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An overwhelming majority (90 per cent) of private equity managers believe the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will help the financial industry address pressing environmental and social challenges, according to a new study by LGT Capital Partners.The LGT Capital Partners’ study – ESG and the SDGs: Insights from private equity managers – assesses the views of 117 private equity managers across the globe, looking at the importance of ESG in their day-to-day decision-making, the reasons for integrating ESG into their activities, and what they plan to focus on in the future.
The research found that three-quarters of private equity managers
Meal Ticket and Trackmax have announced a strategic merger to combine their complementary solutions and expand their ROI-driven offerings. The merger, which is intended to accelerate growth and position the combined business as a leader in software and data analytics for the food service industry, is supported by a majority investment from funds advised by PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled service companies. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Meal Ticket was founded in 2011 and Trackmax in 1996, both with the intention of providing critical technology solutions for businesses across the food service supply chain.
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal value amounted to USD3.6 trillion in 2020, a three-year low, just slightly higher than the previous low of USD3.2 trillion set in 2017.According to the research data analysed and published by Sijoiturahastot, global M&A deal value in the first six months of the year totalled USD1.2 trillion. Compared to 2019, that was a 41 per cent decline. It was also the lowest H1 figure since H1 2013.
A strong second half nearly erased the disaster that was H1 2020. For two consecutive quarters in H2 2020, the M&A deal value surpassed USD1 trillion. Deal
The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Incident Response Technologies, Inc (IRT), makers of the Rhodium Incident Management Suite, a provider of incident management solutions in North America.
Private equity firm Trilantic North America has closed on an investment in Orva, a full-service e-commerce platform specialising in the sale of footwear, apparel, accessories and home products from leading consumer brands.
Peterson Search Partners, a new Peterson Partners strategy dedicated to search funds and micro-private equity, has announced a USD48 million fundraise for Fund I. The fund is mandated to invest USD1 million to USD2 million in talented operators with cash-flowing businesses.
“Our investment philosophy at Peterson Partners is to help great people build great businesses,” says Clint Peterson, Managing Partner of Peterson Partners. “We are thrilled to build upon our track record by bringing in outside, value-added investors with this new fund.”
Founder and Chairman Joel Peterson has invested in several notable search fund deals over the past several
The investment fund Taste of Italy 2, managed by DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR and Foodiverse Hold, is to acquires 60 per cent of the shares of Alimentación y Nutrición Familiar (Alnut) – a specialist in family and infant nutrition. The remaining 40 per cent stake remains with Foodiverse, the group to which the company currently belongs.According to the CEO of Foodiverse, Rafael Boix: “This alliance responds to three main objectives: stability, growth and expansion. These are goals that we have been working towards for years and we want to take a step further to give them a major boost.
At an early age, Dana Haimoff (pictured) was fuelled by ambition, which would go on to serve her well in her career as one of London’s leading female private equity executives. Her desire was simple: to move away from the school her parents sent her to, and enrol in Punahou.
“When my family lived in Lahaina on Maui I went to Sacred Hearts, a Catholic School made up of single-storey buildings with tin roofs,” says Haimoff. “The school didn’t have many facilities. Punahou on Oahu, on the other hand, was an immensely well-resourced school with a rich academic tradition on
Alter Domus, a fully integrated provider of fund administration, debt capital markets and corporate services backed by the Permira funds, has acquired Strata Fund Solutions (Strata), a fund administrator serving US private equity and venture capital funds.This strategic acquisition represents another milestone in the firm’s North American growth strategy focused on providing high-quality, vertically integrated solutions to the most demanding private equity, venture capital, real estate, and credit investors. Strata’s premier client base and deep expertise are complementary to Alter Domus’ world-class servicing capabilities. Strata also brings a complementary technology stack to Alter Domus, as the combined business will leverage
Curve, a London-based fintech that combines multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and app, has secured USD95 million from a group of international investors as part of a successful Series C round.Curve will deploy the investment to expand internationally, including to the US, and to deepen its European reach. Curve will also use the fresh funding to drive ongoing product innovation, notably of Curve Credit in early 2021. The fundraise will allow Curve to execute an ambitious strategy to become the leading financial superapp, bringing all your finances into one place.
The funding round was led by
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