Managers
November was Assetz Capital's best month ever with GBP26 million worth of capital flowing through the peer-to-peer (P2P) platform.
Assetz Capital, launched to the public in early 2013, aims to help British small and medium sized businesses and property developers with their funding requirements.
To date over GBP185 million has invested through the platform, typically earning investors gross rates of return between 3.75 per cent and 15 per cent per annum.
Each of the businesses receiving funds through Assetz Capital has provided tangible assets to provide security for P2P investors while mitigating risks.
As a result, Assetz
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has entered into final exclusive negotiations with Advent International to acquire Corialis (Core Innovative Aluminium Integrated Solutions).
Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Belgium, Corialis is a European supplier of aluminium profile systems for windows, doors, sliding elements, roof systems and conservatories.
The group has global reach with significant operations in Belgium, France, the UK and Poland.
The terms of the transaction, which requires workers’ council information and consultation and is subject to the approval of relevant market authorities, have not been disclosed.
Scottish Equity Partners-backed Exco InTouch, a provider of patient engagement, data capture and digital health solutions for the clinical research and healthcare industry, has been acquired by ERT, a provider of patient data collection solutions for use in clinical drug development.
The combined organisation will provide the biopharmaceutical industry with electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA), patient engagement and digital health supporting the entire clinical development to commercialisation spectrum.
Jan Rutherford, a partner at SEP and non-executive director of Exco InTouch, says: “Exco InTouch has been widely recognised as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the UK, quadrupling its turnover over the last three years and increasing its staff to over
KKR has held the final closing of KKR Next Generation Technology Growth Fund (NGT), a USD711 million fund dedicated to growth equity investment opportunities in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) space in North America, Europe and Israel.
The fund is focused on generating strong returns for investors by investing in high-growth companies.
Beyond access to financial capital, KKR offers partner companies access to KKR’s operational expertise, network, industry expertise, global reach and insights from its more than 100 current portfolio companies worldwide, which translates into over USD7 billion in IT spend and over USD10 billion in marketing spend
PIMCO has formed a joint venture with Solar Capital Partners as the firm continues to develop and expand its private credit platform.
Solar Capital Partners is an investor in private corporate credit with a 10-year track record of making private loans to corporate borrowers. The firm also has a network of relationships with middle market borrowers and private equity sponsors.
PIMCO is an alternatives manager with more than USD27 billion in alternative assets with a significant presence in private corporate credit across a range of strategies.
The joint venture is the result of collaboration between PIMCO and Solar Capital
Wing Venture Capital has closed Wing Two, its USD250 million second fund.
Wing Two has the backing of universities and private foundations.
Wing is a venture capital firm devoted to early-stage, long-term company building in business technology. The firm was founded in 2013 by Gaurav Garg and Peter Wagner, two veteran venture investors whose collective body of work includes dozens of early-stage companies, 16 of which went on to achieve billion-dollar-plus outcomes following IPOs or acquisitions.
Prior to launching Wing, Garg and Wagner were partners at Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners, respectively. Notable companies they have helped build
StepStone Group has closed the acquisition of Swiss Capital Alternative Investments, a European private debt and hedge fund solutions provider.
The transaction was originally announced in May 2016, and has been in the process of receiving regulatory approvals since then.
As part of the transaction, StepStone has launched StepStone Private Debt and StepStone Hedge Funds, which combines the firm’s existing global private markets capabilities and institutional client network with Swiss Capital’s expertise in the private debt and hedge fund strategies. The enhanced platform aims to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns through highly customised portfolios.
Monte Brem (pictured), chief executive
KKR is to acquire a majority stake in cyber security specialist Optiv Security from a group of private investors, including a private equity fund managed by Blackstone.
Blackstone will maintain a minority interest in Optiv along with Optiv management.
Other selling shareholders include Investcorp and Sverica. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
Over the past three years, Optiv has served more than 7,500 clients in 76 countries, including 71 of the Fortune 100 and 604 of the Fortune 1000. Optiv was named to the 2016 Inc. 5000 as one of North America’s fastest-growing private companies
Kirkland & Ellis has advised CD Capital, a London-based specialist natural resources and mining private equity manager, on the closing of the CD Capital Natural Resources Fund III.
The fund was closed with aggregate capital commitments of USD355 million.
The fund, which will make investments in global natural resources and mining companies and projects, accepted commitments from a broad mix of global institutional investors, including endowments, foundations, family offices and fund of funds.
The Kirkland team was led by London-based investment funds partner Christopher Braunack and associates Jennifer Feng and Aisling Campbell and New York-based tax partner David
Alternative asset manager Atalaya Capital Management has closed its third Asset Income Fund (AIF III) at its USD525 million hard cap, exceeding its USD500 million target.
AIF III held its first close in June 2016. AIF III’s investors are primarily public and corporate pension plans, foundations, and endowments.
In the first six months of the investment period, AIF III has called close to 50 per cent of its capital commitments.
Like previous Atalaya Asset Income Funds, AIF III will primarily originate loans to financial asset and real estate borrowers. Targeted investments include specialty finance rediscount loans against small
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