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Unigestion and Akina are to merge their private equity businesses to create a specialist in global small and mid-market private equity.
The company will have USD6 billion in assets under management and 54 dedicated professionals located in Geneva, Zurich, London, New York and Singapore.
The combination brings together two complementary private equity platforms with experienced professionals sharing the same investment philosophy in the small and mid-market segment.
Akina’s expertise in identifying investment opportunities in European markets through a high conviction top-down/bottom-up investment process complements Unigestion’s global reach and risk management expertise.
Christophe de Dardel, Unigestion’s head of
The Russia-China Investment Fund (RCIF), established by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the China Investment Corporation (CIC), has sold a portion of its stake and played a significant role in the initial public offering (IPO) of Detsky Mir, a children’s goods retailer in Russia.
This IPO is the first exit from an investment for RCIF.
RCIF supported the company’s growth leading up to the IPO and contributed to enlarging its shareholder base. RDIF also attracted its international partners to the transaction, including leading Middle Eastern, European, Asian and US investment funds.
As a result of the
Offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes has advised China CITIC Bank Corporation and The Export-Import Bank of China on facilities with a total commitment of around USD2.63 billion for a consortium led by Apex Technology, PAG and Legend Capital Management.
The facilities support the consortium's acquisition of Lexmark International, a US-incorporated printer and software manufacturer.
Lexmark was acquired in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately USD4 billion. The acquisition closed in November 2016 and is the second largest outbound acquisition in the technology sector ever completed by a Chinese investor and the third largest US public takeover
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners has completed fundraising for One Equity Partners VI, with total capital commitments of USD1.65 billion, surpassing its target.
Though One Equity Partners VI is the firm’s sixth private equity fund, it is the first fund raised with outside capital following the firm’s spinout from JP Morgan in 2015.
“The entire team would like to thank all of our investors for the outstanding support One Equity Partners received in closing our first private equity fund as an independent firm,” says the leadership team of One Equity Partners. “The strong response reflects the
Private equity firm ORIX Capital Partners has sponsored a private equity investment and acquired Hoffman Southwest Corp (HSW), a provider of water flow inspection, repair and cleaning services.
A former portfolio company of the private equity firm Sterling Partners, HSW provides underground pipe inspection, trenchless pipe repair, excavation and cleaning services for municipal and utility customers under the Pro-Pipe brand, and plumbing, drain cleaning, trenchless pipe repair and water restoration services for commercial and residential customers as the largest franchisee of the Roto-Rooter brand.
The company’s existing executive management team, including CEO Mark Burel and CFO Bruce Lux, will
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is to sell Mauser Group, a supplier of industrial rigid packaging products and reconditioning services, to Stone Canyon Industries (SCI) in an all-cash deal valued at USD2.3 billion.
SCI, through its subsidiary BWAY Corp, manufactures rigid metal and plastic containers.
“Mauser is an exceptionally well-positioned business that has delivered strong and consistent performance under our ownership,” says CD&R partner David Novak. “We believe that this transaction will benefit the market position and long-term growth prospects for both companies and prove to be rewarding for their employees and valued customers.”
Under CD&R’s ownership, Mauser achieved
HIG Growth Partners’ portfolio company Centerfield Media has acquired Qology Direct.
Centerfield is a digital media company that leverages its proprietary technology platform, Dugout, to optimise the customer acquisition process by identifying high value and intent driven consumers at scale across a variety of digital media platforms including search, display, social and others.
Qology’s customer acquisition and conversion capabilities will enable Centerfield to offer a fully integrated sales and marketing solution controlling the consumer experience from initial touch point all the way through completed sale, delivering new customers at scale to some of the biggest brands worldwide.
“When
Private equity firm Bregal Sagemount has held the first and final close of Bregal Sagemount II at the hard cap with total commitments of USD960 million.
Sagemount II was oversubscribed and significantly exceeded the original USD800 million target.
Sagemount II will continue Bregal Sagemount’s strategy of providing flexible capital and strategic assistance to companies in high-growth sectors across a wide variety of industries and transaction situations.
Bregal Sagemount is part of Bregal Investments, which is a global private equity group with offices in New York, Dallas, London, Munich and Jersey. Investment vehicles associated with Bregal are the sole
The TIIC infrastructure group has completed the sale of NDI Autostrada (NDIA) to Arcus Infrastructure Partners and APG Asset Management.
TIIC, together with Grupa NDI, jointly owned NDIA.
NDIA holds a 25.31 per cent stake in Gdańsk Transport Company, the concessionaire managing the A1 northern section of the AmberOne A1 motorway concession in Poland.
European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners is to acquire a portfolio of Italian performing and non-performing corporate secured loans from Barclays.
The portfolio, which has a gross book value of EUR177 million, comprises loans to primarily small and mid-sized corporates secured against real estate located mostly in the north of Italy.
The agreement follows AnaCap’s Credit Funds’ acquisition last year of three portfolios of unsecured and secured NPLs from GE, RBS and UniCredit, totalling close to EUR2.5 billion.
Last month, AnaCap Private Equity Funds also announced the signing of an agreement with Barclays to acquire
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