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McKinsey & Company today published its Global Private Markets Review 2020, a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics and performance of the private investing industry.Entitled A new decade for private markets, the report, which explores private equity, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources, and private debt, finds
Private investment markets completed a decade of growth with another strong year in 2019, raising USD919 billion, close to 2018’s record levels. In the past ten years fundraising totalled more than double the amount raised in the previous decade.
That’s according to McKinsey & Company’s Global Private Markets Review 2020, which provides a comprehensive analysis
European private equity investment firm Oakley Capital is to sell a majority stake in atHome Group, a Luxembourg-based online classifieds and mortgage broking business, to Mayfair Equity Partners.
Emerging market investor Actis and Westmont Hospitality Group have acquired the Sheraton Casablanca hotel in Morocco.
The 309-key Sheraton Casablanca, which was built in 1989 and is located in the heart of the city near the Old Medina and harbour, is the largest internationally branded hotel in Casablanca. Actis and Westmont will implement a comprehensive business plan which includes a full refurbishment, said the GP.
Actis is the largest private equity firm in Africa having committed USD4,5 billion to the region over the last 15 years. The GP’s portfolio includes South African insurance and financial services provider Alexander Forbes, Cameroon-based
M33 Growth, a venture and growth stage investment firm, has closed its second fund, M3 Growth II, with USD260 million in limited partner commitments from endowments, foundations and institutional investors, as well as founders and CEOs with whom the M33 Growth team has forged strong working relationships with over the past decade. Fund II follows the firm’s USD180 million debut fund that closed in late 2017.
M33 Growth seeks to partner with founders and CEOs of companies who are using cutting-edge technology to solve critical, industry-specific problems. Without institutional financing, these founders have built great businesses from the ground-up and, in
Arrowpoint Advisory has advised CGC Technology Limited (CGC) on its sale to Comtech Telecommunications Corp (Comtech) [NASDAQ:CMTL] for approximately USD23.7 million.Founded in 1999 and headquartered in the United Kingdom, CGC is a leading provider of innovative X/Y satellite tracking antennas, radomes and other ground station equipment globally to the high-growth Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Middle Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite markets. CGC combines its deep internal expertise across both hardware and software with in-house design and engineering capabilities to deliver unique turnkey solutions for a range of critical communication applications.
CGC has successfully installed over 160 systems in over 36
Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has partnered with management to acquire Len the Plumber (LTP), a leading full-service residential plumbing contractor in the Baltimore-Washington metro area and the surrounding regions.
ThinCats, an alternative lender to mid-sized SMEs has provided a total of GBP5.9 million in funding facilities for two businesses backed by NVM Private Equity.
Private equity manager Elbrus Capital’s Elbrus Capital Fund II has sold its 75 per cent stake in OSG Records Management (OSG) to Iron Mountain Incorporated, a NYSE-listed company, for RUB6.0 billion, over 4.5 times the original investment amount. OSG was acquired by the Fund in 2013 and, under its ownership, the Company has established itself as the fast-growing leader of the records management markets in Russia and the CIS. Since 2013, Elbrus Capital has provided consistent operational support to the OSG management team, including the strategic disposal of OSG’s Polish business in 2014, the negotiation of a landmark contract with Russia’s
Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, information, business services and education industries, has completed a structured capital investment in Ascent Behavioral Health (Ascent).Ascent provides wilderness therapy, residential treatment and therapeutic boarding school programs for adolescents with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and attachment disorder. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1989, Ascent Behavioral Health operates adolescent behavioural health programs throughout Utah. The Company was built by mission-driven founders on principles committed to clinical quality and superior outcomes based on its experiential therapeutic approach. Ascent takes pride
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has closed its second private equity investment fund, Align Capital Partners Fund II, LP and Align Capital Partners Fund II-A, LP (ACP II) at its hard cap of USD450 million.
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