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Mid-market private equity firm ECI Partners has sold portfolio company XLN Business Services to XLN’s management team, financed by vehicles managed or advised by GSO Capital Partners.
XLN was the first investment from ECI’s Fund 9 in September 2010 and this exit has yielded ECI a 3x return on its investment.
During ECI’s period of investment XLN made two bolt-on acquisitions: acquiring Card Processing Solutions (to provide a credit and debit card processing service to its customer base) and Shine Telecom (a smaller provider of fixed line telecoms to small businesses).
Frank McKay, former CEO of Travis Perkins
Hargreave Hale has announced a new offer for subscription to raise GBP20 million into Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 plc.
Launched in 2004, the Hargreave Hale AIM VCTs, which are co-managed by Giles Hargreave and Oliver Bedford, offer investors access to a diversified portfolio of small companies listed on AIM, with a competitive share buyback policy.
The VCTs target a tax free income of five per cent and offer investors an upfront tax relief of 30 per cent, providing sufficient income tax is paid and the shares are held for at least
Preqin evaluates investor appetite for liquid alternatives and managed account structures, and examines the reasons behind investors’ growing interest in these specialized structures, based on the results of surveys with 100 institutional investors in hedge funds and 150 hedge fund managers.
In recent years, demand for greater liquidity and transparency among institutional investors has led to growing appetite for liquid alternatives and managed account structures.
These fund structures offer investors an alternative to pooled hedge fund investments and help to make hedge fund strategies accessible to different investor groups which may have previously been unable to invest in the asset
Hampleton Partners has acted as financial advisor to the shareholders of Profit Software Oy on the sale of the company to Via Ventures Partners, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd and the company’s management team.
Profit Software delivers enterprise software solutions that allow insurers to manage all their services, business lines and processes.
The Finland headquartered company has operations in six northern European countries installing its applications on premise or as SaaS implementations.
“It was a pleasure working with Hampleton Partners. From beginning to end, they managed every aspect of the process and brought together the optimal transaction for all
Cushman & Wakefield and Spire Ventures have formed a strategic partnership with Pi Labs, Europe’s first property-focused technology accelerator company.
Founded by Faisal Butt (founder and CEO of Spire Ventures) and Umesh Kumar (former Techstars and Oxygen Associate) Pi Labs was created to assist start-ups focused on property and technology innovation.
The programme will accelerate the growth of these companies by providing them with access to investment, mentoring and business space.
From October 2014, property start-ups will be able to apply to join the Pi Labs accelerator programme which will be located within ‘Second Home’, a new 20,000
Strategic Partners Fund Solutions has held the final closing of Strategic Partners Fund VI, its sixth secondary fund, at the hard cap of USD4.4 billion.
SP VI began investing in April 2014 and is focused on generating attractive, risk-adjusted returns by acquiring portfolios of high-quality private equity interests and co-investments.
Strategic Partners sourced commitments from almost 300 investors, including public, corporate and foreign pension funds, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and family offices. High net worth individuals also participated via private banking vehicles. Strategic Partners’ investor base is composed of limited partners in the US, Canada, Europe,
A total of USD59bn has been invested in 5,272 venture capital deals globally in 2014 so far, compared to USD37bn invested in 5,940 deals over the same period in 2013, an increase of 60 per cent, according to Preqin.
While activity for the third quarter is below that of Q2 2014, the amount of capital invested is 45 per cent higher than during the same quarter in 2013.
A total of 1,664 financings took place in Q3 2014 valued at an aggregate USD19bn. This represents an eight per cent drop in the number of deals compared to the previous
Law firm White & Case has advised private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe on the EUR820 million sale of Dutch-based full service payment service provider GlobalCollect to Ingenico.
GlobalCollect employs around 500 people and helps clients accept payments from more than 170 countries in more than 150 currencies, using in excess of 150 local payment methods including all major credit cards, debit cards and alternative payment methods.
London-based White & Case partner Ross Allardice, who led the team which advised GlobalCollect, says: “We were very pleased to advise and support GlobalCollect and its shareholders on this important
Three Hills Capital Partners, the new private equity investment platform launched in November 2013, has held the final close of its first fund at the hard cap of EUR100 million (USD127 million).
Three Hills Capital Partners was founded by Mauro Moretti, a former partner at Hutton Collins, the firm he joined in 2008 from BC Partners.
The team includes Leks de Boer, a former member of the investment team of Hutton Collins, and Michele Prencipe, who also worked at Hutton Collins as well as Clessidra.
The new fund, based on its capability to provide subordinated private debt and
In Q3 2014, 185 private equity funds held a final close and secured an aggregate USD73bn, a figure which is expected to increase by 10 to 20 per cent as more information becomes available.
This is the lowest quarterly amount of capital raised in three years, when USD66bn was secured by funds closed in Q3 2011, according to Preqin.
Despite this, fundraising for the whole of 2014 is still likely to be strong following USD111bn raised by funds closed in Q1 and USD143bn in Q2.
Buyout fundraising was down in Q3 2014; 37 buyout funds closed during the
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