Managers
Signal Capital Partners, a London-based private asset management firm, has raised EUR725m with an investment strategy targeting credit and real estate special situations.
Signal closed its funds in July 2017 and has deployed over EUR450 million across 15 investments to date since September 2015. The private investment funds target transactions of EUR25-75 million across Europe.
The capital was raised from a diverse set of institutional investors, including endowments, foundations, pension funds, insurance companies, and large family offices across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.
Signal’s credit opportunities fund focuses on investments in complex, private bilateral situations
The infrastructure market saw 365 deals announced in Q3 2017, worth a combined USD88 billion. Preqin expects these totals to rise by around 5 per cent as more information becomes available.
However, this already surpasses the USD55 billion in deal value seen in Q2, reversing the slowdown seen through the first half of the year. While aggregate deal values have rebounded, the number of deals announced has continued to fall, failing to match the 414 deals seen the previous quarter. As a whole, 2017 has so far marked a significant slowdown compared to 2016: in the first three quarters of
Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington), a Washington, DC-area private equity firm, has acquired Xebec Global Corporation (Xebec) a highly specialised provider of human intelligence solutions and services to customers in the Intelligence Community.
David Wodlinger, a Partner at Arlington, says: “Xebec has built a reputation for excellence in supporting our nation’s most critical intelligence missions. We are excited to be partnering with Phil Jones to ensure the Company continues to offer our core customer base the same unique subject matter expertise and dedication to the mission that our customers expect from Xebec. Furthermore, we plan to invest additional capital into the
Arma Partners is pleased to have advised on six major M&A transactions with an aggregate value of circa USD7.5 billion over the course of the summer.
The accelerating momentum underscores both the robust health of M&A activity in the global Communications, Media and Technology sector and Arma’s position as the preeminent CMT M&A boutique with an established track record of executing high value, transformational, cross-border deals.
Since June, Arma has acted as buy-side advisor to Investcorp on its USD210m acquisition of cloud-based telematics vendor ABAX; to a HgCapital-led consortium involving Montagu, GIC and ICG on the USD5.3 billion buyout
Frontenac, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has closed its eleventh private equity fund at its USD325 million hard cap.
The fund raise was completed in six months based on strong support from existing limited partners of the USD250 million Frontenac X, and the addition of several new investors.
Frontenac focuses on lower middle market buyout transactions in the consumer, industrial, and services industries. The firm works in partnership with proven operating leaders through its CEO1ST approach to identify, acquire, and build market-leading companies. Frontenac XI will remain focused on the investment approach responsible for the successful performance of Frontenac
IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has delivered a GBP100k invoice finance facility to Industro, a specialist engineering firm and labour provider based in the North East of England.
Industro sought a new finance partner to help fund its growth ambitions, with the aim of winning larger contracts and expanding their business. These new contracts will also give the business the capacity to employ more staff for on-site project work.
Established in July 2016, Industro specialises in design, fabrication, installation and structural inspection using drone technology on client sites, as well as providing specialist labour for the sector.
Maven and YFM-backed Indigo Telecom Group (Indigo), a provider of multi-vendor managed and project services to Tier 1 and 2 telecom network operators, equipment vendors, multi-national corporations and government clients, has acquired Belcom247 (Belcom UK Ltd).
The deal demonstrates the successful execution of the Indigo’s buy and build strategy and combines two trusted and experienced providers of remote managed services and expands their capabilities on a global basis.
Indigo specialises in the design, planning, build, supply, management and support of UK, European and global telecommunications networks.
Belcom247 is a, specialist provider of field engineering and data centre connectivity
An affiliate of New Water Capital has made an investment in Tier 1 OEM transportation LED lighting designer, manufacturer and supplier Myotek.
Specialising in automotive forward lighting, Myotek is a supplier of fog lamps for several OEM automakers and other vehicle manufacturers. Based in Irvine, California, the company has sales and service locations in Detroit, Michigan; Stateline, Nevada; Dallas, Texas; Houston, Texas; Lockport, Illinois; and Fishers, Indiana, and manufacturing facilities located in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Guangdong, China.
Myotek was founded in 1997 and quickly made its reputation as a creator of innovative lighting products, such as police spot lamps,
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the middle market, has formed a new partnership with MB2 Dental Solutions (MB2), a dental service organisation (DSO) with a physician-centric ownership model. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, and serving patients in Alaska, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas, MB2 is a leading DSO that employs a “joint venture” business model through which affiliated dentists enjoy the clinical benefits of a private practice and the infrastructure, compliance, marketing, and purchasing advantages of the traditional DSO
Rewards Network, a provider of marketing, loyalty services, dining rewards programs and financing to the restaurant industry, has been acquired by TowerBrook Capital Partners, a New York and London-based investment management firm, from Equity Group Investments (EGI). The transaction is complete and financial terms have not been not disclosed.
TowerBrook’s investment in Rewards Network is the result of a thesis-driven sourcing effort focused on identifying differentiated tech-enabled service providers to the rewards and loyalty sector. Merchant-funded rewards programs such as Rewards Network offer a strong value proposition for restaurants, consumers, and loyalty partners. TowerBrook will continue to explore ways to
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