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CreditEase Wealth Management has held the first closing of its second fund, CEIIF II, which has raised USD32.2 million since its launch one month ago towards a target capital commitment of USD50 million.
The fundraising follows the CreditEase Israel Innovation Fund I, which closed in October 2015 after raising USD30 million.
“Reaching the first close for CEIIF II within the first month has given us renewed confidence that Israeli technology and the investment opportunities it brings continue to be a sweet spot for Chinese high-net-worth individuals,” says Richard Williamson, head of offshore business at CreditEase Wealth Management.
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Central and South Eastern Europe-focused private equity firm Mid Europa Partners is to sell its investment in Invitel Group to CEE Equity Partners, the investment adviser to the China CEE Investment Co-operation Fund.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including competition clearance, and is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2017.
Invitel is the second-largest incumbent fixed line telecommunications and broadband Internet services provider with more than one million homes passed in Hungary, serving both residential and corporate customers.
David Blunck, the CEO of Invitel, says: "Under Mid Europa’s leadership we have strengthened Invitel’s
IK Investment Partners’ IK 2007 Fund is to sell Colosseum Smile Group, a provider of private dental care in Scandinavia, to Jacobs Holding AG (JAG).
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Colosseum Smile Group was acquired by IK in 2010 and has since then accelerated its growth and consolidation of the Scandinavian dentistry market.
Colosseum Smile has 52 clinics in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, offering a range of services from basic dental care to specialist surgery.
“Together with our employees and supported by IK, we have successfully developed Colosseum Smile from two smaller dentist
Prudential Capital Partners has completed the fund raising for its fifth mezzanine fund, Prudential Capital Partners V, surpassing its target of USD1.4 billion.
Prudential Capital Partners is the middle-market mezzanine fund business sponsored by Prudential Capital Group, the USD78 billion private placement arm of PGIM, Prudential Financial’s global investment management business.
Fund V attracted a diverse set of institutional investors and closed fund raising with 34 investor relationships in reaching its hard cap. More than 70 per cent of existing investors re-committed to Fund V, many at higher amounts that brought the capital raise from existing investors to 96
Alternative credit investment firm Crescent Capital Group has held the final close of Crescent Mezzanine Partners VII with commitments of over USD4.6 billion, surpassing the fundraising target of USD3 billion.
Fund VII’s limited partners include a diverse mix of global investors from more than 20 countries including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, financial institutions, foundations and endowments.
The closing represents the largest mezzanine offering in Crescent Mezzanine’s history. Thus far, Fund VII has deployed or committed approximately USD900 million across nine transactions.
“This fundraise is a significant milestone for our firm and speaks to the strength
Technology investment firm Alpina Partners has acquired a significant stake in GefaSoft, a provider of MES-solutions (Manufacturing Execution Systems) and process visualisation software.
The three founders Franz Fuchs, Heinz Rabe and Ortwin Tischler will stay on as managing directors.
GefaSoft was founded in 1984 and developed into a leading provider of shop floor IT solutions. With its object-oriented process visualisation GraphPic and its scalable cloud-based software Legato Sapient the company offers MES-solutions for different industries. Customers include automotive OEMs as well as businesses in the pharmaceutical, food and renewable energy sector.
Alpina’s investment constitutes the basis to build
AMP Capital has raised USD2.4 billion for its global infrastructure platform at final close, with more than 50 institutional investors committing to its global mandate to invest in high-quality assets offering the best relative value.
The platform, which includes the AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Fund and the relaunched Strategic Trust of Europe (SITE), has attracted strong global interest particularly from investors in the UK, the US, Canada, Japan, Belgium, Denmark, Middle East, Ireland, Australia, Spain and Finland.
AMP Capital global head of infrastructure equity Boe Pahari (pictured), says: "We’re immensely proud of how we’ve evolved the global infrastructure platform
Omnes Capital has held the final closing of its Omnes Croissance 4 midcap fund at EUR210 million.
The fund, dedicated to investments in French SMEs, has closed above its initial target of EUR180 million.
Omnes Capital has received support from its long-standing investors as well as new French and foreign institutional investors, including banks, funds of funds, insurance companies, pension funds and family offices.
With Omnes Croissance 4, Omnes Capital maintains its midcap strategy of investing in companies with strong growth potential, primary market transactions, in-depth knowledge of regional economic fabrics, a value creation strategy driven by organic
Law firm Noerr has advised Volkswagen Financial Services on the acquisition of around 51 per cent of LogPay Transport Services, a subsidiary of DVB Bank SE, expanding its stake in the cross-European business in fuel cards and service cards and the fuel trade.
By acquiring LogPay Transport Services, Volkswagen Financial Services will widen its diverse range of fuel and service cards, which focuses on well-known brands such as Aral, Shell, Total and AS24, to cover other suppliers as well.
Volkswagen Financial Services already has more than 300,000 fuel and service cards in its portfolio in Germany and turns over
Clearwater International has advised MML Capital Partners on its sale of Optionis to Sovereign owned Arkarius Group.
Trading under its brands Parasol and Clearsky, Optionis is a provider of accountancy and employment services to the UK’s flexible workforce.
MML invested in Optionis back in 2013. Since then the company has completed five acquisitions and improved its quality of earnings as it shifted focus towards a “personal service company” offering.
Arkarius is a provider of outsourced accounting services including year-end accounts, corporation tax and quarterly VAT calculations.
The Clearwater International team was led by managing partner Phil Burns
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