Managers
Life Time Fitness has completed its acquisition by an investor group led by affiliates of Leonard Green & Partners and TPG.
The execution of a definitive merger agreement outlining the terms of the transaction was initially announced on 16 March, 2015. Other key investors include LNK Partners and Life Time Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bahram Akradi.
Life Time’s shareholders approved the acquisition on Thursday, 4 June, 2015. As a result of the merger, which is valued at more than USD4 billion, each outstanding share of Life Time common stock, excluding the rollover investment in Life Time stock made
Perceva has made an offer and entered into exclusive negotiations with Fruit of the Loom for the acquisition of Vanity Fair Brands Europe, its European ladies’ lingerie business.
The project will now be presented in compliance with applicable laws to the employee representative bodies.
Vanity Fair Brands Europe designs and distributes the ladies' lingerie collections of four brands (Variance, Lou, Vanity Fair and BestForm) and a swimwear brand, Cherry Beach. Thanks to the complementarity of these strong and appealing brands, the group reaches a very large female audience. The group has a turnover of EUR 55 million and employs 300
MC-Seamax Management has held the successful close of its first private-equity fund, MC-Seamax Shipping Opportunities Fund, with commitments of USD300 million from institutional investors in North America, Asia and Europe.
The Fund is focused on investing in container shipping, providing creative outsourcing alternatives to vessel ownership by offering term leases on large, modern container vessels. MC-Seamax’s growing fleet is deployed in the main global trade lanes with the world’s top shipping lines and secured by multi-year charter contracts, generating stable earnings.
“We are very grateful to our investors for supporting MC-Seamax in our first fund,” says Cao Deambrosio and Ron
Equity crowdfunding OurCrowd has launched OurCrowd First, a specialised USD10 million global early stage fund focusing on seed and Pre-A startups.
With its OurCrowd First fund, OurCrowd will leverage its established infrastructure to bring equity crowdfunding to approximately 20+ seed-stage companies providing OurCrowd investors even earlier access to promising opportunities. With an investment minimum of USD50k participation for accredited investors, OurCrowd First is further democratising the world of seed stage investment funds, since most other funds require million dollar minimum investments.
“We are proud to be launching our entry into the funds market with the OurCrowd First seed fund," says
Private equity firm Permira is to simultaneously acquire Medora Snacks (Medora) and Ideal Snacks Holding Corporation (Ideal). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Medora manufactures branded better-for-you snacks, including PopCorners, PopCorners Whole Grain, Pop Crinkles, and popped bean chips. Ideal a contract manufacturer of better-for-you diversified popped snacks. Permira will combine Medora and Ideal under a single holding company called BFY Holdings I.
Based in New York State, Medora and Ideal have best-in-class proprietary popping technology as well as a differentiated and healthier product assortment with a particular strength in the club and grocery channels. Medora’s most well-known
Under AIFMD, alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) looking to market their funds within the EU, Switzerland, and EFTA countries need to obtain and maintain an “EU Passport”.
As such, the AIFMs are required to register themselves and their managed funds and submit ongoing reports in order to comply with the directives to their local regulators.
In light of the reporting challenges, SIX Financial Information is providing the AIFMD relevant fund managers and funds data via its flagship reference data feed, VDF. SIX’s securities data enables AIFMs to calculate the correct asset values for the registration and reports to the supervisory
Following the recent headlines on Mergers and Acquisitions, Julia Scheufler (pictured) of Cerno Capital comments on the current market conditions and what this means for future mergers and acquisitions…
Merger and Acquisitions (M&A) continue to be a regular feature in news headlines. In the first quarter of 2015, global M&A have reached their highest levels since 2007 with a volume of USD887bn. This is an increase of 14% compared to the same period last year. Healthcare, Real Estate and Technology are the most targeted sectors globally this year so far with 34% of total combined volume. (source: Dealogic).
Conditions that have powered
By James Williams – Private equity has never been synonymous with the word liquidity when it comes to investing in alternative assets, but a new report by SEI’s Investment Manager Services division suggests that this may be changing.
The report, entitled “Private Equity Liquidity – A Work in Progress”, finds that nearly half of general partners (47 per cent) and a third of limited partners (36 per cent) and consultants (33 per cent) agreed that the private equity market was “more liquid than it used to be”. For reference, SEI surveyed 212 private equity professionals during November 2014 to canvass
AbilTo, a provider of behavioural change programs proven to improve medical health and lower cost for high-cost medical populations, today announced that it has closed a USD12million Series C round of financing.
The new funding will allow the Company to accelerate the deployment of engagement, care delivery and infrastructure capabilities. HLM Venture Partners (HLM) led the round, and Yumin Choi, Partner, HLM, has joined the company's board of directors. Previous investors BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, .406 Ventures and Sandbox Industries/ also participated in the financing.
"We were fortunate to have several high-quality venture capital firms interested in our Series C,
Adents, a product unit identification and traceability software provider, has secured EUR8.5 million in additional funding.
This round of financing will allow the fast-growing company to expand its international presence and ensure the rapid deployment of its software solution on pharmaceutical product packaging lines in Europe and North America.
Founded in 2007, Adents has quickly become a major player in product unit identification and traceability software in France, particularly in the pharmaceutical sector.
In a context where counterfeit medicines are flooding the internet and arrive at the pharmacy or hospital, sometimes becoming part of the official distribution channel
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