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50 South Capital Advisors, the investment advisory subsidiary of Northern Trust is to acquire the hedge fund solutions provider Aurora Investment Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management.
The addition of Chicago-based Aurora will offer clients of both firms access to an expanded global alternative investment platform with the size and resources to deliver comprehensive hedge fund, private equity and real asset solutions.
“This strategic acquisition supports our objective as a trusted asset manager to provide solutions that are suited to client investment objectives and risk tolerances,” says Northern Trust Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Frederick H
Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), ab engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has acquired Ramp Surface Coatings Ltd a specialised surface coatings operation based in Yeovil.
Cyrus’s first EIS Fund, Cyrus Precision Engineering EIS Fund 1, is now fully invested in four portfolio companies across the Aerospace, Defence and Security sectors after closing in April 2015.
One hundred per cent of Ramp’s labour force has been retained and CIM will expand the business’s loyal customer base through the injection of new capital, products, and senior management.
Ian Watkins, Chief Investment Officer of Cyrus Investment Management, says: ”We are absolutely delighted
NVM Private Equity (NVM) has exited from Kitwave Wholesale Group, a delivered wholesaler with a wide product range including confectionery, soft drinks, ice-cream, alcohol and tobacco.
The company has transformed itself from being a regional confectionery business to a national wholesaler through 11 acquisitions since 2006. The sale represents a gross money multiple of 3.0 times on NVM’s original investment.
Kitwave, founded by CEO Paul Young in 1988, has a reputation for excellence in service quality, product availability and customer relationships and has laid a strong foundation for the future. As well as now having nationwide delivery capability, the
Augment, an augmented reality platform that allows users to envision any object in their current environment through a simple mobile app, has closed a series A funding round, bringing the total funding since launch to USD4.7 million from Salesforce Ventures and other investors.
The company, headquartered in Paris, France, has experienced tremendous growth over the past year and will use its funds to expand global sales and partnership programs, accelerate product development, and scale its global reach, which includes the onboarding of several key hires.
Over the last year, Augment has increased its revenue by over 200 percent and
Performance video advertising technology company SourceKnowledge has secured a USD1.5 million financing round from BDC Capital, a subsidiary of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC).
The funding will be used to scale growth in the company's quickly expanding performance advertising platform Engage.
The Engage platform was developed for mobile gaming and app publishers, eCommerce brands, SaaS companies and performance driven agencies. It empowers them to create data-driven journeys that allow for more efficient user acquisition alongside transparent reporting that focuses on conversion metrics. The platform enables advertisers to take an omnichannel approach to digital advertising by leveraging video
Fiera Capital Corporation is to acquire, via its wholly-owned subsidiary Fiera US Holding Inc, Apex Capital Management (Apex), a US growth equity manager with approximately USD7.1 billion in assets under management (AUM) as at 31 December, 2015.
This transaction will more than double Fiera Capital's presence in the US institutional and sub-advisory retail markets and increase total AUM to over CAD111 billion.
"The acquisition of Apex is an important step in advancing our US growth strategy by providing a meaningful complementary presence in the institutional and sub-advisory retail markets, small/mid cap (SMID), small cap and other growth strategies with a
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP) has led a USD13.5 million Series B investment round in Replay Technologies to support the company's development of next-generation, multi-dimensional video imaging technologies.
Replay Technologies, whose wholly-owned R&D centre is based in Tel-Aviv, has introduced Free Dimensional Video (FreeDTM), which allows viewers to see and experience real-life scenes through immersive camera views from multiple angles. The round brings the total amount raised by Replay Technologies since its inception to USD27 million.
DTCP's investment in Replay Technologies underlines the potential growth of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, and supports a service that encourages viewers to
The Maven Capital Managed Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF) has invested GBP320,000 in Emeg Electrical Limited (Emeg), a specialist mechanical and electrical contractor providing services to the owners and operators of rail facilities.
Established in 1997, Emeg has grown steadily in recent years following the award of the coveted Principal Contractors License from Network Rail, allowing it to tender directly on a large number of infrastructure projects. The license has enabled Richard Simmonite (Managing Director) and his management team to build on their current relationship with Network Rail, leading to significant contract wins on the East Coast Mainline. In 2013
Health Catalyst has raised USD70 million in a Series E funding round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners, the lead investor in three previous rounds, and UPMC, a healthcare provider and insurer that is also a Health Catalyst customer.
Two additional existing customers of Health Catalyst – MultiCare Health System and OSF Healthcare – also contributed to the funding round, continuing Health Catalyst’s successful model of investment by customers. Other contributors to the round were new investor Leerink Capital and existing investors Sequoia Capital, Sands Capital, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, CHV Capital (an Indiana UniversityHealth Company), Partners HealthCare, EPIC Venture Partners, Leavitt
AE Industrial Partners’s (AEI)wholly owned AE Materials Group (AEMG) has acquired The Aircraft Group (TAG), a provider of aircraft consulting services for the purchase, sale or leasing of commercial aircraft as well as fleet asset management. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1990 by Walter Andrushenko, TAG assists clients with the financial, technical and documentation requirements associated with buying, selling and leasing commercial aircraft. TAG’s core services include engine inspections, technical analysis, aircraft import/export services, lease returns, certification, and economic evaluations. TAG also has unique asset management capabilities through its TAG Fleet Online technology.
“Over the
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