Allocations
Libya Holdings Group (LHG), an investment company focused on growth opportunities in the Libyan market, is to acquire a majority stake in Libyan Cement Company (LCC) through a special purpose acquisition vehicle.
The transaction will mark a further step towards establishing LHG’s position as a dominant force in the country’s industrials market and signals investor confidence in Libya’s long-term economic potential.
The LHG sponsored vehicle will acquire a controlling interest in LCC from QuadraCir Group (QuadraCir).
QuadraCir, formerly named Asamer Holding AG, was the holding company of the Austrian Asamer industrials group. Following the restructuring of the Asamer
Collinson Group has acquired corporate assistance specialist Specialty Assist, subject to regulatory approval.
Specialty Assist is a provider of medical assistance services to the corporate and London markets and the acquisition will further strengthen Collinson Group’s established global assistance capability. This acquisition forms part of a broader programme of investment being made by Collinson Group to deliver a market leading global assistance proposition for its clients and their partners.
Managing Director of Specialty Assist, Mark Rands will lead Intana Specialty, working alongside Group Head of Intana, Martin Weintz. He will also join the group’s Insurance & Assistance executive team.
Intana
Vestar Capital Partners is to acquire Woodstream, a manufacturer and marketer of branded pest and animal control as well as lawn and garden products, from Brockway Moran and CHS Capital.
Terms of the deal, which is expected to close teh second quarter of 2015, have not been disclosed.
Woodstream, through a broad portfolio of leading niche brands, services the lawn and garden, birding, pet, rodent control, hobby farm and animal control needs of consumers. Woodstream’s brands include Victor mouse and rat traps, Terro liquid ant bait, Perky-pet bird feeders, and Zareba and Fi-Shock electronic animal and hobby farming fencing, among
Joule Assets and Quantum Origination have joined forces to launch the SmartCity EIS Portfolio.
Joule Assets, a provider of project finance solutions for the energy efficiency and demand response industries, running the successful ERA Fund in the USA, while Quantum Origination is a provider of strategic corporate advisory services.
The function of the SmartCity EIS Portfolio is to identify, invest in and support innovative companies within the Smart City technology sector. These innovative green technologies seek to optimise energy consumption across different sectors of a city's infrastructure, such as lighting, buildings, renewables, and transport in cooperation with real energy market
AdvancePierre Foods has completed the acquisition of the manufacturing assets of Better Bakery, (Better Bakery), a Valencia, California-based manufacturer of premium stuffed sandwiches.
Production is being relocated to AdvancePierre’s sandwich manufacturing operation in Caseyville, Ill.
The addition of Better Bakery’s premium, handcrafted stuffed sandwiches expands AdvancePierre’s ready-to-eat sandwich platform and enables new distribution and market penetration with premium and natural food customers.
Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, are AdvancePierre’s majority shareholder. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG, announced today the closing of TPG Growth III, its largest fund dedicated to investments in small- and mid-sized growth companies.
The fund reached over USD3 billion in aggregate capital commitments, surpassing its fundraising target of USD2.75 billion in five months.
“The interest in our third fund speaks to the success of TPG’s growth equity strategy. We invest in dynamic companies, partnering with founders and management teams to leverage the full resources of the TPG platform and scale businesses in the US and around the world,” says Bill McGlashan,
International law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is advising Santander Asset Management on its merger with Pioneer Investment.
Santander Asset Management is a joint venture between private equity funds Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic (as to 50 per cent) and Santander SA (as to 50 per cent). CGSH is also advising the private equity funds on the transaction. Pioneer is owned by Unicredit.
The combined company, with approximately EUR353 billion in assets under management at the close of 2014, will be called Pioneer Investments. Following completion of the deal, Santander will have a direct 33.3 per cent stake
Unigestion has launched a Private Debt Allocator tool, which identifies private debt opportunities to exactly match clients’ investment objectives.
Through its work with clients, Unigestion has identified a common perception of the universe of private debt opportunities as large, diverse and challenging. Depending on the type of debt, it can yield returns for investors of anything between 5 per cent and 20 per cent. This solution aims to help clients navigate across the myriad of different asset types, investment strategies and differing characteristics.
The Private Debt Allocator simplifies the process by taking a structured approach to evaluating each private debt
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo and Teachers’ Private Capital, the private investor department of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, have completed their acquisition of Riverbed Technology, a specialist in application performance infrastructure.
The acquisition is valued at approximately USD3.5 billion, with Riverbed stockholders receiving USD21.00 per share in cash. With the transaction’s close, Riverbed stock has ceased trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol RVBD.
“Riverbed is a clear industry leader and significant addition to our portfolio of software companies,” says Seth Boro, a managing partner at Thoma Bravo. “Our team is looking forward to building upon Riverbed’s world class
London-listed private equity firm JZ Capital Partners Limited has acquired Midwest Valve Parts (MVP) alongside its long-term investment partner The Edgewater Funds.
The acquisition of MVP is an add-on to Industrial Services Solutions’ (ISS) existing Specialty Products Group (SPG), and marks the third acquisition made into SPG (joining Worthington Compressors and Parts Service International). Led by Jim Rogers, a GE veteran who has extensive industry experience, ISS is generating annual sales and EBITDA in excess of USD260 million and USD45 million, respectively.
MVP is an independent supplier of replacement parts for valves, actuators, and related equipment to valve remanufacturers,
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