Allocations
CVC Capital Partners (CVC) has closed CVC Fund VI’s acquisition of the international women’s health assets which the fund agreed to acquire from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd in Q3 2017.
The new company, called Theramex, is a global specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to women and their health. Headquartered in London, UK, the company will market a broad range of innovative, branded and branded generic products across 50 countries around the world. The portfolio, which is dedicated to women’s health, focuses on contraception, fertility, menopause and osteoporosis and includes key brands such as Ovaleap®, Zoely®, Seasonique®, Actonel®, Estreva® and Lutenyl. The Theramex brand
Aberdeen Standard Investments has launched the UK Equity Impact – Employment Opportunities Fund, in collaboration with Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of The Big Issue. The Fund will be managed by Lesley Duncan, Investment Director, Aberdeen Standard Investments.
The aim of the Fund is to generate a financial return over the long term by investing in companies which promote and implement good employment opportunities and practices. Generally companies will have more than 50 per cent of their employees in the UK. The Fund Manager will identify companies for their potential to grow and sustain strong long-term financial returns
Carey Olsen has advised entities managed by The Carlyle Group and affiliates of Värde Partners on the AUD1.2 billion restructure and recapitalisation of the Bis Industries group, an Australian resources logistics and materials handling provider.
Unigestion’s Euro Choice Secondary II (ECS II), a European small and mid-market private equity secondary investment programme, has completed its final close at its hard-cap of EUR300 million. The fund attracted a high level of interest with some 59 limited partners subscribing.
The final close of ECS II was achieved by attracting strong investor support from both new and existing clients including public and private pension funds, endowments, sovereign investors, insurance companies, family offices and high net worth individuals. The subscriber base was truly global, with partners from Australia, Africa, North America, Canada and various countries across Europe.
ECS
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has advised the founders of Thomas International, a provider of psychometric assessment solutions, on the sale of a majority stake in the company to Palamon Capital Partners, a pan-European growth investor.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Thomas International is a leading provider of online psychometric assessments, consulting, and related products and services with a focus on the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market. Founded in 1981 by the Reed family, the company has been at the forefront of assessment innovation for more than 37 years, helping SMEs to
A team from Noerr led by Georg Schneider has assisted private equity funds advised by Orlando Management AG in the sale of TierOne Beteiligungs GmbH to HIG Capital.
TierOne is a holding company which holds a majority stake in the automotive supplier Beinbauer.
The Beinbauer Group primarily specialises in components for commercial vehicles and consists of Beinbauer Automotive and Wagner Automotive, which together have around 700 employees at four sites.
French private equity investor Siparex enjoyed a record year in 2017 with EUR206 million in investments and EUR213 million in exits reflecting contributions from all of the company’s business segments.
The Group’s strong activity in 2017 confirms the pertinence of the Siparex model featuring five business segments (Midmarket, Midcaps, Small Caps, Innovation, and Mezzanine) spanning the entire corporate growth cycle. All business segments have contributed to the Group’s strong growth in recent years. The record amount of funds raised, EUR330 million, has accelerated the increase in assets under management, which now totals EUR1.8 billion.
Investments passed the EUR200 million
Tortoise Investments in conjunction with existing management has completed the buyout of Tortoise.
As part of the transaction, the existing management and employees have increased their equity ownership of the company, with many investing additional capital alongside Lovell Minnick, who purchased the equity stake held by Mariner Holdings and certain retiring co-founders of Tortoise. Tortoise will maintain its independence and autonomy with its brand, investment processes and day-to-day portfolio management remaining unchanged.
“We are excited to set course with our new partner,” says Tortoise co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Birzer. “The asset management expertise and global network
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Ply Gem common stock in a go-private transaction valued at approximately USD2.4 billion.
Ply Gem Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PGEM), is a leading North American building products manufacturer.
Ply Gem’s board of directors unanimously approved the agreement, which provides for the payment of USD21.64 per share in cash to all holders of Ply Gem common stock. The cash purchase price represents a premium of approximately 20 per cent over Ply Gem’s closing stock price on January 30, 2018. Promptly following entry into the agreement, stockholders holding greater
HSBC Alternative Investments Limited (HAIL) has launched the HSBC Diversified Loan Fund, combining both loan investing and direct lending within a fully managed, alternative credit solution.
With circa USD550m raised so far, the first close for the fund was held on 31 October 2017 and the second one on 19 January 2018. The final close is planned no later than April 2018.
The fund is a diversified, core loan solution for client portfolios and will primarily invest in floating rate, senior secured credit instruments such as syndicated loans, as well as senior secured and unitranche loans to middle market
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