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China Orient Asset Management (COAMI), China Orient Summit Capital (COS-Capital) and KKR have formed a strategic partnership to co-invest in credit and distressed opportunities in the Chinese market and explore strategic initiatives for broader collaboration.
The investment and asset management platform will focus on opportunities in China across a range of returns, benefiting from the unique capabilities and strengths of each of the partners. The platform brings together COAMI and COS Capital’s unique combination of deal sourcing capability and China asset management expertise, and KKR’s investment experience and network around the world and in China.
Guoxing Zhong, Co-President at
Alliance Etiquettes has acquired Maumy Impression, the third build-up of the buy-and-build platform launched in 2015.
Created in 1989, Maumy Impression is a specialised printing firm located in the Bordeaux region, in La Réole and managed by Xavier Sinsou.
In six months, Alliance Etiquettes has integrated three build-up acquisitions in speciality wine and premium food labelling, representing a consolidated turnover of around EUR20 million. Alliance Etiquettes now consists of Groupe Laulan, Groupe Enes and Maumy Impression. Other companies are under discussion to join the Alliance Etiquettes platform with the ambition to create one of the key players in
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) and LeapFrog Investments have launched a USD350 million investment partnership to access high-growth markets in Africa.
Managed by LeapFrog, the new investment vehicle will target investments in life insurance companies in leading economies on the continent, including Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, to be made over a three- to five-year period.
Charles Lowrey, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Prudential’s International Businesses, says “This investment expands Prudential’s footprint into Africa, a continent that we believe offers tremendous potential for growth over the long term. We are delighted to partner with LeapFrog Investments, given their
Palatine Private Equity has sold IT services business Selection for GBP34.8 million to AIM listed Castle Street Investment (CSI).
Selection provides fully outsourced IT solutions to over 500 organisations across the public and private sector. Clients include David Lloyd Leisure, Day Lewis Pharmacy, KPMG, Nuffield Health and Bibby Financial Services.
Palatine backed a GBP15m management buyout of the business in December 2011.
The management team, led by Managing Director Grahame Harrington, Chairman Alan Howarth and Finance Director Mark Woodall, have transformed Selection from a traditional break/fix maintenance IT support business to a fully outsourced IT managed service provider
Botify, the search marketing analytics platform, has secured a USD7.2 million series A investment by Idinvest and Ventech. The funding will be used for product development, international expansion and hiring to accelerate the company's already impressive growth.
With its strong product differentiation, Botify is a SaaS platform providing search marketers with data and intelligence to optimise their sites and structurally increase organic, social and mobile traffic. Founded in 2012, Botify has seen a huge demand for its product and currently has more than 300 customers spanning 30 countries and ranging in size from SMBs to global enterprise customers in various
DP World and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have launched a new joint venture company targeting ports, transportation and logistics infrastructure in Russia.
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, DP World Chairman and Kirill Dmitriev, Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO, have signed a document determining the key terms and principles of the joint venture in which DP World will own an 80 per cent shareholding with the remaining 20 per cent held by RDIF.
Under the name ‘DP World Russia’, the company will target marine, dry ports and logistics infrastructure in different parts of Russia.
‘DP World Russia’ is
Maslow Capital (Maslow), a provider of development finance in the UK, and TPG Special Situations Partners (TSSP), the dedicated credit and special situations platform of TPG , have formed a joint venture to leverage their collective expertise in the real estate lending sector.
The relationship will bring together the regional expertise, relationships and deal origination capabilities of Maslow and the global strength and resources of TSSP’s investment platform.
Maslow, established in 2009, is a leader in the UK residential property development finance market, providing Senior Stretch and Mezzanine Finance to experienced developers. TSSP has extensive experience with global public
Baltic region private equity and venture capital investor BaltCap has exited its investment in a the 18MW Tuuleenergia wind farm in Estonia and the 24MW Eurakras wind farm in Lithuania. These wind farms were acquired by Lietuvos energija, the Lithuanian state-owned energy group.
“BaltCap has always believed in the future of green energy and the wind farm investments matched well our investment criteria,” says Peeter Saks, Managing Partner of BaltCap. “As a private equity investor, our task was to be engaged in these projects during the development phase which was successfully completed in 2015 when both wind farms were commissioned.
For the third year in a row, Baird has posted record results for its Global Investment Banking business.
During 2015 Baird generated record revenues following previous record revenue years of 2013 and 2014, set new firm records in virtually every M&A advisory category – total revenue, number of closed deals, number of closed sell-side deals, total transaction volume and average fee per deal – and, increased debt advisory activity by 70 per cent with unique embedded leverage process.
With an increasing focus on growth sectors, over half of Baird’s 2015 capital raising activity was in Healthcare, Consumer and Technology
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has reported rapid growth throughout 2015, including the expansion of its US market footprint into key geographies, and new strategic partnerships.
Continued demand for Abacus’s managed cloud service offerings has produced in excess of 50 per cent annual year-over-year growth, leading the company to expand its presence into several key geographies including Los Angeles, Dallas, and Charlotte, and most recently Boston. These new locations are dedicated to improving and providing support for Abacus’s private cloud products and services that hedge fund and private equity firms,
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