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Seafort Advisors GmbH and ThyssenKrupp have signed an agreement on the sale of the Emder Werft und Dockbetriebe shipyard in Emden.
Completion of the deal is subject to the necessary permits and approvals and is scheduled for the first quarter of 2015.
A team led by lead partner Dr Tobias Schneider advised Seafort Advisors on all aspects of the transaction. CMS also provided Seafort Advisors with comprehensive advice in 2013, when the Hamburg-based independent private equity firm acquired three companies, and has subsequently advised on several add-on acquisitions. Seafort Advisors has a medium to long-term investment horizon. The private equity
Ares Management has completed its acquisition of Energy Investors Funds (EIF), an asset manager with approximately USD4 billion of assets under management across four commingled funds and related co-investment vehicles.
The transaction closed on 1 January, 2015, and is expected to be accretive to Ares.
“The EIF transaction provides Ares an entry into the large and growing energy infrastructure industry and attractive investment opportunities where we can leverage our existing core competencies to bring differentiated investment results,” says Michael Arougheti, Co-Founder and President of Ares. “EIF represents exactly what we look for in pursuing accretive, strategically valuable acquisitions. The team
Virtus Partners has acquired the business and assets of Trade Settlement, Inc (TSI), a New York-based primary and secondary loan trading settlement and documentation service provider.
“We are excited about the opportunities this acquisition provides to our clients and the ever-evolving loan market,” says Kelly Faykus, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Virtus. “The combination of Virtus’ expansive database of loan market information and TSI’s strong settlement capabilities will create substantial opportunities to reduce trade settlement times while providing more robust management reporting and a framework to enhance market liquidity.”
Virtus provides a comprehensive, integrated suite of front, middle, and back
Harbour Point Capital, a private equity firm specialising in healthcare investing, has been launched by co-founders Robert Juneja and Bret Bowerman.
Both previously had been investment professionals with the middle market investment firm of Irving Place Capital – Juneja as a Senior Managing Director and head of its healthcare sector, and Bowerman as a Principal in the healthcare sector.
“This is an opportune moment in healthcare and one where having our own firm with a flexible investing mandate will enable us to provide capital solutions and direction to high potential companies,” says Juneja.
Bowerman adds that Harbour Point Capital, which
2014 represented the highest ever aggregate exit value for private equity buyout fund managers, with a total of 1,604 exits globally valued at USD428bn, according to Preqin.
This is up over 30% on the total value of exits in 2013, and is the highest ever annual value of private equity-backed buyout exits. This has resulted in a significant increase in the level of capital being returned to buyout fund investors, which had almost surpassed the full-year 2013 amount as of June 2014 (the latest data available). The total value of deals in 2014 reached USD332bn globally, the highest annual amount
Intralinks DealNexus has partnered with PEI Services (PEI) in order to enhance its database of private equity portfolio companies.
DealNexus is one of the leading online deal sourcing and marketing platforms for M&A professionals. The partnership expands upon the high quality data already within the platform. This will enhance Intralinks DealNexus’ proprietary matching capabilities, providing a more robust, content driven platform that creates a destination for dealmakers.
The Intralinks DealNexus platform has seen tremendous growth this past year, with 46 per cent annual growth in member firm count and 96 per cent growth in unique members from year-end 2013
Newly-launched private equity firm Delos Capital has acquired FCA Packaging (FCA) from a group of private investors.
One of FCA’s founders as well as senior management partnered Delos in the transaction.
FCA is a manufacturer of customised and engineered packaging products and solutions for major original equipment manufacturers serving such industries as non-residential construction, heavy duty engines, agriculture, mining and energy.
“Delos is excited to partner with the FCA management team for the next stage of the Company’s growth,” says Matthew Constantino, managing partner of Delos. “FCA has a long history being a best-in-class provider of comprehensive packaging solutions to
Rock Hill Capital Group has completed a majority recapitalisation of JP Hydro (JP Services), a provider of industrial integrity testing services along the Gulf Coast and throughout Texas.
JP Services is led by Founder and CEO, Justin Peter, and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. The Company provides hydrostatic and pneumatic testing, and torqueing and pigging services to its energy and industrial clients throughout the southeastern United States. JP Services is primarily focused on servicing three industrial segments – both new and existing pipelines, tanks and facilities.
“We’ve been looking for a midstream services platform and management team to invest
Aeon Funds, a family of alternative investment funds, has launched the Aeon Fiber Opportunity Fund LP.
The fund’s structure complements the Aeon Multi Opportunity Fund which focuses on Pre-IPO investments in the most notable VC backed technology companies in the world today.
Aeon Funds has expanded its management team and commenced fundraising for this exciting new addition to the Aeon family. The Aeon Fiber Opportunity Fund will initially invest in the installation of military grade fibre-optic cable in gated communities throughout the US Southeast. As a significant validator of the market opportunity, Aeon management estimates there are approximately 35,000 communities
Cross Atlantic Capital Partners (XACP) has completed the exit of its investment in Health Market Science (HMS) with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to acquire the supplier of health care professional data.
“Cross Atlantic Capital Partners’ investment, completed in 2010, allowed HMS to invest heavily in its technology platform which enabled us to grow at a much faster pace,” says Matt Reichert, Health Market Science CEO. “We want to thank the Cross Atlantic team (Richard Fox, Director & Chairman of the Compensation Committee, and Carter Caldwell, Board Observer) for their contributions and for being helpful guides in that effort.”
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