. The fund seeks to generate attractive total return with an emphasis on tax-advantaged income.
“The capital supply demand
Blackstone’s (NYSE:BX) Strategic Capital Holdings Fund has acquired a passive minority stake in PAG, a leading Asia-focused alternative investment firm.
Blackstone’s Strategic Capital Holdings Fund is part of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), and specialises in minority partnerships with leading alternative asset managers.
PAG, based in Hong Kong, is one of the largest independent alternative asset firms in Asia, with more than USD20 billion in capital under management in private equity, absolute return and real estate strategies.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
“We welcome this investment in our business by Blackstone’s Strategic Capital Holdings
An affiliate of Sun European Partners has completed the sale of its investment in Albéa, a specialist in in the BPC packaging sector, to funds advised by PAI Partners.
Albéa was acquired by an affiliate of Sun European Partners in 2010. During such ownership there was a step change in performance, with significant capital expenditure leading to profitability improvement by over 80 per cent, along with a 600 basis point lift in margins. This was achieved through business growth with customers as well as continuous improvement, procurement and other operating initiatives.
Jerome Nomme, Managing Director of Sun European Partners,
Private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) is to acquire a majority stake in Small World Financial Services (Small World), an international, UK-headquartered, multi-channel, cross-border payment service provider.
Small World’s investors, including FPE Capital and MMC Ventures, will sell their shareholdings in the Company as part of the transaction, with management reinvesting for a minority stake. The financial terms of the deal are undisclosed and, as Small World is regulated in multiple countries, completion of the transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals.
Small World’s technology-driven platform allows customers to make cross-border payments via its physical network of over 6,000
If one looks at Private Equity & Real Estate (PERE) assets, they’ve been growing substantially over the past decade. Since December 2007, PERE assets have more than doubled from over EUR3 trillion to EUR6 trillion.
“Today we have around EUR6 trillion of committed capital invested and that is set to grow over the next few years to between EUR8 and EUR10 trillion. There are huge amounts of capital flowing into the private equity and real estate assets,” comments Ravi Nevile (pictured), Private Equity and Real Estate Portfolio Director at TMF Group.
Much of this doubling in size of PERE assets
Blackstone’s Strategic Capital Holdings Fund has acquired a passive, minority equity interest in Kohlberg & Company.
Blackstone’s Strategic Capital Holdings Fund is part of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), the firm’s hedge fund solutions business, and specialises in acquiring stakes in leading alternative asset managers. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Based in Mt Kisco, New York, Kohlberg is a leading private equity firm specialising in middle market investing. The minority investment from Blackstone will help provide long term capital to support Kohlberg’s investing platforms.
Sam Frieder, Managing Partner of Kohlberg, says: “We are proud to
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