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Inflexion has supported CloserStill Media’s acquisition of iLearning Forum in France.
Recently ranked number 10 in The Sunday Times HSBC International FastTrack 200 for the UK’s fastest growing exporters, CloserStill operates content-led exhibitions throughout the UK, Europe and the Far East.
Its acquisition of iLearning Forum further expands the business’s international portfolio of exhibitions.
David Whileman, head of partnership capital, Inflexion, says: “We are delighted CloserStill Media continues to expand at such a successful rate. Our partnership capital investment solution continues to meet the unique needs of high growth businesses seeking flexible investment solutions; just recently we completed
The alternatives industry grew solidly in 2016 across all segments and factors tracked by Convergence.
The firm measures the overall health of the industry by analysing changes it observes in 17,500-plus advisers, 53,000-plus private funds and 6,000-plus service providers.
According to Convergence’s Q4 2016 update, more advisers and managers were formed who in turn hired more people and launched more funds. The number of service providers servicing the industry grew and the number of regulatory actions increased as well.
Hedge funds “noise” garnered the most negative attention this year as a series of high profile closures, scandals and performance
Private equity Thoma Bravo has completed its acquisition of Planview, a specialist in work and resource management (WRM).
Insight Venture Partners, a prior investor in Planview, retains a minority shareholding in the company. Financial details have not been disclosed.
Planview is the market leader in WRM, an emerging category of software that provides a comprehensive approach across a broad range of work and resource types to increase innovation capacity, improve time-to-market, and accelerate digital transformation. Planview offers its customers a diverse portfolio of solutions designed for strategic planning, portfolio and resource management, new product development, work collaboration, and enterprise
Nyca Partners, which was launched in 2014 by Hans Morris, a long-time Citigroup banker and former president of Visa, has held the closing of its second venture capital fund with more than USD125 million in total commitments.
Nyca closed its USD30 million first fund in July 2014. Over the course of the next 30 months, Morris along with Ravi Mohan, David Sica, and Jeff Reitman, and five Investment Partners: Osama Bedier, Brian Finn, Max Levchin, Tom Miglis, and Charlie Songhurst, invested in more than 30 companies across four distinct fintech subsectors: merchant payment solutions, alternative credit, digital advice, and financial
An affiliate of private equity firm Veritas Capital is to acquire Harris Corporation’s government IT services business for USD690 million in cash.
Proceeds from the transaction will be used to support the company’s capital allocation strategy, including pension pre-funding and share repurchases.
The transaction is subject to regulatory review and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close before the end of fiscal 2017.
Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, the business provides IT and engineering managed services to US government agencies, including supporting NASA’s Space Communications Network and Deep Space Network programmes, and operates within the company’s critical
An affiliate of private equity investor Sun Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Arrow Tru-Line (Arrow), a manufacturer and distributor of garage door hardware and fittings. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1970, Arrow Tru-Line has built its brand on providing a wide range of high-quality products for both residential and commercial customers. The Archbold, Ohio-based Company currently operates two plants and four distribution centers in the US and Canada.
“Our investment in Arrow Tru-Line is an exciting opportunity for Sun Capital to leverage its resources and expertise to drive growth,” says Marc Leder,
UK fund management company Octopus Investments has appointed Chris McVey as a fund manager in the smaller companies team.
McVey (pictured) joins a team which, following significant growth in funds under management in recent years, now invests over GBP1 billion in UK quoted smaller companies.
McVey will focus on management of the Octopus AIM inheritance tax portfolios, the Octopus AIM Venture Capital Trusts and the FP Octopus UK Micro Cap Growth Fund.
McVey brings with him over 16 years’ experience within the UK smaller company equity market. He joins Octopus from Citigroup where he was a director for
The Longfort Group, through L Concepts, has completed its acquisition of Scoozi Italian Restaurant, its maiden acquisition in Thailand.
Scoozi has 24 branches located across the Great Bangkok area having opened its first location in downtown Bangkok in 2004.
It specialises in Neapolitan-style pizzas made in traditional wood-fired ovens.
Scoozi operates both dine-in and delivery formats.
"We are excited about our foray into the Thai consumer market especially through such an established platform as Scoozi," says TW Pang, chief executive of The Longfort Group. "The potential of the brand is enormous and we look forward to stewarding
Fiera Infrastructure has acquired Suncor Energy's 50 per cent interest in the Cedar Point II Limited Partnership, owner of the 100 megawatt (MW) Cedar Point II wind facility.
Cedar Point II, located in Forest Hill, Ontario, consists of 46 wind turbines located on privately owned lands under long-term leases, is co-owned with affiliates of NextEra Energy Canada and has been operating since October 2015.
It benefits from a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), formerly Ontario Power Authority, whereby 100 per cent of the output is sold to the ISEO in exchange for a
Sixpoint Partners has held the closing of Incline Equity Partners IV with over USD601 million of total capital commitments.
The fund closed at its hard cap and well in excess of its USD450 million target after only three months of marketing.
The fund, which is the fourth investment vehicle for the founding principals of Incline Equity Partners, received commitments from a number of top-tier investors, including endowments, foundations, multi-manager funds, consultants, public pensions, corporate pensions and family offices.
Fund IV follows the strategy of its predecessor, Incline Equity Partners III, which closed above its target at USD301 million
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