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The hitherto opaque alternative investment funds (AIFs) industry has been making significant strides towards transparency, driven largely by the demands of institutional investors and global regulators, who want to see AIFs deliver clarity and accuracy in their trading and investor reporting methods.
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Kayon Partners has teamed with The LeoGroup LLC as sub-advisor to the private equity fund LeoGroup Private Investment Access, LLC. LeoGroup is expanding its offerings to ultra-affluent individuals through its multi-family office platform.
Kayon Partners, founded by Stephen Garrow, David Vogel and Timothy Mitrovich, has partnered with LeoGroup as sub-advisor to the LeoGroup Private Investment Access (PIA) bringing a broad range of investment management and managerial skills to LeoGroup.
The arrival of Kayon Partners coincides with LeoGroup’s expansion of its capabilities to service ultra-affluent individuals within LeoGroup’s Multi-Family Office (MFO) platform. Their focus will be on private investments, special venture
Preliminary figures released by SL Capital in the Q1 2016 Private Equity Barometer, published by unquote”, show that overall the year to Q1 2016 witnessed a shift towards larger deals, with total deal value increasing by 28.2 per cent, while volume slipped by 15.9 per cent.
As a result, average deal value increased by 52.4 per cent
The number of European private-equity-backed deals declined by 11.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, from the 394 transactions seen in the previous three months to 348 transactions. Combined deal value also declined, slipping by 54.2 per cent.
The aggregate
Beacon Rail Leasing (Beacon), a leading Pan-European rolling stock leasing company, is to acquire Ascendos Rail Leasing (Ascendos), a European locomotive and rolling stock leasing company.
The completion of the transaction is subject to customary conditions, including clearance with the German competition authorities. The transaction is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2016.
Headquartered in Luxembourg, with additional offices in London and Munich, Ascendos’ current portfolio includes 35 locomotives and 100 freight wagons on lease in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, 35 passenger train units on lease in Germany, and 67 double decker coaches on lease
Private equity firm LCatterton has sold its remaining stake in Nature’s Variety to Agrolimen, joint venture partner for the investment. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
LCatterton invested in Nature’s Variety in 2008; and Agrolimen became a JV partner in 2014. Working together alongside Nature’s Variety Chief Executive Officer Reed Howlett, L Catterton and Agrolimen have developed a comprehensive brand positioning and go-to-market strategy for the brand.
Since LCatterton’s investment, Nature’s Variety has implemented a number of initiatives that have driven the business to quadruple in size and transformed Nature’s Variety into the leading raw and raw-inspired pet
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has sold Vision Solutions, a provider of high availability, disaster recovery, and migration software and services, to Clearlake Capital Group.
The exit represents the culmination of a successful 10-year partnership between Thoma Bravo and Vision Solutions. The transaction is expected to close in Q2, subject to normal closing conditions and approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed.
“We’ve worked closely with the Vision Solutions executive team to identify the operational efficiencies and transformative acquisitions that would establish the company as the premier provider of data protection solutions for modern data centres,” says Scott Crabill, a managing
Clearlake Capital Group is to acquire Vision Solutions, a global data protection, high availability and cloud migration software provider with a proven track record of technological innovation on the IBM Power Systems, Windows, and Linux platforms – from private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Irvine, CA, Vision Solutions is a leading provider of software solutions designed to protect data, minimise downtime and maximise resources for the modern data centre as enterprises migrate to the cloud. Vision’s software offerings facilitate near-zero downtime migration of data, applications, and systems using real-time
Kayon Partners, founded by Stephen Garrow, David Vogel and Timothy Mitrovich, has partnered with LeoGroup as sub-advisor to the LeoGroup Private Investment Access (PIA).
The arrival of Kayon Partners coincides with LeoGroup's expansion of its capabilities to service ultra-affluent individuals within LeoGroup's Multi-Family Office (MFO) platform. Their focus will be on private investments, special venture situations, and overseeing and expanding the LeoGroup PIA platform.
Kayon Partners is already seeking and beginning to invest in companies and technologies across various industries disrupting their markets through innovation.
"I'm very pleased that Stephen, David and Timothy have joined our team. We are very
Alternative investment manager Franklin Square Capital Partners” (Franklin Square) business development company (BDC) direct lending platform committed over USD370 million to private deals in the first quarter of 2016.
This marks the 14th consecutive quarter the platform has provided more than USD250 million in direct commitments.
New directly originated deals during the quarter were made in support of eight existing portfolio companies headquartered in five different US states.
"Despite credit market volatility this quarter, the flexibility of our funds' structure allowed us to seek out the best risk-adjusted returns for our shareholders by investing where we saw the most compelling
Ogier has provided Jersey law advice on the acquisition by Luxembourg-based satellite operator and provider SES SA of a controlling stake in satellite operator O3b.
SES SA will pay USD 20 million to increase its fully diluted ownership of O3b from 49.1 per cent to 50.5 per cent, bringing its aggregate equity investment in O3b to date to USD 323 million (EUR 257 million). On completion, SES will consolidate O3b’s net debt, which is currently USD 1.2 billion. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.
A registered Jersey company, O3b, described as a “unique, game changing global solution”, operates a
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